This can’t be real… (II)
Just to follow up on something about which I wrote within the past couple of weeks: I learned a new word today: “Sadfishing.” I don’t know if it has a… Read more »
Hours of Dirt, Gravel, Snow, and Ice
Today’s ride took it out of me. But I’d do it again in a heartbeat. We spent just over 3 hours riding only 9 miles on a “road” that wound… Read more »
Fighting the Battle
The perfect life does not exist. I may have thought it did at one time. A lot of kids with idyllic childhoods may have thought that way. Was mine idyllic?… Read more »
This can’t be real…
Football season in Korea used to mean getting up at 2 or 3 in the morning (depending on Daylight Savings Time) and going on base to see a favorite team… Read more »
Ignorance as Blessing: II
When I was working on my Masters degree, the graduation requirement was to produce a portfolio, the contents of which would require defending before a panel of professors. Part of… Read more »
Ignorance as Blessing
I’d like to take this short moment to tell you about a theory I’ve developed over my years of experience in the language training and testing field; and maybe even… Read more »
Where have the poets gone?
I’ve had some email interaction with my brothers lately (they’re smart enough not to deal with Facebook or its like) about a band famous in the 60s and 70s (their… Read more »
Cold?
Yesterday, the temperatures got down into the teens, so of course hating the cold while I ride like I do, I just had to get out. The main goal of… Read more »
What Really Works
“I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable,… Read more »
A Fortunate Fall…
No, this isn’t about a bike crash, or even my wife’s recently broken ribs. Those things are never so fortunate as this, if anyone could find any blessings in them… Read more »