Lookahead to 2024
Last year I was very pleased with the planter I bought from Raised Garden Beds. The extra height is appreciated. I stuck too many plants in it and it became…
Not many winter rides left
I'm looking forward to my next ride in to the office in shorts on Wednesday when it's 15 degrees. Because that's not fucked up at all.
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days
4/5. This could just as well have been a 5/5. Donner's writing reminds me a bit of Caro's. It's tight, fast-paced and fascinating. There's not a lot of literature out…
February 21, 2024 ride
Today's was a simple ride. Bit of a cold headwind combined with not having ridden in, I think, nearly a week, so I slowed it down and took it easy.…
When We Lost Our Heads
I'm not sure O'Neill can miss. Her latest novel was by turns horrifying, wickedly funny, profane and sublime. I do hope it's turned into an opera at some point. 5/5.
Cobalt
Angus' Cobalt was a very quick read and periodically delightful. It's not a history I know at all, and I'd have enjoyed a deeper history and analysis. 3/5.
Valentine’s Day 2023 ride
It was a sunny but cold ride in this Valentine's Day.
Workaday ride with modal share update
It was a pretty workaday ride today. My bike needs some maintenance, though. The rust on the chain is starting to thicken up and my rotors are squealing. At one…
Two months of waste
On December 7 I zeroed off my waste tracking after finally determining to weigh everything going out the door (see the full numbers here). So what did the first two…