Took advantage of the beautiful day to not work and take a ride. I like not working. It’s one of the things I do best.
I’d planned to head for either Pepperell or maybe Brookline NH, but changedy mind. I got to the end the Minuteman and was going down 225 and decided to follow the [...]
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A documentary of the rise and fall of the careers of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker as told through the eyes of Tammy Faye. Tammy Faye comes across as a sympathetic character with truely boundless optimism and a relentless innocent drive. Whether that’s true or not, who can really say, but it is true [...]
Hahahahaha. Classic.
Borrow some air.
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Bob Brown Cycles Blog: So much to write, so little time.
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Wow! How do you write about this? One of the best movies EVAR. One the one hand, this is a story about a growing up in a small southern town. On the other hand, it’s a story of racial and class predjudice. On the other other hand, it’s the story of family life. On [...]
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Seven year old Ludovic (Georges Du Fresne) wants to be a girl and this causes some problems. Problems with the neighbors, problems at school, problems within the family, But the movie forthrightly examines all of the relationship dynamics. It never sensationalizes anything but also never shies away from anything. From examining transgender issues through [...]
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Probably one of the most historically accurate movies about WWII ever made. The tale of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor told from both the American and Japanese sides. The planning, buildup, and execution as well as the missteps, bungling, and oversights are all here.
The critics, especially Roger Ebert, gave this a thrashing, but [...]
I just can’t shake this last big of coughing. Tried to go out for a ride and lasted about three feet before stopping to cough up a lung. I mean, I’m all better except for that, but breathing is pretty important. But maybe by the middle of the week. It’s supposed to be 60 by [...]
Ride of Silence, May 17
Boston starts in Arlington and goes to the Common
Purchased 12-Mar, delivered 21-Mar
Nashbar Deluxe cork tape $5.26
Nashbar in-line cable adjusters $4.46
Continental Ultra Sport Hometrainer tire $31.46
Nashbar Moustache Handlebar $13.45
Mdse: 54.73; Shipping: 8.25; Total: 62.98
Bicycling America - Active Travel - MSNBC.com
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
The report (PDF)
Summary in The Globe
Diabetes is ยง4.1, page 53
Well this is good to see.
Parents of diabetic, 7, win a victory - The Boston Globe
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Dr. Lao brings his circus into a small western town where the exhbits give the residents a glimpse of themselves. Tony Randall plays six roles in the film in addition to Dr. Lao. There’s a love story between widow Angela Benedict (Barbara Eden) and Ed Cunningham (John Ericson) the local newspaperman. There’s the evil [...]
Worked at the Diabetes Expo yesterday. I probably shouldn’t have, but it was proabably good that I did. I’ve had a scratchy throat coming on for several days, and I think all day on my feet trying to talk people into signing up for the bike ride probably put me over the top on the [...]
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Akira Kurosawa’s adaptation of King Lear set in feudal Japan. Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to, in effect, retire, and divides his kingdom among his three sons, Taro (Akira Terao), Jiro (Jinpachi Nezu), and Saburo (Daisuke Ryu) setting off a war for control of the entire kingdom.
This is a visually stunning film with [...]
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Victor’s (Adam Beach) father dies and Victor needs to go claim the remains. He doesn’t have the money, but Thomas (Evan Adams) agrees to give him the money if he (Thomas) can accompany Victor on the trip. So they set off from the Coeur d’ Alene Indian Reservation in Idaho headed for Arizona. This [...]
The comment spam has just gotten completely out of hand lately. 187 in just the last 24 hours. While the built-in anti-spam features of WordPress are pretty good, there needs to be something more, so I turned on the Akismet filters. It was that or find some CAPTCHA! thing. I’m hoping that will obviate the [...]
Some good PSAs from Share the Road
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It was a bee-yoo-tiful day so I took the first long(ish) ride of the season. How long? It turns out, I’m not quite sure. I knew this was going to happen. Sharing a cyclometer between two bikes with different tire sizes is asking for trouble. Bike I is the road bike, bike II is the [...]
