Fri Mar 5 01:32:23 EST 2021

Bike to Work Day is back - Friday, May 21.
Socially Distanced.Convoys will not be part of the 2021 event due to COVID. Convoys will return in 2022.
I was wondering about that. If you're following other people you're breathing their air.Bike alone or partner up with those already in your home quarantine circle.
Nobody else ( Read more... )

Sat Feb 27 01:16:48 EST 2021

The sehen.bike website is gone. The Sehen bike mirror was a superior bike mirror for attaching to glasses or helmets. The materials chosen dampened vibration to give a stable image.

They were a crowd-funded project, but it looks like they didn't make it. It's been looking that way for a long time (2½ years); I don't think ( Read more... )

Mon Mar 30 18:07:56 EDT 2020

Virginia Executive Order "NUMBER FIFTY-FIVE (2020) Temporary Stay at Home Order Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)"
... effective March 30, 2020, ... and shall remain in full force and in effect until June 10, 2020, unless amended or rescinded....
Amends a couple of previous exec-orders. Allows for "Engaging in outdoor ( Read more... )

Fri Mar 27 13:05:00 EDT 2020

Country after country are discovering people sick with COVID-19 and imposing lockdowns. Why aren't they getting it? By the time people know they are sick they have been infected for weeks. And they have probably been infecting others. When you start to see people sick, the virus is already spreading through your ( Read more... )

Mon Mar 16 03:23:01 EDT 2020

Currently, my life has a lot of social distance. There are days I don't see anyone else ( Read more... )

7/7/2017 7:12 PM

Toronto-area police officers are using public transit to catch distracted drivers
Passing drivers were probably not aware that a cop could be watching them from inside - effectively turning every bus into a potential police cruiser.

[This entry was originally posted as https://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/902486.html on ( Read more... )

Sun Aug 17 17:51:31 EDT 2014

From an NPR Weekend Edition interview with medical examiner Judy Melinek:The more you know about death, actually, it demystifies it. I just realized staying alive is mostly common sense. If you are smoking, stop; if you haven't started, don't start. Stay healthy, get exercise. That yellow line on the subway, it's there ( Read more... )

Wed Jul 16 13:07:57 EDT 2014

I just heard a news bit about Cox Media Group television reporter Justin Gray, who had trouble catching his flight in Miami Orlando because the TSA agent did not recognize the District of Columbia driver's license. It eventually became apparent that the agent did not know what the District of Columbia was.I know many ( Read more... )

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:11:12 +0000

Stockholm syndrome?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-1625049919 December 2011 Last updated at 16:18 ET ( Read more... )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13986769
Authorities in the US state of Massachusetts are trying to find out how a body lay unnoticed in a swimming pool for more than two days as the public continued to use the facility ( Read more... )