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A record of sorts
10:23 PM makes for the latest I’ve ever been out riding. Yes, it’s quite dark.
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Cracker Soul
Saw Cracker at the Variety Playhouse last night in a very wonderful show. They only did two songs off Countrysides, but that’s my only complaint.
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A warning to all
Read this article: Visa Says ATM Breach May Have Exposed Data and then check your bank statements. I found a $461 dollar charge I didn’t make. I just called Bank of America and started an investigation about it. They reversed the charge pending the outcome of the investigation. Scary stuff really. I’m not legally liable for the charge, but still….
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More world domination planning
Green Media Works and I continue our schemes to dominate the globe. After the meeting we took some pictures from the roof of his lovely downtown office.
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The century
Saturday I biked a Century (100 miles), which was a lot harder than I thought it would be.The middle 16 miles are on a highway, and not a trail. That puts you in the direct sun and very rough blacktop from Rockmart to Cedartown, which makes for a draining adventure. I also ran out of water for 30 miles, which was horrible. But, I did finish in a little under 7 hours, albeit in the dark, with an average speed of 14.7 miles and heart rate of 140 bpm. It was the first time in a long time where my legs have ached during the ride.
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Sunday rapid fire
- Create Visio diagrams programatically
- An interesting interview with Frank Miller
- Creepy pictures from North Korea
- A new studio album from Ramblin’ Jack Elliot!
- I rode past this last week.
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Yay me
I biked a hundred miles and didn’t die, though this was the toughest ride I’ve ever done. More details later.
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Religion and super heroes
Here is an interesting list of Super Heroes by religious affiliation.
Least surprising: Captain America – a Protestant, no shocker there.
Most surprising: The Thing – Jewish!They classify the favorite of my later teen years, the Question, as Objectivist, which is close enough to a religion I suppose.
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My blog rule
As some people have asked; my profanity rule is that I only speak profanities, never write them. I think it works rather well.
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I laughed hysterically
When I found out that Ann Coulter is a Mac user. I can’t tell the actual joke that occurred to me without breaking my no profanity on the blog rule.