This past week was the Kansas City Corporate Challenge Swim Meet from Monday-Thursday at the Gladstone Natatorium. Since I am my company's swim meet coordinator, I was there every evening from 5 p.m. to end. Since the Natatorium is only 5.5 miles from home, I rode my bicycle there each evening. Motor vehicle drivers react … Continue reading Ignorance of the Law is no Excuse
Category: Social Issues
Hugo Awards: Voting for Best Short Story
Okay, the nominees for all the Hugo categories were announced awhile ago, but those of us who have paid our membership dues to be able to vote only recently got our voters packets. Those packets have samples or entire copies of the works in question, so we can read and compare and decide what we … Continue reading Hugo Awards: Voting for Best Short Story
Healthcare: The Annual Physical
As I start writing this post I am sitting at the doctor's office for my annual physical. we always try to bring the family in every year for the physicals. It is a good annual tradition, and since the insurance -- which we are paying for (well, we and the company I work for) -- … Continue reading Healthcare: The Annual Physical
To frame something isn’t always bad
In books and movies and TV shows, when someone has been framed, it is usually a bad thing. Someone makes the context look bad for someone when it really isn't. But in real life, framing is actually very important. It makes a big difference. That is why so many people trying to apply vastly different … Continue reading To frame something isn’t always bad
“Every Shade From Dark to Light”
Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world Red and yellow, black and white, They are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world. Above is how I learned the song Jesus Loves the Little Children when I was growing up. I probably knew it that way for … Continue reading “Every Shade From Dark to Light”
An equal share of …. what?
For the healing of the nations, Lord, we pray with one accord; for a just and equal sharing of the things that earth affords; to a life of love in action help us rise and pledge our word, help us rise and pledge our word. The above quotation is verse one of "For the Healing … Continue reading An equal share of …. what?
The State of Bicycle Shops
I'm really no qualified to make comments, my experience being very eclectic, but I will anyway. There could be other shops out there that I am not aware of, but from the perspective of what I know, it seems like the market is getting scarcer for suppliers to cyclists -- which is odd, considering that … Continue reading The State of Bicycle Shops
Anatomy of an Accident
I experienced an incident this week that shows how quickly things can go wrong, even when you are completely in the right. The above graphic is the intersection. Notice the two red stop signs on the cross street. The other street has no stop signs. The street from the left is much steeper downhill into … Continue reading Anatomy of an Accident
Native Dress vs. Western Dress
This post is based on eclectic observation and little research, so people with greater knowledge and observation are encouraged to explain and comment on how my observations are incorrect, and why these false impressions, if false indeed they are, , permeate themselves within our culture. The observations I am talking about are those for clothing … Continue reading Native Dress vs. Western Dress
Where is the detour?
Monday was a rainy day in Kansas City. Nevertheless, I rode my bicycle to work. I was moving along nicely until I got to the Heart of America Bridge and starting climbing the incline south for the bicycle bath. About a quarter of a mile up the path I found a sign that said " … Continue reading Where is the detour?
At The Rainbow 