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“Wada is not in a position to comment at this time other than to state that elementary courtesy and professionalism would have dictated that Wada should have been provided with a copy of the report before interviews were given to the media.”The UCI [...]
Another of the John Carter of Mars books, Swords of Mars [amazon] [MBLN] is the eighth in the series. This time, John Carter shows up at Edgar Rice Burrough’s cabin in Arizona to relate to him the stories of his most recent adventures. This time, John Carter is trying to destroy a guild of assassins [...]
Read Agatha Christie’s Passenger to Frankfurt [amazon] [MBLN] over the weekend and it’s a great disappointment. Published in 1970, which was toward the end of her life, this is really only interesting in a historical context. In 1970, the world was full of student protests, riots, and general unrest which, if the text of the [...]
One-Third of U.S. Adults Diabetic or Pre-Diabetic
And I’m one of them.
I’m also riding in the Tour de Cure New England Classic to help stop this. Seven days, 550 miles, through northern New England.
Support me?
Had some things to do around the house, so I didn’t get an early start. Got the 12:15 train to Beverly Depot, then rode, basically, route 127 to Rockport and took the train back from there.
Beautiful day, onshore breeze most of the day. Very sunny. After getting there, I’m not sure I’ve ever been to [...]
Wow!
News from: www.cyclingnews.com or VeloNews.com
http://www.libertyseguroswurth.com/
http://www.libertyseguros.es/
http://www.libertymutual.com/
Finally, someone actually forces a consequence! Since Liberty Seguros is the subsidiary of Liberty Mutual (located right around the corner from my house) I thought I’d send them a letter:
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 10:57:32 -0400
To: PresidentialSvcTeam@libertymutual.com
Subject: You did the right thing
Thank you for cancelling your sponsorship of the Liberty [...]
Finished Six Days of the Condor [MBLN] yesterday (they lost three days in the movie). Meh. Had the potential to be a lot more than it was. In trying to make the thing mysterious he just made it confusing. A man described only as “distinguished” was subsequently referred to as “the distinguished man”. L4m3. I [...]
I couldn’t stand staring at the computer screen for another minute. That, plus it’s been more than two weeks since I’ve been able to get out on the bike, I had to go for a ride. I did a modified version of the southwest loop which mostly follows the Charles: JP, W. Roxbury, Dover, Sherborn, [...]
I’ve been on a reading binge for the last couple of weeks. So over the last three weeks or so, I’ve been going through one every day or two. The list so far (I’ll put in links later):
Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot)
4:50 From Paddington (Marple)
Death in the Clouds (Poirot)
The ABC Murders (Poirot)
Curtain (Poirot)
They [...]
[Netflix] [IMDb]
A biopic with Stephen Fry as Oscar Wilde and Jude Law as “Bosie” Douglas. Supposedly, this follows the story as told in Richard Ellman’s biography, a book I have but have never read (partly because it’s over 700 pages). The film concentrates on the relationship between Wilde and Douglas more than anything else, but [...]
[Netflix] [IMDb]
While on a scavenger hunt, Irene Bullock (Carol Lumbard) and her sister Angelica (Alice Bradey) find Godfrey, a bum (William Powell) living in the city dump, and convince him to return to the party with them in order to claim top prize. Angelica invites Godfrey to be the family butler. Hilarity ensues.
Except not really. [...]
Heh. From: RoadBikeRider.com
There’s another competition taking place in the Giro, this one back at the team support cars. It’s among the domestiques, the support riders known as “water carriers” whose job it is to deliver all-important drinks to their teammates.
According to the Italian newspaper, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Quick-Step’s Jose Antonio Garrido recently set a [...]
Woo! New Bike Day!
Does your bike have a name? Let’s hear it for reality, huh?
The weatherman scared me, and I didn’t go. I did get in a little riding around town in the morning, but nothing to speak of. As it turns out, I would have gotten wet coming home, but the bad stuff didn’t hit until about 6:30 (no hail, but impressive thunder) and I’d have been home [...]
Tomorrow is the CRW Spring Century. The current plan is to take the 8:45 Haverhill train to Wakefield for the 9:30 start of the 100k. The problem is with WU report:
Special Weather Statement
Expires 8:00 AM EDT on May 21, 2006
Statement as of 4:27 PM EDT on May 20, 2006
… An isolated thunderstorm or two may [...]
Unless you’re dead, you know that today is bike to work day. I will be unable to particpate. I hope you’ll forgive me. To explain why, here is a diagram of my commute.
Parking is tight.
I promise to ride to lunch, though.
7:00 pm Trader Joe’s parking lot, Arlington Heights.
An 18-year-old NH kid going coast-to-coast, east to west. That’s one of the things I regret never doing, although I don’t know if it would have been possible. OTOH, anything is possible if you make it so. He sounds like he’s having fun. I think the most I ever did was about a 350 mile [...]
So, we’re in the midst of the third heaviest “rain event” in history, and may end up as the 2d before it’s all over. So far, we’re only 1/2 inch behind October 1996. IIRC, that the one where Kenmore Station flooded.
We’ve set some records, I guess:
Statement as of 1:41 am EDT on May 15, 2006
… [...]
