Oct 19

Gasoline and spark plugs

I pulled into the lonely gas station with the sun sinking on the horizon.  I had just ridden many, many miles of new roads, new experiences, and I was nearing the 500 mile mark since I set out early that morning.  I topped up the tank, and headed for the intersection.  Turn right, 100 miles [...]


Oct 7

Creative destruction

This is going to be a somewhat random post, but that’s how it goes sometimes.
I was listening to Car Talk today in the pickup, and they were talking about some of the results of a contest they held in regards to the worst road trip ever.  This was mostly about the car breaking down a [...]


Oct 2

The nut behind the wheel…

Current Mood:  chipperThe weather is getting colder, and the drivers are turning into mutant morons around here.  This morning, there was a big pickup in front of me, which moved to the lane to the left, but left his right tires in my lane, and then looked at me like I was in his [...]


Jun 1

There and back again

Current Mood:  thoughtfulUPDATE:  Here’s a google map of my journey
So I’m back in the office today, after a week on vacation, and some 4000 miles of traveling complete.  I’m kind of easing back into things, and no one has spotted me come in yet, so I think I might have a few minutes before [...]


Apr 8

Brew blog!

I found some interesting open source software for tracking beer brewing, so… I installed it on the server.  As such, I’ll be yakking about my brews there, so feel free to check out what is going on at the ‘brewery’ as it were.
As always, I’m open to suggestions as to what to brew and the [...]