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Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Although this is a biking related blog, in the past year I have begun to do triathlons. Swimming is my weakest area so this weekend, I participated in the Purple Swim. It is an open water swim in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore. There were two distance options - 1 mile or 2 miles. Since the […]
1/11/11 - A Special Day
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Today is unique based on the numbers representing the date - 1/11/11. However it is more unique because of the weather. There is snow in 49 of the 50 states. The only state without snow is Florida. Even Hawaii has snow, which is not unusual on the high mountains of the big Island. Although Washington […]
An Anniversary For Neil Armstrong Not Lance
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Forty one years ago today, Neil Armstrong (no relationship to Lance Armstrong) and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin of the Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon. The above photo shows Buzz Aldrin. Neil Armstrong can be seen in the reflection on the face mask of the helmet. Astronaut Michael Collins, the third member of the crew, […]
The $1 Pregnancy Test
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010This post has nothing to do with cycling except that I made this discovery while cycling. This past weekend during a ride in extremely hot weather, we needed to stop for water. We passed a remote shopping center and the only store that was open was a dollar store. Many of these stores have recently added […]
Out Of Control - The Dow Jones and Toyota Prius
Friday, May 7th, 2010The Dow Jones dropped 1000 points during trading on Thursday before recovering most of the loss. It was the largest intra-day drop ever. Robert Riech on his blog speculated on the reasons for the drop including pointing to the computers that automate trades. He wrote that “Giant high-speed computers generate millions of trades based on […]
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