Bloviations

On behalf of the Down East Cyclists’ bicycling club, I’d like to invite you to participate in the Down East Cyclists Family Fun Ride on October 10th, 2009 at 9 o’clock in the morning.
The Family Fun Ride will begin at the Onslow County Tax Office on Court Street and will follow the Rails-to-Trails Greenway to [...]

October 6th, 2009 | Tags: Activism, Bicycling, City of Jacksonville NC, City of Jacksonville Recreation and Parks Department, City of Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission, DownEast Cyclists, Events | Category: Activism, Bicycling, City of Jacksonville NC, Events, Family, Jacksonville, NC, Recreation and Parks Commission, Trails and Greenways Commission | Leave a comment

Ms. Steinfeld recently wrote a guest post at Thordora’s Spin Me I Pulsate blog.
The subject of her post, cyber stalking, is something I’ve never had to deal with, as I have always written online by my given name. I do so for two reasons:

I believe it lends more creditibility to my writing
It requires that I [...]

January 15th, 2009 | Tags: Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, BrockNet, City of Jacksonville, Family, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Internet, Jacksonville Daily News, Relationship, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate | Category: Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, BrockNet, City of Jacksonville NC, Family, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Relationship, Uncategorized, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate | Comments (2)

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 [...]

October 28th, 2008 | Tags: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Elections, Alva Williams, Bicycling, Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Family, Fannie K. Coleman, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Harry Brown (Rep Incumbent), Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission, Jerome Willingham, Journal, Michael Lazzara, NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent), Sammy Phillips | Category: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Alva Williams, Bicycling, Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Family, Fannie K. Coleman, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Harry Brown (Rep Incumbent), Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville, NC, Jerome Willingham, Journal, Legislation, Michael Lazzara, NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, North Carolina, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Senate, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent), Sammy Phillips, Tweet-Digest | Comments (4)

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, [...]

October 19th, 2008 | Tags: Bike-Free, Bike-Free Weekend, Family, Jacksonville Commons Park, Just Sayin', Mike's Farm, Mini, Richlands, NC | Category: Entertainment, Family, Jacksonville, NC, Richlands, NC | Leave a comment

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 [...]

October 6th, 2008 | Tags: Bicycle Commuting, Bicycling, Car-Free, Commuting, commuting car-free, Jacksonville City Transit, Rita's Water Ice, Shogun's, ToysRUs | Category: Bicycling, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Family, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, NC, Restaurants | Comments (1)

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 [...]

June 25th, 2008 | Category: Family | Comments (1)