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You recall the old adage about how a conservative is a former liberal who got mugged? Case in point… Shivanthi Sathanandan, the 2nd Vice Chairwoman for the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, posted on Facebook Wednesday that she was “violently carjacked” by “four very young men, all carrying guns.” At the height of the George Floyd riotsContinue reading “Crime and Punishment (?)”

On Saturday I met with 5 friends for a flat 55 mile ride from Lodi to Thornton to Lockeford and back to Lodi. It was really an incredible day to ride after all the hot weather of the summer; cloudy with temperatures in the 60’s and almost no wind. There were even a few showersContinue reading “Power Outage”

If you read my blog, you will remember that I began this year staying off of the bike because of my flap and subsequent complications. I went over one month without riding at all and almost 6 weeks without getting out on the road. Obviously I lost quite a bit of fitness. All through theContinue reading “Cycling Interrupted”

When Diane’s mom passed away last year I wrote a blog about her. People must have liked it, or at least read it. WordPress keeps stats and my blog Remembering Doris really bumped up the page view count. You can find it here if you missed it: Last month Doris’s family gathered to lay herContinue reading “Ashes to Ashes”

The first time I recall seeing ‘trigger warnings’ was for special effect strobe lighting that might potentially cause epileptic seizures. But now such advisements are everywhere. For movies or books with violence or sex, which is pretty much all of them made now, warnings tell us there is potentially disturbing material and susceptible people shouldContinue reading “Pulling the Trigger”

Many years ago Stoker and I were walking down Michigan Avenue in Chicago at Christmas time. It was a cold but sunny day and the famous Windy City was enjoying calm conditions. The street was filled with festive shoppers and the stores were all decked out in holiday finery. Not a homeless person in sightContinue reading “Keeping My Head Down”

LGBTQ activists at New York City’s annual drag queen parade chanted, “We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children,” in Manhattan on Friday. I had a hard time believing this actually happened. But YouTube has video. And sure enough that is what these marchers are chanting. I am a tolerant man. I really don’tContinue reading “Hubris Month”

My 16th trip to Europe for cycling was accomplished in 4 steps: car transfer to SFO, flight from SFO to Charlotte, flight from Charlotte to CDG in Paris, then take the TGV to Nimes. Almost 30 hours in transit. The easiest and most comfortable leg was supposed to be the Business Class flight across theContinue reading “Bon Voyage!”

First it was Bud Lite managing to offend a large number of its customers and cut sales by 30%. Now this from the store I use to avoid shopping at Walmart: Target Pride merchandise includes female-style swimsuits that can be used to “tuck” male genitalia, products labeled as “Thoughtfully fit on multiple body types andContinue reading “Right On Target”

One really cool thing about France is that it has a real high speed rail network, far superior to anything California is going to come up with even if we do actually build something. The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) can get you to many places in France at speeds up to 180 mph. AndContinue reading “Lost in Translation”