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Workin’ with a friend

There’s always been something good about putting in an honest day’s physical labor that I’ve loved.  I can’t say whether it’s the feeling of complete exhaustion at the end of the day, the full night sleep that follows, or just the smell of sweat and dirt running off my head in the shower that makes [...]

Stats…

As of today: This is the most viewed post on my blog. This is the second most viewed post on my blog. I find it incredibly interesting that on an almost daily basis one of these two posts has been found by someone randomly with a search engine. There must be more relevant results out [...]

Why I’ve Abandoned Facebook (at least for a while)

I joined Facebook a little over a year ago and was immediately enthralled with the site. It was fantastic to reconnect with old friends…some of whom I’d not talked to in quite some time. My network of friends has exploded, somewhere over 250 people are in my list and, yes, most of them are actually [...]

Open Letter to Mayor Dixon

To: mayor@baltimorecity.gov Mayor Dixon, I would like to thank you for your comments to WJZ regarding the Baltimore City Department of Transportation’s stated intentions of removing the city’s first Ghost Bike. I was glad to see you come out in support of the Ghost Bike memorial that was put in place on Sunday night by [...]

Another 20 down

Last year (2008), I started cycling in the spring and set a goal for myself of 500 miles to a new bike.  I got about 126 miles into the goal and my knees were really bugging me.  I stopped riding. Last spring I started going to the gym and after a minor setback, I got [...]