Enjoyed the weekend visits from 1, 1.1 and 4. Sometimes the best plan is no plan.
Really have no explanation for my absence from here over the last week. The evenings were all full and work was busy with my assistant out for the week. A bit of a mid-Summer's hiatus.
The Seinfeld episode entitled "The Soup Nazi" is on as I write this. A true American treasure.
4 and I did about 15 on the Bettendorf bike path Sunday to break in the new bike. With the heat and humidity, a little work was involved. The city created within the last year several additional miles of bike-compatible sidewalks in the newer section of town near where SRH lives, which allows a rider to access the primary paths along Duck Creek. The idea of wider paths has merit, but it's no panacea.
My biggest complaint, and it's really not a complaint, but a bit of a negative observation, is the constant of little "Stop" signs at every street corner. For a "biker", little stop signs are a pain. We want mileage in big chunks, not in city blocks. You're always stopping and starting, and taking extra time to get there (where ever that is).
4 reports that IC has an ordinance that prohibits bikers from riding on the the sidewalk. Which makes sense to me since normal sidewalks really don't have enough room for a walker and a biker passing in opposite directions. Plus, in a college town, there's always a lot of walkers.
July was a historically cool month in this area. My utility bill was at an all-time low; $37. (Then again, I was on the road half the time, so there wasn't a lot going on with the old HVAC system.) I remember a corporate publicist for the local utility company many years ago proudly proclaiming at a Rotary meeting that the company liked it, "Really hot or Really cold!"
In follow-up to an earlier comment here, the report from the local fair was 25K for the Big and Rich concert last week. Keep in mind that they set the stage up in the infield in front of the main grandstand with people then allowed to stand on the dirt track between the seats and the stage. And that we had 2-3 inches of rain that day. Can you say, m-u-d?
Busy week. Lots to do between now and Italia.
BCOT
Philosophy, History and Commentary from Lt. PC
1 comment:
Martha said:
Glad you're back....was worried about you when you went such a long time with no entry.
Biker comment: One of my complaints is bikers (and golf cart drivers) who expect courtesy and safe driving from cars, yet expect to use the roads without observing the traffic rules. Cars with standard shift must also deal with stop signs unless they do the "rolling stop" common on rural roads.
For the educators in the family, here is an excellent article on the coming expanded use of computers in the classroom:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/education/09textbook.html
I would need to be completely retrained and have a minor in computer science to go back to the classroom, even though I had several computer exercises I required of my students.
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