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2011 Ride #9 (henceforth dubbed the Sheffield Loop)

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Since this particular loop of mine has been dubbed “The Sheffield Loop” by Jennie and Joel, I might as well go with it. Took a little break in the middle to help Amy and Anna get Amy’s car started again … good thing my phone has my AAA info in it, but [...]

Poetry Friday

I HEAR AMERICA SINGING

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing [...]

Poetry Friday

THE BLUE ANGEL

Marlene Dietrich is singing a lament for mechanical love. She leans against a mortarboard tree on a plateau by the seashore.

She’s a life-sized toy, the doll of eternity; her hair is shaped like an abstract hat made out of white steel.

Her face is powdered, whitewashed and immobile like a robot. [...]

New Bike Shop …

Looks like the southern part of the valley has a new little service-oriented bike shop, owned and operated by veteran mechanic Alan Greenberg.

Alan was the first person I met when I moved to Utah back in January 2002.

I had visions of being a winter bike commuter … little did I know just how [...]

Obsession Confession

Okay. I admit it. I have a tool obsession. Bike tools, mechanics tools, hand tools, power tools, or measuring tools, I love them all.

Whenever I need to go out and buy a tool to fix something, my wife calls it “going to church”. I think she got that from the Sweet Potato Queens, or [...]

New Careers & Wasting NO Time

So Kim just started a new job yesterday, working for McCann-Erickson, which is a division of the Interpublic Group. The Interpublic Group is a consortium of the world’s largest advertising agencies; Kim will be the Technical Project Manager (exactly what that entails, I haven’t a clue), working on one of the firm’s largest accounts.

She [...]