"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
Blogging’s been sporadic. Well, no, there’s plenty of blogging (passive voice, get thee behind me) . . . I’ve been blogging sporadically. I went on a 20-mile bike ride this morning with Darrell, Linda, and Lane, who are Trail Trash buddies. Donna, Mary Anne, and Kris got roped into manning a welcome booth at our destination, […]
We’re back from a visit with my family in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. While we were there, Donna took Lois and my sister Sue to a pedicure place in the mall. After their pedicures, they bought sandals. Here, immortalized, is the glorious result: Oh, and here’s the rest of them: Sue is one of my four sisters. […]
We decided to forego our normal Trail Trash ride this morning and hook up with GABA (Greater Arizona Bicycling Association) instead. The GABA ride started on the opposite side of Tucson, so we broke in our new trailer hitch mounted bike rack. Good rack — we didn’t lose a single bike going or coming. The […]
Avedon Carol rants on the Transportation Security Administration: I haven’t linked to the nipple-ring story because every time I see a reference to it I go into a towering rage about the way TSA drones have been given the power to hold you and all of your possessions hostage to their whim in the name […]
First ride on the motorcycle in a long time. And it has been a long time: the battery was nearly dead. I rode down to the corner for breakfast, then south to Sonoita and what the hell, another 20 miles to Patagonia, where I stumbled upon a car show. I always like the oddball cars, the ones people […]
I started a new blog dedicated to cooking, and from now on I’m going to post recipes and cooking discussions there. It’s called Crouton’s Kitchen, and I just posted a recipe for smoked pork spareribs — with photos yet! If you’ve been enjoying the cooking entries on this blog, please bookmark the new blog and check […]
Earlier, I mentioned Donna’s new bike. Well, you ask, what does it look like? That’s Donna and her new ride on the left, me and my still-kinda new ride in the middle, and Polly with her old beater on the right. Six months ago, Polly had the newest bike. I bet she gets another one […]
The small ball on the left represents all the water in the world (1.4087 billion cubic kilometres) including sea water, ice, lakes, rivers, ground water, clouds, etc. The slightly larger ball on the right represents all the air in the atmosphere (5140 trillion tons). The climate change deniers’ main argument is that mankind’s footprint is […]