I wanted to get another 20 miles in on the bicycle today. I scheduled to take the bicycle in for its 1,000 mile and winterizing checkup on Tuesday, and I want to actually have 1,000 miles on the odometer. I only had 975. Yesterday I had plotted a course 10 miles east on the flattest … Continue reading Why do bicycle trails go to nowhere? →

Here's my blurb.  AUMC is having its Trunk or Treat at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 in the church parking lot. For those of you who are local -- stop over and have some fun.  Here are some shots from prior years:  

Ikea Merriam opened a little over a month ago. Betsy and I waited until today to make our first visit. We didn't get any of the free merchandise offers, but we also didn't have to wait in line. We got there when the cafeteria opened at 9:30 a.m. to have the $0.99 breakfast. Two breakfasts … Continue reading Ikea Merriam →

  This is a plug for our book club coming up on November 8, 2014. the Avondale United Methodist Church book club will be meeting at 10 a.m. to discuss Witchfinder, by Sarah Hoyt. We will also have the special pleasure of having the author present -- via Skype -- to discuss the book with … Continue reading Read now, discuss Nov. 8 →

I just finished reading one of my textbooks for my organizational communications class. in the epilogue, as in most of the chapter introductions, I found statements I found so highly biased that I could tell the writer was totally blind to any bias whatsoever, it was so thick. Apologies for a long paste below, but … Continue reading Winning the argument before it begins by proper framing →

"All of this (globalization) creates a problem for democracies. Democracy and capitalists have very different core values. Democracy is founded on equality  -- one vote per citizen regardless of his (sic) intelligence  or work ethic. Capitalism, however, is motivated by inequality: differences in economic returns create the incentive structure which encourages hard work and wise … Continue reading “the economically fit are expected to drive the economically unfit out of existence” →

This is a fun blog that dissects memes for their fallacies. He goes all over the spectrum.  No respecter of persons/memes. 😉   http://badmemes.wordpress.com/2014/10/19/facts-are-facts-but-what-about-interpretations/

  Books shouldn't be allowed to end with cliff-hangers like that. An Elfy on the Loose by Barb Caffrey is part of the Elfy Duology, and as the first of a two-parter, ends at a point where you are building for a big confrontation, but it hasn't happened yet. Of course, you wouldn't care about … Continue reading Review: An Elfy on the Loose →

This past summer I wasn't thinking to ever see gas prices below $3.00 a gallon, and now gas is 21 cents below that price. I am sure that a lot of people are seeing this as a good sign -- lower gas prices. But that isn't the vibe I get from them. Sure, lower prices … Continue reading $2.79 — and dropping? →

Okay, just finished watching Lego Movie on our downloaded iTunes version.  Only took trying another computer to get it to actually play.  So seems fitting to show some more Lego creations my son made and photographed: