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• LezThanPerfect

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  The ride to work this week has been pretty chilly, at least for southern California. The Weather Underground claims it was around 52 °F this morning, but it felt a little bit lower than that, to me and my old skin.
  
  Are they drilling for oil at gasoline stations [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:50pm EST
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• lecture 11 dc meters

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  Rode around the Santee valley this morning, looking for geocaches. It was pretty cold, around 39.0 °F, and after a while my teeth were starting to chatter.
  
  I had a, how shall I put this, somewhat gross hygiene emergency. Fortunately, I was able to find a restroom with running [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 2:43pm EST
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• Labor Is Prayer

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  Got up at six and headed out at thirty after, after consuming a measuring cup of water, Albertson's brand powdered milk, and Albertson's brand bran flakes. Yum!
  
  Found this Honda emblem on Fletcher Parkway, I think it was. Or very near so. You want it, let me know. One [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 2:19pm EST
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• Kedrigern

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  I finally got on the bike this chilly morning and rode out to Santee via Mission Trails Park. It was 41 degrees F. with a 12 mph headwind through the canyon. I was freezing!
  
  I found some caches along the way, and didn't find some others. The Dam cache' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:47pm EST
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• Kawasaki Triple Performance Stats

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  Not much to say today, except look out for black cars with tinted windows backing out of their driveway. They might not notice you cycling along. I gave the the A-ok sign and a big smile.
  
  Thirty-five miles on the trip meter for the week.
  
  I called [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:15pm EST
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• jailessay

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  I didn't ride today, as I had the dentist thing. The dentist thing turned out fabulous, in that I don't have to have any work done. I did have to sit through a ten minute lecture and demonstration of how to floss and brush. Which I sorely needed, mind you! [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:11pm EST
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• Humorous emails

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  A low of 47 ° F is claimed, but felt rather chillier than that, to me. I wore the red long-sleeved jersey, but no leg warmers. And the helmet liner kept my ears toasty warm.
  
  I mentioned that my helmet mirror broke off. I replaced with another mirror I [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:27pm EST
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• HowManyDogs

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  Rode out to Santee this sunny morning, and then back again.
  
  It was around 49.0 49.0° F in beautiful La Mesa when I took off at six-fifteen. I had the arm warmers on, under the blue jacket. The arm warmers tend to end up being wrist warmers after a [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 1:04pm EST
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• HMO FAQ

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  Went geocaching by bike this morning.
  
  Found a lock. And it's not locked! If I find a vacant hasp somewhere....
  
  
  
  Found a bunch of the caches. One might be up a tree. I sent an e-mail to the' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:26pm EST
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• Hacking Coke machines

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  It's Friday the 13th. The boss was out with a moby toothache, there were ants in the foyer at work, and it's very cloudy.
  
  Well, I LIKE cloudy.
  
  Apparently, wearing reflective clothing and orange vests, sometimes even lights, don't help, they are still gonna get you!
  from January' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:18pm EST
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• graves-duluth

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  Is it Thursday already?
  
  It might sprinkle tonight, but I doubt. The weather was a bit cooler than usual this morning, and a bit cooler than that in the afternoon.
  
  A fellow on a bicycle passed me this morning on the frontage road. When the frontage road ended [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:31pm EST
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• GoldKey

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  I was stopped for a traffic signal this morning on Fletcher Parkway when two bicycling fellows came up from behind me. One said, "On your left," then passed me. The other did not say anything, and passed me on the right. They rode right through that red light! I followed [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:24pm EST
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• genealogy

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  Surprise! I'm back!
  
  I took apart the pulleys to clean the crud and goop off of them, then I decided to take the derailer off and clean'n'grease the pivet. Well, I popped off the circlip that holds the bolt in there, and it flew off somewhere. I spent' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:03pm EST
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• GeekDYI_Jan2003

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  Another day, another caching trek. Found seven out of nine, couldn't find one, one had too many muggles both times I went past it. Even on a Sunday morning!
  
  I nailed the one at the Starbuck's, even though there were four police vehicles outside.
  
