Archive for November, 2005
Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
Thought for the Day
If you fall down the stairs as you leave your house in the morning, chances are the rest of the day will be better than that. (Yes, that happened to me. Yes, it was.)
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Thursday, November 10th, 2005
Local Politics: Underrated, Unloved
You rotten people, you, who don’t think local politics matters. In the situations which are most likely to directly affect your own life, local politics matters the most of any level of government. This is laudable, practical, and—judging by civic election turnout rates—largely overlooked. The most interesting (and empirically effective) thinking about livability and crime […]
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Thursday, November 10th, 2005
Found money
This morning I grabbed a pair of pants which I don’t much like: gray, a little ratty, don’t fit well anymore. When I shoved my hand in my pocket at work, I found a hundred bucks in well-laundered twenties. First, that’s a really great surprise to have. Second, how did I get so bad at […]
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Thursday, November 10th, 2005
Bad Animals
Never mind that those wonderful, misunderstood animals don’t know any better. Never mind that I enjoy owning both of them, after a fashion. Why does my cat like to wake us up by biting our heads, and why does my dog think that if it just growls and looks scary enough, 15 pounds of it […]
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2005
Twink
If I end up going insane today, I’m blaming Twink and their nine freely downloadable tracks of mid-grade weirdness. (Þ: Lileks)
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2005
On Doping
The following is a rant, which, in an evolving form, I seem to post about once every four months in rec.bicycles.racing, after I read one too many “they’re going to dope anyways, so let’s let them!” posts. I always envision the husband character in the Drew Barrymore movie Home Fries Riding in Cars with Boys […]
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2005
Jelly and Comments and a Dog Story
Strangely, nothing about bicycles tonight. Like last year, I found myself doing one last, late batch of jelly. This time it was grape jelly, courtesy my parents’ vines. I love found fruit. This jelly was quite a surprise. I made it with mostly green grapes, and you’ll have to take my word for it when […]
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
What is that I am reading?
I suppose, if I followed my own philosophy to write here about things that other sites do not write about, I’d tell the story about what happened today when I went to the library to drop off some books, an errand that commenced with my mother-in-law pulling my hair and forcing me to promise not […]
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
Jericho Cyclocross Video
The latest movie is up, and it’s a good one. More unsteadicam footage, better editing, higher quality, actual sound from the event, and a fairly spectacular crash by Matt Chater, 2004 national Keirin champion, are all in there. Total download is less than 13 MB, and the film is less than 6 minutes long. The […]