OCT 13, 2008 – 12:00AM Late one Thursday night (actually early Friday morning) about a month ago, I headed home from work. I made it a block, to Seventh and […]
Papa wants a brand-new bag
OCT 17, 2008 – 12:00AM I hate to admit it, but I’ve become covetous of a messenger bag. I know, I know. The thought of a middle-aged doofus like me […]
A crash course in cycling
OCT 20, 2008 – 12:00AM There is a theory, espoused by people who have nothing better to do than sit around and espouse all day, that the average cyclist crashes […]
A sign of the times
OCT 24, 2008 – 12:00AM The other day, as the family and I finished up a short bike ride around the ‘hood, my 10-year-old daughter, Carlyn, announced she was signaling […]
Running hot and cold (and wet and windy)
OCT 27, 2008 – 12:00AM I never could live in San Diego. I’m sure I’d enjoy the beautiful, sunshiney weather for a while, but the lack of variety would get […]
A bloody bad decision
OCT 31, 2008 – 12:00AM My list of reasons to ride my bike is considerably longer than my list of reasons to drive, but the latter grew by one the […]
A very scary Halloween on two wheels
NOV 3, 2008 – 12:00AM One of the perks of working at a newspaper that publishes 365 (or 366) days a year is that I get the opportunity to work […]
Blowing … and sucking
NOV 7, 2008 – 12:00AM I’ve ridden my bike to work in all kinds of weather – summer’s swelter, winter’s chill, rain, snow and just about everything in between. Of […]
Adding to the collection (or wishing I could)
NOV 10, 2008 – 12:00AM As far back as I can remember, I’ve always been a bit of a collector. I collected baseball cards, Star Wars cards, coins, stamps, nuts […]
Now that’s sick
NOV 14, 2008 – 12:00AM My greatest fear about commuting to work by bike, curiously, is not that I’ll slip underneath a passing semi and have my head crushed like […]