good times
I set out at 6 a.m. The morning was cool and crisp. It felt great to be outdoors. 40 minutes later I had ridden 8.7 miles. I crashed about a 1/2 mile from work. I didn’t clip out in time. My seat made direct contact with the curb and was tweaked into a 45 degree angle. I rode home on a jacked up seat heading straight for the bike shop where they fixed me up, straightened out the seat and lowered it a bit. Maybe in a few weeks my brain will get accustomed to these pedals…
My new mode of transportation. I’ll be riding her to work tomorrow.
I’m really looking forward to not being trapped in a car on my daily commute.
wordzzle challenge
This Week’s Ten Word Challenge include: exponentially, Nightshade, braces, impossibility, the beginning of time, barracuda, playful banter, delve, automatic, bewildered.
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Among the many hours of playful banter going back and forth at Defeatist Central one of the topics we discussed this week was whether or not synchronized swimming is a sport. We all agreed that this Olympic event would be much more interesting if barracuda were introduced into the pool. The impossibility of this suggestion notwithstanding, I do believe television ratings would increase exponentially. I mean, since the beginning of time humans have enjoyed watching their fellow brethren suffer.
This Saturday I am poised to delve deeper into photoshop. I’m quite bewildered by the complexity of the program. The other night mi esposa - who gets her braces off in two weeks - rode our bikes to the local library where I picked up a copy of The Photoshop Bible. The tricks are quite helpful - many keyboard shortcuts make manual work almost automatic. I’m also poised to pick out some more plants at the nursery. I’ll avoid any Nightshade varities since those would be poisonous for dogs.
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Wordzzle Challenge via Divajood
The official campaign theme song of McCain ‘08!