The death of the blog
Sep. 13, 2009 Filed in: Personal
Does anyone even blog anymore? With Twitter, I've found that you people know way to much about what I'm doing anyway....haha. So, if you want to know what I've been up to for the past four months, check out my Twitter page. I think I'll leave this Blog page up for posterity and because I know so many of you would like to go back and read what I'm sure will become famous words many years from now.
And, no, I really don't believe any of that.
And, no, I really don't believe any of that.
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Wow...One month later...
May. 22, 2009 Filed in: Personal
Did some updating to my website this morning to make it a little more colorful and summer like. I figured I’d throw up a little blog post and now realize that it’s been a month since my last post. What the ??!!
What started out as daily posts has been replaced by weekly posts and now Twitter. Not that my daily blog postings were that exciting (nor are my twitter posts...really, have you seen them?) so I’m sure y’all aren’t missing out.
Anyone watching the Giro? I’m a little addicted to Universal Sports coverage of the event online. It’s been good and the announcers exaggerated pronunciations of everything are even becoming okay for me. The Giro itself is okay this year. Some good stages, sprints and crashes. I’m really looking forward to the Tour next month.
We’ve got a long weekend here so this is very exciting. I’m planning on getting out on some rides. Food Park tomorrow, maybe another MTB ride to test the new single speed on Sunday and then a long ride on Monday.
Hope you all have a great weekend and I’ll try to post again before another month has past. See ya!
What started out as daily posts has been replaced by weekly posts and now Twitter. Not that my daily blog postings were that exciting (nor are my twitter posts...really, have you seen them?) so I’m sure y’all aren’t missing out.
Anyone watching the Giro? I’m a little addicted to Universal Sports coverage of the event online. It’s been good and the announcers exaggerated pronunciations of everything are even becoming okay for me. The Giro itself is okay this year. Some good stages, sprints and crashes. I’m really looking forward to the Tour next month.
We’ve got a long weekend here so this is very exciting. I’m planning on getting out on some rides. Food Park tomorrow, maybe another MTB ride to test the new single speed on Sunday and then a long ride on Monday.
Hope you all have a great weekend and I’ll try to post again before another month has past. See ya!
Just try and catch me on that!
Apr. 21, 2009 Filed in: Personal
I haven’t posted here in awhile and, since I’ve got a spring cold and loopy on medication, I thought now would be a good time to put something down.
My wonderful bail notice came from Irvine PD a few days ago. Ever wonder how much a ticket costs for riding more than two abreast in the bike lane? $245.00. Yep, that’s right. My friend PJ kept telling me it’d be $400 and I didn’t believe him. I just kept thinking, yeah right, no way is it gonna cost that much. He was close. Damn him.
The battle continues though. At the start of Food Park on 4/18, two Irvine piggies, uh, I mean police officers, showed up at the start of the ride to talk to us all. Of course, someone had to start debating the officers and how the law is interpreted. Once this happens, it’s not even worth hanging around. Attention in the group gets lost and people just started rolling away. Interestingly enough, the cops didn’t follow us on that days ride but I think this battle is far from over. I fully expect to see them out again this coming Saturday. The police said that motorists were taking pictures of us and calling in complaints. So, it looks like we’re all gonna have to behave through Irvine for the foreseeable future. It should be interesting to see how far this whole thing goes.
Cycling is NOT a Crime
Mar. 26, 2009 Filed in: Personal
Some of you may have noticed my lovely new flash homepage and tribute to the men in blue of the Irvine Police Department. Now, before I get hate mail, let me explain...
Last Saturday, I went out to do the Food Park group ride like I usually do. Recently, Irvine PD has been following our group rides, pulling them over, talking to us before the ride starts, etc. about our behavior on the ride. We’re taking up to much of the road. Or rather, some citizen complained and now they’re out in force to try and shut the rides down. Yes, that’s right, your tax dollars at work.
So, on our ride, there were two motorcycle cops and one in an SUV who set up their sting operation to try and catch us running a stop. We all did stop but once we made a right at a green light, the motocycle pulled out in front of us and made us all stop. Some kept rolling past him but the majority, me included, stopped.
He told us we were all riding more than two abreast and, he couldn’t write tickets to everyone, so he was just going to pick five of us at random and let everyone else go. I happened to be standing right next to him. Gee, I wonder if he’ll pick me.
Now, I will say that when you have 60-80 cyclists out for a group ride, you’re going to take up more than the bike lane. The majority of us are very experienced cyclists. We don’t want to get hit by a car. We also try to leave room, whenever possible, for cars to pass us. There are some who will roll red lights and think the road belongs to them. Believe me, we yell at these riders when they do dumb things like this.
Don’t the police have better things to do? These rides are not going to stop. A ticket is not going to make me stop doing them. So, Irvine PD...get behind these rides cause they’re not going away!
Last Saturday, I went out to do the Food Park group ride like I usually do. Recently, Irvine PD has been following our group rides, pulling them over, talking to us before the ride starts, etc. about our behavior on the ride. We’re taking up to much of the road. Or rather, some citizen complained and now they’re out in force to try and shut the rides down. Yes, that’s right, your tax dollars at work.
So, on our ride, there were two motorcycle cops and one in an SUV who set up their sting operation to try and catch us running a stop. We all did stop but once we made a right at a green light, the motocycle pulled out in front of us and made us all stop. Some kept rolling past him but the majority, me included, stopped.
He told us we were all riding more than two abreast and, he couldn’t write tickets to everyone, so he was just going to pick five of us at random and let everyone else go. I happened to be standing right next to him. Gee, I wonder if he’ll pick me.
Now, I will say that when you have 60-80 cyclists out for a group ride, you’re going to take up more than the bike lane. The majority of us are very experienced cyclists. We don’t want to get hit by a car. We also try to leave room, whenever possible, for cars to pass us. There are some who will roll red lights and think the road belongs to them. Believe me, we yell at these riders when they do dumb things like this.
Don’t the police have better things to do? These rides are not going to stop. A ticket is not going to make me stop doing them. So, Irvine PD...get behind these rides cause they’re not going away!
Long Time No Blog
Mar. 20, 2009 Filed in: Personal
Haven’t posted a blog entry since March 2nd. Oops! What’s going on there?! Craziness I tell ya. Well, Twitter seems to have really replaced my blog entry. That and the fact that posting a daily blog was just to time consuming and I’m not much of a writer.
I’ve been doing alot of riding, or have just been riding more consistently. The time change has helped alot. I’m getting out in the afternoons for some spins around Irvine and have been feeling pretty good. We’ve also started up the Tuesday night mountain bike rides so the single speed has been getting some good use.
Other than that, not much else to report. Keep following my Twitter updates for more on what I’m doing. See ya!
I’ve been doing alot of riding, or have just been riding more consistently. The time change has helped alot. I’m getting out in the afternoons for some spins around Irvine and have been feeling pretty good. We’ve also started up the Tuesday night mountain bike rides so the single speed has been getting some good use.
Other than that, not much else to report. Keep following my Twitter updates for more on what I’m doing. See ya!
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