Something to Look At
Don’t know how I stumbled upon this guy, but he does some fascinating work. I figure you can just watch the video rather than read my ramblings today. The art… Read more »
Month: August 2023
Time to Get Serious
I was interested and excited to hear the news about a recent discovery in physics — a superconductor that works at room temperatures. Sadly, this turned out to be yet… Read more »
Next Up: Robert Penn Warren
I’ve been busy enough not to have gotten to this, but if you were paying attention, I finished Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad a few days back… Read more »
Saturday 62: Up and Over, Up and Over
Finally, a day that didn’t suck the life out of us. The heat was manageable all the way to the end of our ride, a ride which went over two… Read more »
PCC-772
I’ve often mentioned the city of Ch’eonan and the difficulties we’ve encountered there during our bike rides. In a much more serious vein, though, the city holds another, far more… Read more »
Little Wing
I’ve heard a few versions of the song by Jimi Hendrix. There’s an instrumental version by Stevie Ray Vaughan that’s phenomenal (and much longer than Hendrix’s version), and you would… Read more »
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Two words come to mind when I think of this book: Incredibly creative. Egan weaves the lives of her characters so effortlessly that, although it appears to be all over… Read more »
Value the Work
I grew up with a father who could do anything he put his mind to. Fix a car? Yup. Build a house? Yup. Fly an airplane? Yup. Ride a unicycle?… Read more »
Saturday 70: Railroad History Tour
So the day after I whine about not being able to handle the long rides anymore… Last winter, I went on a ride that took me past some old train… Read more »
Something’s Gotta Give
A few years ago, I set out on a long bicycle ride. I’d been telling myself for years that I needed to top 100 miles again. I’d done it once… Read more »