Select a Candidate

If you are like me, you are getting tired of the political ads on TV and the radio. Most of these are simple fluff pieces either meant to make one candidate look good, or the opposite, to tear down his or her opponent. Just tell me – How do the presidential and...

Only 6 weeks to go :)

If you have a web site and want some fun filler, sample the array of Gadgets at Google.com/webmasters/gadgets. Here are hundreds of code snippets that you can customize for your own use. One example could be to announce, that we are going to be grandparents again in...

Minnesota Bike Atlas

The Twin Cities Bicycle Club and HI-Minnesota have teamed up again to produce a completely new edition of the Minnesota Bike Atlas – now in its 35th year of publication. With all new maps and an interactive CD which will blow your cycling socks off, this edition...

Book Recommendation – Pedal Power

I just finished reading Pedal Power, The Quiet Rise of the Bicycle in American Public Life by J. Harry Wray. I highly recommend this read to any one interested in climate change, politics or just the fun of cycling. Wray is a bike enthusiast and Professor of Political...

Killer in the front yard

This morning, while drinking coffee, a new visitor landed in the yard, checked out the options, nabbed a sparrow out of mid-air and flattened him on the driveway. He then proceeded to fly off to the neighbors to eat breakfast. First time we have seen a Sharp-shinned...