  I headed down to [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 1:44pm EST
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• Galaxy words

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  I have had a marvelous week geocaching while bike riding. I've found ten since Monday, including some that were very elusive, at least for me. Today is overcast, maybe the sun will come out later, maybe it will rain. The forecast is not for rain, but it seems damp everywhere.[...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:04pm EST
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• Favorite TV Shows

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  The clouds were so pink to the east this morning! It was a joy to be up and out.
  
  And I nailed two caches, two! Who rocks? I do!
  
  I might need to buy a new pair of gloves. Why is it always the left one? I'm right' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:52pm EST
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• electric bro (waiting)

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  Another cache found in the dancerly light. It was a piece of cake.
  
  Speaking of, came across this yummy-looking dainty.
  
  
  
  Nothing interesting happened on the way home.
  
  I have just over thirty miles on [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:59pm EST
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• Effective Daily Affirmations

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  Found a geocache this morning that I've been searching for, off and on, for several YEARS. It was pretty much right where it was supposed to be. How about that?
  
  It is a little odd riding to work in the near daylight, and riding home in the near sunset,' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:07pm EST
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• e-mail headers

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  I got up at five, which was REALLY six, and left by six, which was REALLY seven.
  
  There was a lot of candy wrappers, and even candy, on some of the streets. You can tell which neighborhoods have a lot of kids! I only saw one smashed pumpkin, though.
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 1:43pm EST
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• doughnuts

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  I made a plan last night, and I followed it through.
  
  The plan was to go geocaching on the bike.
  
  The sun was not quite up yet, it was chilly, I headed over to Grossmont Center to sign the log on a cache I had spotted the other [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 1:24pm EDT
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• domini (waiting for the electrician).

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  The (hopefully) last day to ride the Schwinn to work, as Jamis OUGHT to be fixed by Monday. Of course, by Monday, we will be on Daylight Saving Times, right? So it will be plenty light out, I won't need the lights on Jamis, so I should just ride the' [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:40pm EDT
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• dick_francis.bib

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  Yesterday it was very warm, ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit. And very clear.
  
  I rode the Schwinn. It is so much easier to ride than Jamis. And much quieter!
  
  I found two bucks in the gutter in front of Starbucks. I picked it up and waved it at the patrons [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 7:10pm EDT
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• Cutty Sark significance

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  I did not ride the bike yesterday, nor today, but I DID pump up the tires (and mount the blinkies!) on the Schwinn in preparation for riding it to work next week. Or is that this week?
  
  And I'm riding the Schwinn in the fervent hope that I will' [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 10:22pm EDT
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• Creationist Nonsense

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  Whoa, that might offend someone!
  
  Snoopy is still missing. I rode to the lake after work, to the spot where I went, but did not see him there. A dog chased me a little, barking, but its master called it back. I bet someone at the grocery store stole [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:47pm EDT
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• CreationExplained

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  Dropped off a book at the library on the way to work.
  
  I noticed that Snoopy was missing! Oh, no, what shall I tell Steve the L.??
  
  I went looking for a cache after work, and found it. I think. It was a little weird.
  
  I sort-of [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:19pm EDT
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• cockroaches2

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  Rode to work again, the Squeakycyclist on his squeaky bicycle.
  
  Did not find two caches in the morning.
  
  Saw a Dodge A-series pickup I never noticed before, but it was a bit dark to take a picture of.
  
  This angel has been up since AT LEAST last [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 8:21pm EDT
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• cockroaches1

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  Rode Jamis (El Slippo) to work yesterday. Found a cache on the way. I noticed that sailboat has been moved three blocks to the north. Staying ahead of parking enforcement?
  
  Posted this Wanted Poster (or something very like it) on the refrigerator at work.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 8:24pm EDT
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• City Beat article

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  Another bike ride today, but a bit earlier, and it is Sunday. A lot fewer people out. A lot high success rate in cache finds! I found all the ones I didn't find yesterday(except the one I couldn't find before), and I found one I couldn't find a few weeks' [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 1:05pm EDT
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• Children

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  Even as early as seven-thirty on a Saturday morning is not the optimum time to go geocaching in urban Lemon Grove. Way too many people out!
  
  I found a couple of caches, but I didn't find five others. Saw this impressive pine tree in Kunkel Park.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 1:14pm EDT
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• chicklit

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  Yesterday morning was really really foggy. This morning was not foggy. Both afternoons were pretty darn warm.
  
