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Friday, October 16, 2020

I am officially in love with Strava.

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I am back to riding and in the absence of racing I am going up and down hills and and comparing myself to other riders on Strava--socially d...
Sunday, October 11, 2020

The Physics of Descending on a Bicycle

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When a solo rider or a group of riders descend any hill, particularly a steep hill, why are some of the riders so much faster than others?  ...
Monday, October 5, 2020

Rural Drivers Hating Bicyclists is Nothing New

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In 2004, a bicycle hater with the unlikely name John F. Kennedy threw tacks on the road when he knew bicyclists would run over them and get ...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

Saved from a Blizzard by a Roach Clip

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Stewie's roach clip had a smaller white feather One of my favorite people on Hill Air Force Base, Utah, was Airman Stewart “Stewie” Cald...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

A Book Justifying Support for Trump by White Evangelicals

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  I am reading a book by a white Evangelical Christian justifying his support of the "chaos candidate." I am reading it with two ...
Friday, September 25, 2020

Fortune's Wheel and the Place of Peace

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  In “The Consolation of Philosophy” Boethius pictures fortune as a wheel. The world, like a wheel in motion, is always putting stress on ...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

Peaceful Transfer of Power and Change of Command

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Most of my recent military service was during the Obama administration. I re-enlisted in August 2007, deployed to Iraq for a year in January...