Early school year busyness had me completely miss something significant:
September 1st marked THIRTY YEARS since my family moved me to Virginia a couple months before I turned 13.
I will always consider New Jersey one of my homes, but after all this time I also love to be a Virginian.
Holy smokes! I have an 11 year old today!
Happy birthday Maddie ☺️
Just found out my almost-11-year-old calls my wife “bro” all the time.
This random thunderstorm really has me wishing I’d ridden on Belle Isle today while it was dry 🤦♂️
I love the look, tread, and ride quality of Ultradynamico tires, but I’ve had lots of trouble with them. I think part of it is that I have terrible luck with tires/wheels (I ride thousands of miles per year; so increased chance of issues), but I dunno. Cava JFFs and some Rosé Robustos giving me bead seating issues, burping, and easier puncturing than any other tires I’ve tried.
For now the front Rosé is fine (and good tread for my riding style, but I slapped the spare Pathfinder Pro back on the rear wheel. Pretty sure the tape job from Velocity on their wheels is solid (I cleaned and inspected this morning before switching tires).
Whenever I see somebody under 50 driving a late-model Buick, I wonder who hurt them.
Here in Richmond, Virginia the public school year starts tomorrow. We had a lot of fun over the summer break, but I’m actually looking forward to the slightly more predictable schedule.
My dad would have been 65 today.
I don’t mourn his loss 16 years ago; he wasn’t great and only started trying to be a dad when I was in college, but I still think about him on his birthday.
A young hydrant, cut down before its time.
A rare sighting of fire hydrant larvae preparing to leave the nest in search of new territory
I live in a reasonably progressive, if gentrified, neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. So imagine my surprise when the new neighbor moving in to the rental house across the street plops a sign in the yard for RFK Jr.’s presidential campaign 😳
My wife and I both work from home on Mondays with her in the office upstairs and myself on the sofa in the living room. It’s a silly thing, but whenever I hear her sneeze, I always like to yell out “Bless you!” across the entire dang house, and then she responds in kind with “Thank you!”
Tonight I hit my cycling mileage goal for the year: 5500 miles/8851 km. I’m on pace to surpass last year’s total (6500 miles/10461 km) in 5-6 weeks!
New set of Velocity Cliffhanger wheels just arrived with a dynamo up front. Wrapped them in some Ultradynamico Rose Robusto tires.
Now I just need to get to Saturday so I can ride on them outside instead of all this Zwift nonsense while it rains 😜
Pharmaceutical or EDM act?
Ask your doctor if LUNAX is right for you.
Olympics TV in my household is dominated by gymnastics and swimming, but this morning I got to watch Kristin Faulkner absolutely TEAR UP the last few kilometers of the women’s road race. What a gold medal finish! Her lead expanded the whole time between her breakaway and the finish line!
I swear to Xenu, people love to drop lunch hour calls on my schedule.
I just had 2 invitations for me to interview people over lunch on two separate days. “Hey, come work here! You’ll probably have lunch meetings most days because nobody cares enough to try finding a more appropriate time!”
Wishing everyone who leaves a rental scooter in front of a bike rack the most humiliating, public shart.
Finding myself in a position for, perhaps, the first time: I am both (I think) the most senior person remaining in my role at my job and also seems my employer is really anxious about keeping me around. There’s a LOT of turmoil at my employer, so I have mixed feelings about this.
Thing two: I, uh, crossed 5000 miles (8000+ km) for 2024 today 😮
Thing one: I watched Evil Dead II for the first time this week. Terrifically silly, not really my thing, but inventive and enjoyable while viewing.
Also, I kinda feel like Jim Carrey owes Bruce Campbell royalty checks.
First time I’ve seen a USB-C port in a hotel room (Fairfield Inn near Harrisburg, PA).
Eyes dilated for the first time ever. Not a fan of the experience.
Peanut M&Ms are a fantastic bike snack.
Cheswick Park in Henrico was lovely to ride through on my bike this morning. A pretty small part of a long ride, but still pleasant.