  I got two geocaches this morning on the way to work. Two out of three searched for. Well, searching might be a bit of a misnomer. I stopped the bike, turned my [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 9:37pm EDT
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• Cell Phone Batteries

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  It might rain tomorrow, it mighter rain Wednesday, but today, it's just pretty overcast.
  
  I rode 10.5 miles, or thereabouts.
  
  I saw a nifty little Alfa Romeo, but I did not bring the camera along today.
  
  Saw a few people on bicycles this afternoon. One one' [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 9:11pm EDT
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• CE Shop Descriptions chap3

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  Went for geocaching bike ride this morning.
  
  The first cache I found was a Did Not Find by the previous seeker. He said he thought he spotted it, but could not get it out what was holding it.
  
  I managed to get it out. I also managed to [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 1:34pm EDT
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• CallBoxStats

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  Did a bicycle geocache run out to Santee this overcast morning.
  
  Ahh, Santee. Home of the incredibly bike-sucky Mission Gorge Road. Six lanes of 45 mph traffic down the center of the business district. With NO bike lane, nor even bike space. One is instructed to ride on the [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 2:09pm EDT
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• Butterfly Bath

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  I was very chilled this morning, but the temp. was only 57.0 °F, so I don't know what the problem is. Maybe I am coming down with something.
  
  On the way home I heard a pedestrian say that Express Gasoline (8602 Lake Murray Blvd & San Carlos Dr) has' [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 4:59pm EDT
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• Books Read by month

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  Still chilly in the morning.
  
  You will remember the boat from the other day.
  
  I counted feet, it is twenty-eight of my feet from stem (what ever THAT is) to stern. And my feet are pretty durn close to [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 4:43pm EDT
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• booklist

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  A nice ride to work, and another picture of that boat!
  
  
  
  Just how big is that thing? Maybe I will pace it off, tomorrow. I'm sure that won't look strange.
  
  On the way home, I see a [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 8:31pm EDT
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• beevac

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  Another day, another commute to work.
  
  Still cool, if not cooler. I put on arm warmers under that blue jacket.
  
  Saw this sailboat on the way home. It seems pretty huge, sitting there on its trailer.
  
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 8:11pm EDT
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• automobile lamps

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  It was a little chilly this morning, I put on the blue jacket. It was still chilly.
  
  Chain (or freehub) is slipping occassionally on steep hills, especially when standing up. Rather unverving!
  
  I had a moment this morning at work. I logged into the network ok, then I [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 7:28pm EDT
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• Anglels Flight Accident Report

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  I felt much better today than I did yesterday, so I decided to do the ride I had planned for the weekend, to wit: ride up to REI and get me a little jacket for the GPS. And search for geocaches along the way!
  
  I headed out at seven-thirty. [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 3:42pm EDT
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• Amphetatime Annie

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  Advanced the odometer on Jamis just a bit by visiting the library. I checked out For Women Who Love Too Much (n0t for me!) and a collection of Jack Vance science fiction stories. I just finished Damon Knight's collection Tomorrow And Tomorrow for the second time. I am also reading [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 9:50pm EDT
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• Alinco Microphone wiring for Baypac

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  I forgot to mention yesterday that having a GIANT STROBE LIGHT and a 4-inch headlight, both on, in the dark, does not stop a police car from nearly backing out of a driveway onto one.
  
  Today was also rather cool in the morning, and in the afternoon there was [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 8:30pm EDT
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• Advice for 2006 humourous

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  It was a bit chilly this morning, around 57 degrees. I wore the blue jacket, just to take the edge off.
  
  Coming home it was a little bit warmer, 90 degree, with a high of 93 for the day.
  
  I did not wear the jacket on the way [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 10:26pm EDT
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• addresses found on internet

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  I am trying to think of something that happened today, but not a whole lot comes to mind.
  
  I didn't find that fountain cache again.
  
  They grinded off the street where they wuz workin' yesterday.
  
  I pretty much made it to work and back with no incidents.
  [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 10:28pm EDT
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• ACM Competition Southwest 2001

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  NEARLY got doored in the Albertson's parking lot by a woman who was too good to park in a stall, and instead pulled up next to the door so that her spousal unit and child unit could load their groceries. And, of course, she had to get out to help. [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 7:33pm EDT
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• ACM Competion Hawaii 2002

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  I got up EXTRA early this morning (10 minutes) so I could check a geocache. One of the caches I looked for on Sunday was at a park. At least, that is what I came up with after solving the puzzle. No, not THAT puzzle, a different one. An EASIER [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 8:14pm EDT
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• A reading list

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  Really should have put on some sunscreen, the fog did not last on this morning's ride.
  
