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Me at age 17. Embracing the pain.

on June 15, 2026

Bicycling Teenager

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7 days of faux bros at Palm Desert bicycle training camp

on June 17, 2025

Bicycling Travel stories

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Cyclist crashes into me whilst belching a safety scolding

on July 27, 2024

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Hosted a bicycle tourist. Turns out he was a homeless guy.

on October 05, 2023

Bicycling Personal shitshows

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That time I booted bicyclist roommate out of our Texas hotel room

on May 06, 2023

Bicycling Personal shitshows

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Why I cheer $5 petrol, besides freedom convoys

on August 08, 2022

Bicycling Opinions

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Dudes breaking up with dudes

Do blokes 'break up' with other blokes? Meaning: cancel the friendship? I have, several in the last couple years. Most were long term friends, several years or more. Good friends. Let's discuss: Friend 1 Randy: Chums since the 90s. Often hosted me at his house when I travelled to his city. Meditates, exercises, has done an Ayahuasca trip to the Peru jungle 10 years ago. Big, impressive library, many topics. Ergo, he's an actual deep thinker. Reason for cancel: he's a Fox 'news' addict. Starts his day with it. This I know from his gf who confided in me and is exact opposite. How they stay together is beyond me. Anyhoots, our last exchange a year ago or so was over sms, him accusing me of 'being brainwashed.' This is someone who watched Lou Dobbs, Tucker, et al, aka the zombie horde, for years . Try to appreciate the irony of an infected zombie accusing another of being uninformed. Friend 2 Jim: Chums since the 90s also. Reason for cancel: His c...

Pink Floyd actually did met Wizard of Oz. I saw it happen.

Are you familiar with the urban legend of The Wizard of Oz + Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon? Dateline: 2017. Boise Treefort Festival (5 days of amazing, same format as SxSW). Final nite of the fest, Sunday nite. Boise Contemporary Theatre. I saw a play so profound, so outrageously ambitious, I have no interest in seeing a play again, ever. It was called 'T here are Chinese Tunnels under Boise.' But back to Floyd, Oz, and the urban legend. Thousands, maybe tens of thousands, swear it's true. This is a global phenomenon. The gist is that the two are perfectly synchronized. If you watch the flick on mute, listening to the record at the same time, they're in sync. I'm not making this up. Do a search on it and you'll also be pulled into the rabbit hole. Anyhoots. That's the background of this blog, and this play. Act 1 of 2 begins in a basement of the stoner Floyd fan. His 3 friends arrive: 2 blokes & a bird. He argues with his friends at lengt...

Are American schools really this bad?

Do you live in an area with roundabouts? Some call them traffic circles. I call them roundabouts. Ever been stuck behind a driver baffled by roundabouts ? I'm a fan of roundabouts because they prevent t-bone crashes, need no electricity nor maintenance. Also, they require an extra degree of focus on the driver's part. But most of all, roundabouts baffle people. Especially in an area that introduces them , the controversy, the letters to the editor, the hand wringing. And that's what's really great about them. I've long believed roundabouts are a window into a person's ability, beyond driving skills. I think a lot about the state of the world. Always have. I'm a news hound, but in particular the last 5 years, thinking a lot about the country we live in. In particular, the people in this country. More to the point, the roughly 1/3 of adult Americans who are breathtakingly ignorant. There's a well-studied psychological phenomenon for this, the Dunnin...

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