Don’t Ride Angry

Sent out another batch of rezooms to another batch of companies looking for people half as talented and three times as cheap as I am — that’s the way to look at it, eh? I’m sure I’ll find the ideal job that way! Then I got on my bike and headed out for Samy’s Camera …

The This Is My Life Ride

Sitting here this morning frustrated and depressed and wondering why, after what I felt was an excellent interview last week, I hadn’t gotten a call from the company with a job offer, I cracked open the Gmaps Pedometer website and started looking back over my life via the places where I’ve lived it. Next thing …

New Pair ‘O Shoes

a perf’d front tire sidewall led to a herniating innertube that gave me back-to-back flats last Friday and almost kept me from participating in the awesome RIDE-Arc ride that evening. I managed to plug the hole the tube was poking through and enjoy the ride, but I knew that with more than 1,400 miles on …

Hey! Beer! Man!

My friend and biking bud Steve today sent me a pic he snapped of me hoisting a thirsty-two ouncer of Kirin at Joy Mart in Little Tokyo after our regular Thursday night bike ride: And dang was it good to the last drop. By way of catching up, here are links to photo sets and …

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The odometer on The Phoenix this morning stands at 1296.2 year-to-date miles, and I’ve done a decent share this week-to-date as well. Tuesday morning begin with the usual Silver Lake Reservoir rounds and I circled her four times for about 12 miles to and from my house. Then Tuesday evening I was invited to participate …

So Long Steve

Yesterday was the weekly Thursday evening bike ride of the mighty mighty IAAL•MAF and as I’ve done as an enthusiastic and dedicated member in the past I put a fair amount of effort into routing the journey to areas otherwise previously untouched by mine or my biking buds’ tires. Here’s an example. This time I …