  Went around looking for geocaches. Found two out of eight, several of which were "re-searches". One those I didn't find, and I haven't found it in the past several times, was found yesterday. [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2009, 2:40pm EDT
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• 2clichekitties

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  Went for a geocaching run on the bike this morning. Got seven out of ten. Of the ones I didn't find, one I couldn't find the street (Yes, yes, I know!), one was a park that was taken over for a Children's Health Festival (Yikes! Zillions of people in trucks!), [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 1:43pm EDT
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• 10commandments

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  It is not as mind-crushingly hot as it was the other day, but it is pretty warm.
  
  But we love it!
  
  I rode to work yesterday, and I rode to work today. And home again both days.
  
  To the guy in the big pickup truck (a Ford [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 8:27pm EDT
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• 100 Science Fiction Novels

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  I may be crazy, but I rode to work today.
  
  It seemed almost chilly enough to wear a jacket.
  
  But this afternoon, uh, it is REALLY warm!
  
  Right now (4:30 P.M.) at home it is 99°F, while the Weather Underground says it was around 101°F or so. [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 7:38pm EDT
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• 100 Greatest Novels from The Observer

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  This post is "encrypted" in ROT-13, for the sake of common decency.
  
  V unq n fpnel vapvqrag va gur greyrg guvf zbeavat, V gubhtug V jnf oyrrqvat "qbja gurer" orpnhfr gurer jnf n cbbc jvgu n ovt puhax bs erq va vg. Whfg gur bar cbbc, ubjrire, naq vg [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 7:53pm EDT
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• 10 Meter Beacons

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  It was patchily foggy this morning.
  
  
  
  And rather sunny and warm in the afternoon. Eighty degrees here, eighty-seven at work.
  
  Eleven miles today. I can tell, because I reset the trip odometer yesterday.
  
  Oh, and today is [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 7:34pm EDT
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• Sunday Morning

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  These blog entry titles are getting monotonous, don't you think? I have an idea about that, but you may not like it.
  
  I headed out in the foggy morning, around seven thirty, after watching a bit of Sunday Morning. I wish Sunday Morning was not on in the Morning,' [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 2:19pm EDT
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• Foggy Friday

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  Yes, another foggy Friday.
  
  I picked up that dime I saw the other day.
  
  
  
  But in the light of day, it wasn't. Did I mention how foggy it was when I picked it up?
  
  I checked out' [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 12:41am EDT
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• It's Moonday

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  A stunningly purty moment in the eastern sky just before dawn.
  
  
  
  And you get it for only 40k! If want the BIG version, it is 753k and it is over on my zooomr page. Anyway, not bad for [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 8:41pm EDT
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• Tuesday

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  I didn't ride to work yesterday, as I had a training day across town and so had to drive.
  
  HAD to!
  
  Driving WAS amusing, though, as I wandered around Serra Mesa somewhat lost. Yes, yes, I took surface streets all the way there. Although I drove the' [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 8:16pm EDT
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• Saturday Haze

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  Ha! Just finished Haze, by L. E. Modesitt, Jr., last night, and it is hazy this morning!
  
  Looked for four Geocaches, did not find any of them. They were all the ones I didn't find before, so I wasn't too disappointed.
  
  Yes, I was.
  
  I think I [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2009, 1:13pm EDT
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• Thursday

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  I dropped off a couple of books at the library this morning, both by Sara Paretsky. Turns out the one I read, I read before in 2000, and the one I didn't read, I've read that before, too. Why do I have a books read list online if I don't' [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 8:51pm EDT
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• Wedesday, Not Usually Garbage Day

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  Yesterday was fairly uneventful on the ride TO work.
  
  Mr. M. gave me a pair of NEW toe straps. I asked him the other day if he had any laying around, and today he brings in these BRAND NEW straps and refuses any payment for them. Well!
  
