http://www.rainypony.com/blog I'd be amazed if anyone actually reads this. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:14:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last month, a Kamas, UT man tried to run down a group of cyclists riding along Mirror Lake Highway. Normally I'd be all, "Stupid redneck!" and spewing some other anti-Utah insults at the driver on here. However, if you read the article closely, you'll see one of the riders who ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2008/09/03/change-starts-with-us-bikers/ I will be very, very glad when Sunday is over, because apparently this is just not my week. Went out for a ride today... route included going up through N.Arlington, across Chain Bridge, down the C&O to the Capital Crescent Trail, then up MacArthur Blvd, mess around in the suburban street ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2008/08/30/lesson-learned/ I don't know if it's because I've had an extremely bad week, but this made me laugh so hard I started crying. Looking for a more out of the box way to excersize. Be the coolest guy on your street cutting the lawn with this bad boy. you can save gas ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2008/08/28/unicycle-lawnmower/ For those who missed the original news... Sun Journal WCAX Maine Today Paul's obituary Nice remembrance from the "Citizen of Laconia" newspaper :cry: http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2008/08/26/more-articles-on-yesterdays-accident/ I'm not sure if I mentioned this before on this blog, but my dear old dad followed in my footsteps/tire tracks and rode his bike across the country this summer. I did this trip eight years ago when I was 17, and to say the least, it was the experience ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2008/08/25/terrible-tragedy/ Well, I did the Reston Bike Club ride yesterday, and I'm still alive. I didn't wuss out and do the 30 miler, but I did forgo the metric and just did 54 miles instead. Overall it was nice -- the scenery wasn't up to par with the MS ride, but ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2008/08/25/consensus-not-that-bad/ Alrighty, I finally got the Reston Century packet yesterday in the mail. It turns out there aren't three routes (half metric, metric, and regular centuries), but an additional three sections that you can do. Basically, you can choose to pedal 32.3 (half metric), 52.8, 63.5 (metric), 76.2, 91.5, or 104.2 ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2008/08/20/a-myriad-of-options/ Since I seem to live my life with my head stuck under the sand 90% of the time, I shouldn't be suprirsed that the Reston [metric for me] Century ride is in 6 days. Crap, crappity, crap... I was kind of hoping that I had at least another week to ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2008/08/18/august-needs-to-be-40-days-long/ Download ColdFusion MX from Adobe website. Get all confused about needing a serial number and try to think of ways to get around it. Finally realize you don't need a serial number to install the developer edition, and also think that even if you did "find" one, you'd be in hot water ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2008/08/14/how-not-to-install-coldfusion/ Okay, Wordpress... what the heck. I just typed out 3/4 of a post, accidentally hit the "back" button on my mouse, and my post was eaten! I thought there was a friggin auto save feature on this version! :gah: Let me try to reiterate what I just spent 20 minutes ... http://www.rainypony.com/blog/2008/08/12/yet-another-biking-related-post/