So here's the thing. I rarely post on Facebook anyway (and never on Twitter), and I'm certainly not going to crosspost either my entries or, especially, my comments in anyone else's posts from here to there. Please do me the same courtesy. Thanks, ever so ( Read more... )

The weather has been playing havoc with my attempts to settle into a riding routine. Lots of rainy (or ridiculously windy) days punctuated by occasional single days of sunshine. Of course, all the rain has been making the grass grow almost fast enough to see the progress, so the occasional sunny day must needs be spent walking behind the lawn mower ( Read more... )

Sci Fi Channel Has a New Name: Now, It’s Syfy

Plans call for Sci Fi and its companion Web site (scifi.com) to morph into the oddly spelled Syfy - pronounced the same as “Sci Fi” - on July 7. The new name will be accompanied by the slogan “Imagine Greater,” which replaces a logo featuring a stylized version of Saturn.I remember being dumbstruck ( Read more... )

( Never forget... )

Man, could there possibly have been better weather for a three-day weekend? I think not.

East Bay is the longest and oldest path in the state, 14.5 miles end to end. The last time I rode it was in 2003. I'd been riding a lot that summer, and that ride marked the first (and only) time I ever broke a hundred miles in a week before last Saturday. I ( Read more... )