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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011Both John Edwards and Lance Armstrong are the subjects of Federal investigations that could result in prison time for each of them. Charges have already been filed against Edwards. Lance Armstrong is still under investigation and charges may or may not be filed. Both cases involve unique applications of the law. Here are links to […]
Bus Crashes Into House, Blame The House
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011A Washington Post news story about a bus that crashed into a house caught my attention today. When a car and a bicyclist have an accident, the general reaction is to blame the bicyclist. Dave Moulton, who writes a popular bicycling blog, recently wrote a blog post on the subject entitled “Blame The Victim“. If drivers can’t […]
Retarded Motion
Monday, February 15th, 2010Retard (verb) - to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
Most bicyclists, especially racers and triathletes want to ride faster. However there are a number of factors that retard their forward motion and slow them down. Cyclists try of overcome these factors through training, technique and […]
Chelsea Clinton Is Spinning For Haiti
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010This past week, Chelsea Clinton led a spinning class to raise money for Haiti. While it is a well intentioned effort, I think it is stupid.
If you want to give money, just give money. Don’t think that if you do some pseudo-suffering in a 90 minute spin class, you are somehow suffering along with the […]
Cyclists Are Tougher Than Football Players
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010This past weekend, the Minnesota Vikings beat the Dallas Cowboys by a score of 34-3 in a playoff game. After the game, Dallas Cowboy linebacker Keith Brooking complained that Minnesota had run up the score. Brooking said “I thought it was totally classless and disrespectful. This is the NFL, that’s not what this is about. […]
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