Archive for October, 2007

Lt. Mark Kruger doesn’t like cyclists

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 Posted in Biking | No Comments »

As I mentioned earlier (here and here), I'm not sure that Lt. Mark Kruger is the right person to be in charge of the Portland Police Departments Traffic Division. After ... Read more..

Kittens, kittens, kittens

Saturday, October 27th, 2007 Posted in Favorite Things, Pictures | 1 Comment »

I've had a pile of kitten pictures to review for several weeks now and having been doing it a few at a time. Tonight I finished editing and posted them ... Read more..

Vital Statistics

Thursday, October 25th, 2007 Posted in Vital Statistics | No Comments »

Bike odometer: 2092 Weight lost (in pounds): 45 Consecutive South Beach days: 4 Hours of sleep last night: 7.5 Hours billed last week: 46 Aches & pains: sore throat, sciatic Current reading:: The Book of Totally ... Read more..

Bubble Wrap

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 Posted in Link | No Comments »

There's no more than 30 seconds of enjoyment, but put it in Manic Mode and knock yourself out. Read more..

More Kruger detractors

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 Posted in Biking | No Comments »

It seems I'm not the only one whose ire is up because of Lt. Mark Kruger. Jonathan Maus over at BikePortland.org has a terrific article today about the situation including ... Read more..

Deadly right hook again

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 Posted in Biking | No Comments »

It happened again. Another truck driver turned right at an intersection and killed a bicyclist in the bike lane. Once again, Portland Police Lt. Mark Kruger is making excuses for ... Read more..

Vital Statistics

Friday, October 19th, 2007 Posted in Vital Statistics | No Comments »

Bike odometer: 2061 Weight lost (in pounds): 40 Consecutive South Beach days: 10 Hours of sleep last night: 7 Hours billed last week: 41 Aches & pains: low on energy (lack of carbs) Current reading:: 2107 ... Read more..

Chocolate Rain

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 Posted in Video | No Comments »

No, this kid is not lip synching - that's his real voice. Check out his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel (skip forward about halfway thru for the interview) if you don't ... Read more..

Inside Graham’s Mind Again

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 Posted in News | No Comments »

Graham announced that he would be writing a song every day this week. I suggested that he put them on his blog and he thought that was a good idea. ... Read more..

A Cyclist Was Killed Here

Saturday, October 13th, 2007 Posted in Biking | No Comments »

IMG_0304 Originally uploaded by tufts_of_tafetta Last night I rode on the memorial ride for Tracey Sparling, the young woman who was run over by a cement truck while trying to cross Burnside ... Read more..