Author Archives: Rich Freggiaro

Giving up something for Lent is a tradition for some Christians. Not eating meat used to be a common abstention, or no alcohol, or even no marital relations. If I had to choose among these three, I’d better get used to eating seafood and tofu. But now a Chicago area church has some new ideasContinue reading “On a Diet”

Most cycling training programs include something called a ‘recovery ride’ about once a week This is a ride where you keep your intensity and distance at a really easy level. The theory is that this is better rest than just staying off the bike entirely. Recovery rides are great fun. If you have been doingContinue reading “Recovery Riders”

President Biden promised that his first Supreme Court nominee would be an African American woman, and at first glance it seems he delivered on that promise. But things are not so simple… Most people start to really hate mathematics when they encounter Euclidean geometry. This is the first time they come face to face withContinue reading “Undefined Terms”

Stoker and I started going to France to ride a tandem way back in 2015. We did 5 rides that year, and things went so well that in 2016 we went back for a two week trip, staying in 4 different villages, with 12 tandem rides. On this trip we had a day off theContinue reading “La Maison Malfeasance”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., argued Friday that global inflation “starts with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin,” but that increased U.S. government spending on domestic social programs would help decrease the national debt and bring down inflation at home.” Ms. Pelosi is a very smart woman. So she knows that what she said is complete nonsense.Continue reading “The I Word, Accelerated”

For years, this was part of every male annual physical examination, to check for prostate swelling, which could indicate prostate cancer, or the more common and less worrisome but still uncomfortable ‘benign prostatic hyperplasia’. Now I certainly have a few health issues, but the symptoms of BPH are not among them. So I can ignoreContinue reading “Giving Me the Finger”

There are elements I strive for in each of my posts to entertain my 10 readers. Gentle self deprecating humor. Common sense in the face of social science stupidity. Outrage at lunacy and waste of taxpayer money. And always, always, reminding people of how much I love Stoker. There is none of that in thisContinue reading “Real Life Intervenes”

If you are looking for a blog that is going to pontificate about events concerning Russia, Ukraine, NATO, the U.S. and China, you are in the wrong place. But until the world comes to an end, I want to know what is OK to put over ice while we watch the evening news. It seemsContinue reading “Vodka Verity”

Last Saturday was a Red Letter Day on Brumby Road. First I sported a new fashion look on the Club ride, then got a new version of my LOOK back after an OCS component update. First the fashion faux pax: when I got to the ride start in Valley Springs I put on my jersey,Continue reading “A New Look and a New LOOK”

It is no secret that California really needs significant rain, and the clock is ticking toward spring and summer fast. If you were outside yesterday, you might think summer was here already. This year’s weather has been quite variable. There was record rainfall in October which affected the walnut harvest. November was completely dry. DecemberContinue reading “Weather or Not”