  Here [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 9:15pm EDT
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• Feels Like Sunday

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  Yes, it does. Except I'm not missing Sunday Morning by going on a bike ride.
  
  I loaded some more geocache locations into the GPS last night so I could look for them today.
  
  The plan was to ride out to Santee and return via the dirt road.
  [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2009, 1:29pm EDT
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• Sunday Morning

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  Went Geocaching on the bike this morning. I found six out of twelve caches.
  
  It was a bit overcast, too, but it is clearing up as I enter this.
  
  I saw few other people out on bikes, a few dog-walkers, and a lot a Starbucks customers. Rather a [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2009, 2:17pm EDT
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• Thursday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Nothing amazing happened today, not even while riding the bike to work.
  
  Nothing to spend a few pixels on, either.
  
  I only managed to get twelve or so miles in today, I think the trip odometer is at fifty-seven miles for the week.
  
  I did a couple [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 10:45pm EDT
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• Wenesday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Rode again, another fifteen miles.
  
  Saw this Lincoln Continental.
  
  
  
  It certainly is pastel.
  
  Lots of big thunderheads in the east. The high today was around 94.0 °F. The humidity varied from 90% at six in the [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 10:50pm EDT
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• Tuesday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I remembered put out the garbage this morning, so the dead rat is history.
  
  I rode the bike to work again.
  
  Yesterday I saw a car with no license plates parked on the side of the road, and it was all painted up like a police vehicle. I [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 7:26pm EDT
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• Monday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Not quite as warm as yesterday, it got up to a high 87°F at 3:30 in the afternoon, but the humidity was a healthy 47%. It was a LOT more humid around 9 in the morning, though. Around 70% or so! Like being in a warm moist cloud.
  
  Saw [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 8:31pm EDT
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• Sunday Ride

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Managed to wake up early and made my escape while the Hawaiians were on.
  
  I took the usual path out to Fletcher Hills. Found a Mexican passport in the gutter. It expired in 2002. I left it there.
  
  I picked up some rocks in the road over [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 2:43pm EDT
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• Fryday (with apologies to John Fry)

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Rode the bike to work.
  
  It was hot today. The high was 100 degrees, and right now it is 82 degrees.
  
  It was 90 degrees in the building at work. I pretty much just sat there and glistened, my mouse arm slick with sweat on the table. Ick! [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 12:33am EDT
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• Wednesday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I loaded up the bike with all the stuff I was going to haul in the vehicle today, sucked it up, and road the pig to work. I think the two barcode scanners probably are worth more than the bike!
  
  Saw this in the bushes, doubled-back to take a [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 9:31pm EDT
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• Garbage Day

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  In all the excitement of driving to work, guess who forgot to take the dead-rat garbage can out to the street this morning? Yikes!
  
  And it is hot the rest of the week, into the low 90s... There is already the smell of death in the yard...
  
  That [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 11:27pm EDT
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• Monday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I rode to work this morning, with lights on, even!
  
  I was NEARLY SAVAGED just as I was turning into the driveway at work by a TINY LITTLE BARKIE DOG, with an attached leash, that had escaped its owner. I nearly ran the little hairy rat down! The owner [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2009, 7:25pm EDT
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• Sunday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Even though I didn't wake up till EIGHT A.M., AND it was sunnyish outside, I still went for a ride. After watching Patti Davis tell her tale on Sunday Morning, I put on some sunscreen and headed out.
  
  The plan was: The Dam Ride.
  
  And it was pretty' [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 2:33pm EDT
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• Did I Mention Humid?

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  By the time I worked up the psychic energy to go for a ride yesterday, it was sprinkling.
  
  Today we have possible thundershowers forecast, but it's just overcast. I went for a fourteen mile wandering stroll around the neighborhoods. I wore the blue jacket, but it didn't rain or' [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2009, 1:21pm EDT
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• Whoops!

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I rode over to work today. The plan was to meet the new boss, but she didn't show.
  
  On the way I saw this sorta nifty 1949 Plymouth. It looks very like the Chrysler my great aunt had.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 6:59pm EDT
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• Wednesday Hangover

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  I ate too much last night, and drank too much. I couldn't even finish my second glass of beer, and I didn't eat the buns on my cheeseburger. I'm STILL burping dinner! I must be getting old! I'm STILL burping dinner!
  
