The Tour de France starts Saturday, I believe. Fitting that I rode my bike in to work today then.
The ride home wasn’t too bad either, but the hills kicked my butt. I rode it about 2 minutes faster than this morning, but I’m definitely feeling the effects already. It’s rough going up and down the stairs. And it was much hotter on the way home too. I don’t think I could do it every day, that’s for sure. I’d either have to get in better shape first, or else just start slow and work my way up. And boy, I don’t know how Lance Armstrong does it day in, day out, for over two weeks, in much steeper and longer mountains than the little hills I went up today. I’m off to take a shower and try to cool off.
Archive for June, 2005
Lance is the man
June 30, 2005Rode the bike
June 30, 2005Finally rode my bike in to work today. Over a month since the actual “Ride Your Bike to Work Day.” Better late than never.
This time it was out of necessity. Lisa has a quack doctor (chiropractor, allergist, etc) appointment today and the Intrepid blew out a tire a week or so ago, and we haven’t had the chance or the money to get new tires yet. So I rode.
It wasn’t as bad as I expected, but I am definitely out of shape for doing something like that. It took about 45 minutes when driving usually takes around 25-30. Not bad, especially considering my bike route took me pretty far out of the way to avoid the main roads that I normally drive on. And luckily I avoided any rain. Last night was a nasty thunderstorm that knocked out the power around the area. Would have sucked riding in in that.
I feeling good right now, but we’ll see how I feel when I have to ride back home tonight!
MSU draftee
June 29, 2005I know what you’re thinking. MSU didn’t have any players drafted last night. No Alan Anderson, no Chris Hill, no Kelvin Torbert, nobody. You’d be wrong. Indiana took former MSU player Erazem Lorbek with the #46 pick. Sportsline’s analysis of the pick: Lorbek was sensational in Europe this past season, but was only marginal in his one season at Michigan State. Has he grown or is he simply more comfortable playing the European style? Probably both.
MSU draftee
June 29, 2005I know what you’re thinking. MSU didn’t have any players drafted last night. No Alan Anderson, no Chris Hill, no Kelvin Torbert, nobody. You’d be wrong. Indiana took former MSU player Erazem Lorbek with the #46 pick. Sportsline’s analysis of the pick: Lorbek was sensational in Europe this past season, but was only marginal in his one season at Michigan State. Has he grown or is he simply more comfortable playing the European style? Probably both.
One week to go
June 29, 2005A week from now, I’ll be going under the laser (not the knife!) to get Lasik. And yes, I am still very excited!!!
Geoblogging
June 29, 2005Check out GeoBloggers. One of my new favorite tools.
You can browse a version of Google Maps to get to your neighborhood (for example), then click to find out which pictures have been tagged in Flickr with coordinates that match. I think they have a version that you can use with Google Earth too (but Google Earth crashed my computer yesterday).
Anyway, here are step-by-step instructions on how to do this to your Flickr images (using Firefox of course). I just started on mine and did the Yankee game and the Nationals game I went to. I’m gonna do the Vegas ones next, and maybe our Miami trip. Pretty interesting use of some cool technology.
Come Sail Away
June 28, 2005I’ve been daydreaming at work lately. Maybe it’s the summer slowdown, or maybe it’s just that I’ve been at this job long enough that it’s natural to think about moving on. With Lisa encouraging me to read her latest fantasy
I don’t talk about sailing much on this blog. I don’t own a boat (except for the model sailboat), I’ve only taken one weekend class on how to sail. But man, the thought of being out there on the open seas on my own boat just thrills me. And to get paid for it? Unbeatable.
It would be a lot of work, of course. Taking care of maintenance on a boat I currently know nothing about. Learning how to plot a course. How to get the most out of the boat. Just plain learning how to be a sailor. You have to take some risks if you want to follow your dreams.
So what’s your dream job/retirement?
Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, Book 6) Review
June 28, 2005
Yep, a review already. I tend to devour my Stephen King books when I’m able to devote some time to them and they don’t gross me out so much that I can’t eat my lunch. I picked this one up at the library last Wednesday and finished it last night.
There’s not much to really review here. I’ll probably save a more substantial review of the whole series for when I finish The Dark Tower 7. This book was mostly a bridge from the “Wolves of the Calla” ending to the final book in the series. Of interest though is the fact that King inserts himself as a character in the book! It’s a bit contrived, but when you look at the “ad-card” (the list of books by the author) and see how many of his books are Dark Tower-related, you can see why he did it. It’s consumed his literary life to the point that it was a theme in the majority of his books. He probably could have written the book without putting himself in it, but I’ll reserve judgment until I’ve finished the series.
Aside from that, it was a lot of typical King/Gunslinger stuff. The group of gunslingers gets split up (a device too commonly used, see the review of “Eye of The World“), and go on separate missions in their quest to save (?) the Dark Tower. It concludes with a fully expected cliffhanger, which is fortunately made easier by the fact that the final book was published only a few months after this one. Luckily for me, I should be able to go right into the library and get the final book and finish off the Dark Tower.
Next up, duh, The Dark Tower 7.
No Comment
June 28, 2005I sure as hell ain’t gonna say nothin’ about the Yankees winning a single game over the Orioles last night. Seems like every time I think they’re turning it around, they drop back down to .500. So I’m not doing it.
WSOP updates
June 28, 2005Spoilers ahead. Don’t click if you don’t want to read!
