Archive for March, 2005

New Harebrained Scheme

Sunday, March 13th, 2005

I have a new Harebrained Scheme.

Back in the early 70s, my dad was an amateur bicycle racer. He got pretty good, and was a notoriously fast climber in the area (rural SoCal) until a truck plowed into him and his buddies during a training ride in ‘72, killed one guy, put Dr. Greg (atlhough he wasn’t yet “Dr.”) into a coma for two weeks—just bad news all around. Didn’t stop my old man, though, and once he recovered he continued touring and commuting to this day, although he made the switch to a recumbent a couple of years ago.

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Homeless

Wednesday, March 9th, 2005

This isn’t the kind of link I normally post here, because it’s pretty depressing, but this forum thread (from BBT) has changed the way I think about homelessness.

*[EDIT]* Sorry, that’s from SA via BBT.

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Two Trilogies

Wednesday, March 9th, 2005

Between lunches in Retail Hell and evenings at home, I’ve had time to finish one trilogy and start another, and in a kind of pleasant symmetry they represent Past and Future.

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