This certainly has not been a typical January. You only have to look at this morning to understand why. Pam and I ran in shorts, then I rode to work with just a light, single layer. And sweated. As evidence of how nice this weather is, take a look at the entrance to our locker [...]
Archive for January 2012
Is the hammer about to fall?
January 31, 2012Gas Guzzlers
January 30, 2012I hate these things. To me, they’re just the epitome of wastefulness in addition to being butt-ugly. Unfortunately, we’re the poorest people living in a fairly affluent area, so sometimes it seems like all I see are high end SUV’s. Those things are not for me. Just sayin’. Now, I’ll get off my soap box. [...]
January 28 Bike Ride
January 29, 2012Toward the middle of the week, Mike and I agreed that if Saturday was a halfway decent day we were going for a ride. Well, yesterday was about that. Halfway decent. We had sunshine, but coolish temps in the low 40’s and a southwesterly wind of 10-12 mph that was just annoyingly cold. Unlike our [...]
It’s good to know
January 27, 2012This morning started with a longer than normal weekday run of 5 miles, which delayed my departure for work by a few minutes. Then, before I could leave, we had to stop and clean up a mess from a broken water line in our refrigerator. The net result is that I had to really haul to [...]
Shoulda Worn Raingear
January 26, 2012After yesterday’s washout, I was pleased to see nothing on radar this morning and 40 degrees on my backyard thermometer. While Pam and lifted this morning, the local weather dudes kept talking about drizzle, but I pretty much discounted their chatter. When I got on the bike, however, I realized that I would probably call [...]
