I’ve made it a habit to do a lot of research regarding candidates and issues before I vote, but occasionally I didn’t have time to look at everything and everyone, so I would defer to the judgment of a political party to fill in the blanks. However, I see more and more how both major political parties are caring more…Continue Reading
Another Way
I’ve been riding one of my “go to” rides another way lately, a way that I feel is much more safe than my normal Nooksack Loop Trail – 1st Loop. The normal loop has you crossing Slater Rd. at Ferndale Rd, and I just don’t like going anywhere near Slater on a bike, especially when cross traffic doesn’t stop, is moving…Continue Reading
oops
Oops, I did it again. My wife went out of town and I got another bike. Thinking about it, perhaps there is a pattern there, maybe? What I did was purchaseI, for a small sum, a Kona Dew hybrid/urban bike, but what I really did was solve the gear ratio problem I was wrestling with on the Burley. The Burley…Continue Reading
2018 Mt. Baker Hill Climb
My reason for the ride, was to take another step towards returning to a level of fitness that I “useta” have, but have not enjoyed for the last couple of decades or so. My aim was to use riding the Tour de Whatcom(TDW) as an annual fitness goal, but when my wife shared a Facebook thing about this ride up…Continue Reading
Psychobabble Crap
Nike/Kaepernick … what a morally bankrupt and shameful meme you have bestowed upon our world. “Believe in Something, Even if it Means Sacrificing Everything.” What a load of psychobabble crap you’ve come up with. On 9/11/01 some terrorists believed in something and sacrificed everything. On 9/11/01 many people believed in saving others even if it meant sacrificing their own…Continue Reading
Brethren
Daily, I read news regarding Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination as a Supreme Court justice and I find all of it to be nothing more than a sad bit of finger pointing, rather than a constructive vetting process. Congress and seemingly everyone else, is too busy using his nomination process to divide and demonize each other leaving no one to seriously look at Kavanaugh the…Continue Reading