[amazon] [MBLN]
The third (chronologically) and tenth (as written) book in the Horatio Hornblower series and another in the list of books I’ve always meant to read.
On the verge of war with Napolean, the Hotspur, Horatio Hornblower commanding, is sent to patrol off the coast of Brest on the Breton penninsula of France. The time is [...]
[netflix] [IMDb]
Certainly a party. Certainly a monster. Not particularly shocking.
The story of Michael Alig, an Indiana transplant to NYC who became a big party promoter and started the “Club Kids”, then devolved into a morass of drugs and, well, just ick. Alig is interviews from prison where he is serving 10 to 20 years for [...]
From The Adventures of Crazy Biker Chick
She may be crazy. She may be Canadian. She may spell “maneouver” funny. But she has some good things to say.
What a miserable day! Cold, wet, raining, savage winds.
You know that movie Caddie Shack? Remember the scene with the priest who was having the best game of his life? That was the sort of weather.
The first part is a southerly loop from the start at the state park at Hampton Beach, NH down to Newburyport, [...]
I broke down and bought another nother chain. A SRAM 971 from the LBS. Full list price, of course. I’ll take the other one back to REI on Sunday or Monday. Is the 971 that much better than the 951? I don’t know. Probably not.
At least I won’t be distracted all day tomorrow about whether [...]
Went to REI last night and bought another new chain. I’m just not sure if I’ll have time to install it before tomorrow. If I don’t, I’ll probably take it back as the only chain they had wasn’t really the one I wanted. All they had was a SRAM 951 and I was after the [...]
[amazon] [MBLN]
Another Jeeves and Wooster book. This time it’s at Totlegh Towers, the home of Sir Watkyn Basset and Madelyn. Madelyn and Gussie Fink-Nottles betrothal is off again and Bertie tries to bring them back together. And fails. On stage also are Spode a/k/a Lord Sidcup, Stiffy and Stinker, and assorted other characters.
These books are [...]
I suppose since everyone else is doing a primary wrap-up, so will I.
This is the first time I can remember where I actually voted for someone who won. I could have lived with Gabrielli, but Reilly needs to crawl back under a rock somewhere.
I’m not one of those people who thinks you should vote just [...]
I worked on the problem chain a bit tonight. There were at least a dozen stiff links in addition to the frozen one. I called REI and they have no chains in stock at all after their Labor Day sales! (How can that be?) But he said their shipments usually arrive on Tuesdays and Wednesdays [...]
After a mixup (in my own mind) of the date of the ride, I went on the CRW ride yesterday. It was a day of wrong turns, at least to start. The first was on the way to the starting line when I took the wrong fork in Concord, headed to West Concord. Now, this [...]
Am I stoopid or what?
I was all set to go on the CRW Soughegan ride tomorrow. I was at a dinner with some Interwab friends, including a couple that I hadn’t met before. I begged off early in order to get home to get the dog to the sitter, which I did. After that, I [...]
The Registration for the New England Classic for 2007 is open already, so of course I signed up. Maybe I can get a jump on fundraising by hitting everyone up during their year-end giving spree!
Anyone out there want to join me on a two- or seven-day tour of northern New England?
The website: http://www.cyclenortheast.org/
My contributions [...]
I think– at least I hope– I have the frozen link fixed. There seemed to be about six or seven links that were very very difficult to turn, although only one was really stuck. I don’t quite understand why that is. I loosened them all up and hope that I did it right and that [...]
[amazon] [MBLN]
Matthew is a completely self-involved Englishman working for a human rights organization trying to secure the release of an African political prisoner destined for execution. For one reason or another, he is called on to identify the body of a co-worker’s wife who was killed in an auto accident. That marks the beginning of [...]
Nashoba Valley Pedalers Fall Century.
Appx 22 miles to the start and back home adds 44 for a total of 121.11 miles.
There are no good east-west roads to Wayland from here. There is US 20 orSR 30, both are very busy with no shoulder. But 20 is busier, so I opted for 30. It’s about [...]
[amazon] [MBLN]
I have a hard time getting through epic poems. I can’t count the number of times I’ve tried to read The Aenid and failed. This, however, was unexpectedly good. I basically knew the story with Grendel and his mom and gold and chain mail (the kind you wear, not the kind you post) and [...]
[netflix] [IMDb]
A short film by Mike Mills. He follows six paperboys (ages 11 to 14) from Stillwater, MN as they deliver the Stillwater Gazette.
I’m not exactly sure why I liked this. Perhaps because it was the interviews with the boys without trying to interpret what they said or did. (Or, at least not overtly.) The [...]
Got some brake pads from REI Saturday and installed them today on the SS. The ones it (the SS) came with were ultra cheap and just sort of dissolved into a black goo that gets all over everything when it rains. So I got some Aztecs. Now the front brake squeals like you wouldn’t believe [...]
[amazon] [MBLN]
Herr Doktor Felix Schaad is acquitted of killing his sixth wife, Rosalinde, who is also a call girl, because of a lack of evidence. Now that his practice is pretty much over as a result of the trial, he spends much of his time playing billiards and walking, while replaying the trial in his [...]
[netflix] [IMDb]
I remember seeing this at the drive in when I was a kid. I think my dad wanted to see it because of all the planes. The planes are the best part of the movie. The story is quite weak. It’s got all the cliche Britishisms with the stuff upper lip and all [...]
