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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

I’m recovering from the end of a four-day weekend (AM and I took Thursday and Friday off, as well as the standard Saturday/Sunday weekend).
We got Dexter neutered and had his shots updated.
We voted. Early voting is really easy and takes very little time. There really is no excuse, folks. Please, go vote.
We set up AM’s bike so [...]

Bike-Free Weekend

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

It was a bike-free weekend, mostly due to weather (it rained all day Saturday and was pretty cold (low 60s) all day Sunday).
AM and I took Mini to Mike’s Farm in Richlands on Saturday. It was rainy, so we skipped the hay-ride, but had a great dinner and got to feed all the animals.
Today, [...]

Car-Free: Work Week 7 and the Weekend in Review

Monday, October 6th, 2008

This week held a couple of interesting during-commute events.
I met a fellow cycling commuter on the ride home earlier in the week. Nice guy on a free box-store bike. He needed some saddle advice. It was kind of nice to actually talk to someone on the ride instead of just being passed with barely a [...]

Surgery Went Well

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Mini’s surgery went as planned this morning at 8am-ish. We spoke to the surgeon and the anesthesiologists and off they went with her.
A little more than an hour later we learned that the surgery was over. They were able to repair the arm without using an incision and, here’s the best news, we may [...]

It’s not the worst day imaginable, but man, it’s been close.

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

It was a normal Tuesday morning. Mini (as seen left) was at Equine Country, USA for “Horse Camp”. Her mother was at home. I was at work. The morning? It didn’t stay normal for very long.
Superphone had been out of commission because I forgot to plug it into the charger last night. I received a [...]