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Got a nice ride in yesterday (68 mi). Beautiful day, lower 70s. I had planned to head for the north shore, but got out of the house and it was pretty cool, so decided to stick inland. Did the usual section of Bikes Not Bombs route, from Jamaica Pond to Charles River Village. Ate lunch [...]

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Joseph Davis is convinced Earth is being invaded by Martians. But not in the War of the Worlds way. He’s convinced that since Martians would not be able to survive on Earth, they’re manipulating human chromosomes by bombarding Earth with cosmic rays, slowly turning human beings into Martians.
This a disappointing book in many ways. [...]

After a zillion weekends of cold and rain, it was over 90 today, and I wasn’t *cough* feeling well *cough*. But I made a miraculous recovery and went for a ride.
I was planning on doing the CRW Apple Pie route, but couldn’t find the start, so I headed to West Concord for lunch. Made my [...]

Saw this in the Globe this morning:
For safe city biking, a wiki this way comes
talking about http://therightride.org/
Nice idea. We’ll see if it has staying power. Google maps causes the firewall in my router to freak and it ends up blocking the thing. Quite annoying.
The news articles say it’s a wiki, but I don’t see the [...]

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Rather than a strict biography of Conan Doyle’s life  per se, it’s about his “career” as an amateur detective. Apparently, there was a lot of Sherlock Holmes in him and he often “assisted
the police in their inquires.”
Each chapter is a different case in which he showed some interest. He wasn’t as successful as Holmes, [...]

LeMond drops bombshell at Landis hearing
This is what happens when you adopt a “win at all costs” attitude.
I’m not sure what to think. The only one to come out looking okay is Eddy Merckx.

Boston is listed third in road-rage survey — Boston.com

Landis begins defence
Trust but Verify
FloydLandis.com
Landis laywer[sic] blasts testing lab
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Luckily i t was only a swipe and I was able to maintain control.
Listen up Comcast Vendor Mass. Commercial plate L80-179: your truck has mirrors. If you don’t know where the side of your truck is, then don’t pass someone in a narrowed construction lane, go it? Luckily you didn’t kill me this time. And [...]

A white paneled delivery truck ran over a UW-Madison graduate student’s head on Division Street Friday afternoon and, except for a concussion, he wasn’t hurt.
The Capital Times (Madison WI)

Via I & B

All hail Akismet. I think this is just over a year. Maybe slightly longer.

Montreal-to-Boston stage race canceled for 2007

Nashua Telegraph
Boston Herald

“Mayor Bernie Streeter blamed the postponement on disinterest on the part of the city of Boston, where the race was to conclude.”
I was really looking forward to that, too. Bastards. Why am I not surprised? Menino is such a fuck. If it had been supported by a [...]

After a freezing cold Sunday, I just couldn’t bear to sit in the house any longer, so I hit the road.
What a beautiful day! 80 degrees and everything is in bloom. I headed up the Minuteman and out to W. Concord, Carlisle, and S. Acton. Awesome.
Now I have to work until midnight. :< But it’s [...]

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The premise is of the book is that following WWII, Britain’s self esteem was imploding. The empire was ending rapidly, the economy was a shambles, rationing was still in place long after the end of the war, unemployment was sky high, the class system was ending, and there was little hope that things would [...]

Meet two very pretty borzois walking down the street today. They’re big. Very regal. Apparently, they are to star in the Boston Ballet’s version of Giselle.

Because I feel like I’m living in the plague year. I’m supposed to the first century of the year on Sunday but now I’ve come down with yet another head cold. *snif* So I think I’m changing plans. I was supposed to do the Portsmouth NH Tour de Cure on Sunday, but I think I’ll [...]