"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in bike commuting, Delight, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Kansas City, Playing With Weather, You have got to be kidding me! on Dec 14th, 2011
If you haven’t seen the “murmuration of starlings” video on the Internet yet, first things first, go and do it. It is beautiful and impressive and a testament to the wonders and glories of nature. It is also…how to put it…gratifyingly devoid of flying guano. Now, then. This morning, on my way to work, I [...]
Posted in bike commuting, Distractions, Photo entries, Take A Look At This, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned, You have got to be kidding me! on Aug 3rd, 2011
Seriously not safe for work. This post features content of a dirty, big rubber penis I found alongside of the road. I hope you consider this fair warning.
Posted in bike commuting, Gratuitous Cussing, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on Mar 14th, 2011
So, on my ride to work today a driver pulled a nasty trick which seems to be a particular Kansas City specialty. This guy took a wrong turn…pulled in to the Community College campus off 31st Street when he probably meant to take a right on to Broadway. So, instead of cutting through campus to [...]
Posted in bike commuting, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Jan 27th, 2011
In Anne of Avonlea, Anne has a lousy day, which starts off when she wakes up with a toothache and goes downhill from there. She gets to work (she’s a schoolteacher at this point) the heating stove refuses to draw, resulting in a cold, smoky classroom. The kids are all plagued with midwinter cabin fever [...]
Posted in bike commuting, Distractions, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Things I like & Things I don't like, You have got to be kidding me! on Jan 24th, 2011
I pass by this church every morning on my way to work, and every morning, I get a wee case of the grumpies from this: The first half zillion times I passed by it, I just thought, “oh, a phone box. You don’t see many of those around anymore. Darn convenient when you do need [...]
Posted in bike commuting, Playing With Weather on Jan 23rd, 2011
Apparently we’re going to get our winter weather all in one go this year. It didn’t bother to snow or do much of anything but be cold and uninspiring throughout November, December, and the first half of January, so I am guessing that we’re getting all of the saved-up weather in one big chunk now [...]
Posted in bike commuting, Distractions, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on Dec 13th, 2010
I did such a huge double-take on my way to work this morning that it actually involved flipping a Huey and going back for a second look. I passed a house that I’ve probably ridden past fifty times. It’s a pretty basic early 20th Century foursquare, with a rough-cut native limestone first floor and a [...]
Posted in "Greenie II", bike commuting, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing), You have got to be kidding me! on Sep 10th, 2010
I’ve been having the devil of a time finding a “safe” place to park my bike at my current job. My first two parking spots were awkward and/or obstructive, so finally one of the secretaries secured permission for me to park my bike in a storage room (the one I now nap in during my [...]
Posted in bike commuting, dumb things I have done, You have got to be kidding me! on Aug 23rd, 2010
I’ve been vaguely under the weather this past week. Snotly, wimpy, and excessively sweaty. Not sure if it was just some sort of crazy hay-fever or a very feeble summer cold, but I’m over the worst of the foulness. At least I don’t feel totally wimpy anymore, though I am still in possession of a [...]
Posted in bike commuting, Dumpster Diving, Photo entries on Jul 19th, 2010
I was on my way home from work last Thursday and saw this on the street. Of course I turned around, rolled it up, and bunjied it to the package rack of the old yellow Bianchi. Fortune favored the prepared that day; not only was I riding a bike with a rack, I also happened [...]
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