Musings about life on two wheels

Today really feels like the first post-work day. I stopped working last Thursday, but honestly I’ve been super busy since then: get together with the DataFam, seeing Kevin and Phillip, Making a Super Red donation at Bloodworks, big soup for the week, April-5 demonstration, and setting up Marcie’s new bike. Today’s been busy too –…

Tl;Dr: I am a junior apprentice novice wood worker I’m just back from the Safety class at the PNA Woodshop. I introduced myself as Junior Apprentice Novice Rough Carpenter, and I think that’s pretty accurate. And… super overwhelmed by the experience of the other volunteers – a guy who has most of the tools we…

Tl;Dr: so great to see my friends this evening, great way to kick off the next chapter I had a little get together with some old co-workers and friends from Tableau. So great to see Kate R, Josh, Alex, Tom, Anton, Carl, Dan, Mark N, Ron, Matt, Stuart, John, Graham, Britta, Aaron F, Petra and…

Tl;Dr: Markets don’t always go up, unpredictability they sometimes go down I grew up with a father who was always watching the markets – we spent a lot of time hearing about how the Dow Jones went up or down in any given day. I feel like I have at least a moderately good grasp…

Tl;Dr: forgot I have an awesome grinder I spend a lot of thought on coffee, always have. During Covid, I decided to learn how to make awesome pour over coffee. So, I got some grinders. A nice electric, a good hand grinder, and lastly a travel size grinder for work. The travel grinder is a…

Tl;Dr: It ain’t for everybody, what’s in it for me? A friend who reads was asking what I’d been reading. It’s been a while since I’ve been through Infinite Jest, but it’s something I return to regularly. I mentioned it to my friend, he read it. Last time we met one of the first things…

Tl;Dr: willful ignorance is so prevalent there’s a word for it, and a whole line of academic study We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and…

Tl;Dr: I helped a friend sell a bike, it was nice I ran into Marty, a few months ago. Marty was the helpful person at a local store – competent, friendly, and overall really nice. Over the years we’ve talked bikes. When I saw him last summer he mentioned he was trying to sell an…