  I forced my self to go for a [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2009, 12:45pm EDT
  by The Squeaky Cyclist

• Tueday (Garbage Day)

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Rode up and over the Fletcher Hump to El Cajon, then back up the Fletcher Hill, picking up some rocks along the way, then back down the F. Parkway to home.
  
  Nothing much of note happened along the way, except to add ten miles to the trip odometer for [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 11:19am EDT
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• Sunday Passing

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Having terminal, let us say, "horse and carts", I did not feel much like riding a great distance. I did manage to force myself to do a Dam Ride, though.
  
  And even though it is only twenty miles, and since I was on the Schwinn, I decided to [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 12:22pm EDT
  by The Squeaky Cyclist

• Saturday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Rode the bike for the first time this week. I rode up to Fletcher Hills and back, not in a particularly direct sort-of-way. Just HAD to yell am SUV (well, a Caravan) that was being VERY undecided about which way it wanted to turn. After straightening them out the rest [...]
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  Posted: August 15, 2009, 1:22pm EDT
  by The Squeaky Cyclist

• Tuesday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I did not ride yesterday, I did not ride today.
  
  I DID go for a little walk to the library, though.
  
  I've seen this bicycle before, I suspect, and I thought it was a Mundo cargo bicycle, but on closer inspection I notice that none of their' [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 12:48am EDT
  by The Squeaky Cyclist

• Sunday Morning

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I got up at 5:50 this morning, ate some flakes, suited up, SUNSCREENED up, and headed out.
  
  I decided to head for Alpine, via Dehesa Road. So I took Fletcher to Amaya, planning to turn right on Grossmont Blvd. But first, I had to fix a flat tire. The [...]
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  Posted: August 09, 2009, 1:51pm EDT
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• To Avocado and Back!

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I saw a picture yesterday at the library that said the original La Mesa springs was at Collier Park, where there is still the spring house. So I rode over there, this morning, to take a look. Yup, it's there still.
  
  I then headed east on all those [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2009, 12:08pm EDT
  by The Squeaky Cyclist

• Friday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I was saddened to learn of the passing of the Fat Cyclist's wife, Susan. My condolences go out to her family.
  
  I borrowed this picture from the Fat Cyclist blog, www.fatcyclist.com
  
  
  
  I went for a bike ride today, a Dam Ride. [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 3:26pm EDT
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• Thursday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I dropped off another book at the San Carlos library this morning, then dropped by work to see if any stuff had been delivered. Only four boxes. Maybe I will come in next week for a few hours.
  
  The area behind the library is in an uproar, I guess [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 11:28am EDT
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• Wednesday the 4th

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Another sunny morning. You have to get up early to beat the sun, and I did, by about fifteen minutes. I watched the return of the two journalists from North Korea, at least until the aircraft entered the hanger, then I left.
  
  I rode over to the San Carlos [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 11:00am EDT
  by The Squeaky Cyclist

• Clear Morning

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Every other day has been overcast in the morning, today is bright and fairly clear.
  
  
  It was not quite as dark as this, that is a result of the camera and operator error.
  
  By tweaking the gamma we get this:
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 10:55am EDT
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• Sunday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I luckily woke up at six this morning, so I did not have to get over the depression of waking up late that overtakes me so many mornings and causes me to stay in bed and read. So Porfiry Rostnikov will just have to wait.
  
  I totally covered [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 2:51pm EDT
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• Saturday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Got up at six, ate some flakes, went out to the garage, pumped up the rear tire on Jamis, headed on out.
  
  And again I forgot my Headsweat. I remember half-way to the garage. But once I'm out the door, I'm NOT going back in!
  
  I did remember [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2009, 1:00pm EDT
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• Friday AGAIN

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  OK, the batteries are charged.
  
  Here is the Extreme measuring tape.
  
  
  
  
  Bikopelli commented on Friday
  

  Hey, I have that exact same replica of the Rosetta Stone. Got it at the British Museum in London.

  He [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
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• Friday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Still no pictures, but AT LEAST the batteries are in the charger!
  
  I rode around a bit, put ten miles on the trip meter, and now we are at 55 miles for the week.
  
