Things we learned in Old Forge this year
There is a gang of mallards that is out to steal from us, and perhaps kill us. They are The...
Crank-y
I used to bike commute to a great workplace that had secure bike lockup, a locker room and showers, and...
The past will never end
There was a blogging flurry (a “blurry,” if you will) last week over another study, asking whether the always-on, everywhere...
No, they mustn’t.
Like most people, I obey the law, except when I don’t. I follow all the traffic rules when I’m cycling....
What I don’t miss about TV
I will never be one of those annoying snobs who doesn’t have a TV, and needs to be sure you...
Updates
Once again, summer feels like it’s over before it’s even begun. In a whirl of travel, end-of-the-school-year events and rain,...
Welcome to the Hotel Rantifornia
I’ve been traveling with some regularity for some twenty years now, and there are a couple of things that hotels...
Fallout Shelters
I’ve written before about the wonders of the fallout shelter, and how they’ve all disappeared. Well, there’s a marvelous history...
Can’t spell ‘transition’ without ‘transit’
After a few years of hardly any work-related travel (with occasional bursts of driving activity down the Taconic), I’m suddenly...
The latest trend in spam
I don’t know why, but comments spam on my site has gone from viagra/cialis malware misdirection and the usual assortment...