Social networking is anti-social
For a brief time, I was bullish on social networking. I blame it on my natural human need to maintain consistency, since I was working at a company that was tangentially involved with social networking (i.e. if you don't make yourself believe at least a little bit in what …
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I've been meaning to post little links more often, to interesting sites I find or books I really like (instead of saving up for one really big post every few months). This one will be a little bit long just because I've got a few things to note - in the …
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Week 2 (redux) - 3 for 3
Week 1 - 3 for 3
This was the first week to put up or shut up - I committed myself to
riding my bike to work at least three days a week in April. It was
raining cats and dogs Monday morning and I'd only gotten half a nights
sleep due to a vomiting toddler, so …
Bon Jovi would be proud
I know people think it was about something else, but Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead Or Alive" was all about bicycles. Steel horse? What else could he have been talking about? That dude is seriously into bikes...
So I'm ready to kick off my "ride three days a week in April …
read moreShaming myself into fitness
A few years ago I would occasionally ride my bike to work (25 miles each way). I stopped when we had Nate because there was no way I could get home in time to have dinner with him if I rode. I also got pretty damn lazy the first year …
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