  That utility knife I found the other day did not survive the straightening-out [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2009, 11:32am EDT
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• Thursday Continued

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  I TOTALLY forgot to mention these two things:
  
  I stopped by work today. Yes, I mentioned that. Did I mention someone has repeatedly violated toilet etiquette? Grossly? No, I did not think so. Well, it has been noted, someone is ON THE JOB, and the miscreant WILL BE CAUGHT!
  [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 8:00pm EDT
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• Thursday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I rode up to work this morning to see if the guy picked up the pallets yet. He did, but since he did not bring any new stuff for me to work on, I did not stay, but continued on my ride.
  
  I rode over to the grocery [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 5:18pm EDT
  by The Squeaky Cyclist

• Wednesday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Rode up to the grocery store to pick up a prescription. As I was leaving I saw this scruffy guy come in. I was outside fooling with the bike* when the scruffy-looking guy came out, carrying a liter of pop. Right after him dashed a store employee who grabbed the [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 8:32pm EDT
  by The Squeaky Cyclist

• Tuesday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I went for a little ride this morning (I'm off work, again, for a while.), wandering around the neighborhoods. I did NOT go down the Fletcher Hills hill, nor did I come back up. But, I did, in my wandering, come very close to it.
  
  I was going to' [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 4:32pm EDT
  by The Squeaky Cyclist

• The Day After

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  Criminy, only a forty-mile ride yesterday and I am achy all night! I am getting old!
  
  I rode to work today, another 11 miles.
  
  TO THE GUY ON THE BICYCLE I HONKED AT YESTERDAY
  
  Dude, if you are going to turn left at the stop sign, please [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2009, 9:13pm EDT
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• Sunday Ride To The Bay

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I decided to check out the new section of bike path that was opened in April, 2009, in the south of the Big Bay.
  
  Once again, Philip Erdelsky has an excellent web page about the Bayshore Bikeway.
  
  Fortunately, I put on plenty of sunscreen before I left, [...]
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  Posted: July 26, 2009, 2:35pm EDT
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• Saturday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  It's a bit overcast, a bit muggy, but not too warm yet.
  
  Went for a little ten mile ride so as to get the trip mileage for the week up to a respectable (for me!) 50 miles.
  
  Found a slightly bent cutting device on Fletcher Parkway in the [...]
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  Posted: July 25, 2009, 11:25am EDT
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• Friday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  It is actually fairly pleasant outside, although warm. Nice cloud cover this morning. Temperature was 65 degrees F., but the humidity was 90%. Yikes!
  
  Temperature RIGHT NOW is 77 degrees, humidity 63%, with little breeze now and then.
  
  Still too warm in the workplace, however. Need air conditioning!
  [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 6:10pm EDT
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• Thursday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  A little more cloudy this morning, a little bit cooler, but it is still warm, and somewhat muggy, in the afternoon.
  
  Rode to work again today. Rode yesterday too. Perhaps we should start there.
  
  Well, nothing happened.
  
  Nothing happened today, either.
  
  Just rode to work, rode [...]
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  Posted: July 23, 2009, 8:59pm EDT
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• Monday

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I held down the wrong button on the odometer and almost reset the whole. Fortunately, I only messed up the wheel circumference by a couple inches. I may fix it, I may not. Depends on how it affects the trip total. Is it more, or is it less? Simple arithmetic [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 9:30pm EDT
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• Of Mystery Balls & Kite Poles

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  Rode to work yesterday. We watched a bit of the Tour during breaks and lunch. I REALLY wish we had a cable jack in my work area. I mean to say, the OLD library had one. But that is a different rant.
  
  Now, THIS morning, I watched a bit [...]
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  Posted: July 18, 2009, 10:29am EDT
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• Another Wednesday

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  Got up a 5:36 a.m. this morning, ate some bran flakes, watched a few minutes of the tour, then headed out on a little ride.
  
  EDIT: Apparently I think it is Wednesday
  
  Found a little flag in the bike lane, flew it.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 4:42pm EDT
  by The Squeaky Cyclist

• Wednesday Morning

  —My Bicycle Musings

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  I watched the start of the Tour program this morning, this went out for a little ride.
  
  I rode down the Fletcher to El Cajon, then turned around and rode back up. Picked up a few rocks along the way.
  
  You've pretty much heard this before!
  
  My' [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2009, 1:01pm EDT
  by The Squeaky Cyclist