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Full title: Captain Cook’s final voyage : the journal of midshipman George Gilbert / introduced and edited by Christine Holmes.
A contemporary account of Captain Cook’s third voyage by a 17-year-old midshipman assigned to Cook’s ship, Resolution, which, after rendezvousing with Discovery in Capetown, set of for a four-year voyage of discovery to find an [...]
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A monk lives in a floating house on a remote lake and raises a boy in his charge. The film never leaves the lake, but follows the boy’s changing life. Spring (childhood) sees the boy learn some tough lessons about life, Summer (adolescence) finds him learning about love and lust, Fall [...]
From the Globe
You know, this is just laughable.
City officials say cyclists aren’t looking hard enough. The city has installed 350 bike racks across Boston, including in every neighborhood business district, the officials said. On one side of Boylston Street between Arlington and Berkeley streets, there are four metal loops provided for bike parking.
I should go [...]
Renewing America’s Food Traditions – RAFT, Center for Sustainable Environments
Let’s see… it looks like I was born in Chile Pepper Nation (or possibly Bison Nation, it’s a bit hard to tell), and have lived in Maple Syrup Nation and Corn Bread and BBQ Nation.
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Marty Basch is a journalist from New Hampshire who decides to ride the five European countries about the arctic circle (Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia) in 1986. The book has a bit to do with cycling, but it’s primarily a series of stories about the people he meets along the way. Along the [...]
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A selection by a book club I belong to. I wasn’t too thrilled with this one. The book is taken exclusively from writing by, to and from Franklin; all primary sources. While it covers a lot of ground, much more is missing. I didn’t feel I got any real impression of what he was [...]
I was almost out of dog food Frday, so decided to run down to the store on Friday to get more. This is one of the things I got the messenger bag for. Normally, I’d take my cargo bike (a big, heavy Schwinn with lots of baskets and things), but this time I wanted to [...]
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Six unemployed blokes from Sheffield get the idea to do a strip show for some cash from a visiting troop of Chippendales dancers, except that, unlike the Chippendales, they’ll do the Full Monty and take it all off.
Very, very well done with lots of lol moments and some poignant ones as well. Gaz’s (Robert [...]
Has it really been three weeks since I’ve been out on a ride? Yes, I guess it has. At least I got out in the sun today. Looks like it might be the last good day for a while.
It was a good day. Nice and warm. Sunny. I had lots of energy. Maybe it was [...]
Yesterday, I bought an external hard drive case for the 300mb drive I had sitting around. I’d originally bought the drive for an NAS, but couldn’t find one that wasn’t crap, so I got a plain old USB external case instead. The server box is always on, so why not? I’ve been backing the desktop [...]
2 Innova Tundra Wolf Studded Snow Tire Black 700×35 @ $24.95 = $49.90
1 Cinelli Cork Ribbon Black @ 9.95
1 Deda Elementi Handlebar Tape Black @ 8.95
1 Genuine Innovations Ultraflate Plus CO2 Inflator @ 16.95
Total $89.75
All from BikeTiresDirect.com Can’t remember why I bought two kinds of handlebar tape. Maybe I wanted to see which was better? [...]
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The full title is The Wonderful Ride Begin the True Journal of Mr. George T. Loher Who in 1895 Cycled From Coast to Coast on His Yellow Fellow Wheel With Commentary by his Granddaughter, Ellen Smith. Quite the mouthful.
What a fantastic book this is! I think I’m going to have to track one down [...]
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It’s hard to write about a book that is supposed to be some heartfelt confessional when you don’t like the book, but I didn’t like it. Sorry. I found the writing style irritating and, in large part, pointless. Magnuson is a creative writing teacher at Southern Illinois University. I’m not quite sure what to [...]
How to Dress for Cold Weather at Commute by Bike
I think Nick has it about right, although I’d add another level at 20 degrees (especially when the wind kicks up) which would include some real tights, especially the wind breaker type (rather than thermals) and a neoprene face mask in place of the balaclava. But [...]
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