My wheels arrived today! They look very cool, and they are lighter than I expected them to be. I can’t wait now for the rest of the parts to arrive so I can build it all up and ride. Although they were supposed to be a closeout of the ‘08 wheels, the model that actually [...]
Archive for November, 2008
More Bike Teases
Posted in cycling on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just What I Needed
Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ll probably write more about the Blogger meeting in NYC, but first I need to tell you about my books. We met at the Hungarian Pastry Shop before heading downtown to The Strand. If you haven’t been to The Strand, well, I’m terribly sorry for you. It is a huge bookstore (18 miles of books) [...]
Buy This Book
Posted in Books on November 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Go here and buy three or four copies.
Another Tease
Posted in cycling on November 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Here are the wheels I just ordered.
A Tease
Posted in cycling on November 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have ordered my new bike…
That’s all I’m saying for now.
A Good Day
Posted in Uncategorized on November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Doing My Civic Duty
Posted in cycling on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The lines at the polls in my part of Connecticut were not bad at all at 7:30 in the morning. My total time, including waiting in line, filling in the bubbles on the ballot, and slipping the ballot into the electronic reader was about fifteen minutes.
There was also a very positive, almost jovial air at [...]
On Academic Conferencing and Other Joys
Posted in Uncategorized on November 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just returned from an academic conference in Massachusetts. I was not presenting a paper this time, which made for a different sort of conference experience: a conference without the anxiety of performance, where I could feel like an insider and outsider at the same time. Because I am an area chair, I had to [...]
