Are you more likely to die if you do what you are told? Wired has a story from Gary Wolf about a report from the National Institute on Standards and Technology called Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communications. The whole report doesn’t appear to be on line and the wtc.nist.gov site is down, so I [...]

Kindergarten Birthday for the summer – 8 Two other mothers & I They brought donuts and juice Juice was late Sitting at the table, neat rows Waiting for Donuts, Waiting for juice mother Rythymic chant “Donuts! Donuts” Donuts served. More waiting. No donuts eaten. Juice No donuts eaten. “Happy Birthday” sung. One candle blown out. [...]

In Thursday’s RoadBikeRider Newsletter, reader John B. writes as part of an e-mail on another matter. I’m not one for crawling downhill with the brakes on, but I have experienced tyres melting on descents in the Alps and Dolomites. The section that contains the bead melted and stuck to the rim. This is obvious on [...]

These are ways of knowing, but only in the negative. In other words, don’t fall for them. But first I have to tell you a story. When I was 15, I went to Italy for spring break with my Latin class. If that sounds nerdy to you, congratulations, you’re right. I was a nerd. Nerdiness [...]

The observant among you will notice a new link down there below the post. Under the line where it has my name, the permalink (disguised as the time of the post), the link to the comments and the link to the trackbacks, there is a link to del.icio.us. The code snippet for this link is [...]

If Bush’s theory of the Unitary Executive (link) is correct, what is to stop the next President from sending Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Woo and their co-conspirators to Gitmo for the duration of their term?

Another pet peeve of mine is adults riding their bikes on the sidewalk. It is one thing to do ride on the sidewalk with an acknowledgement that it is illegal and therefore the rider should be circumspect and cautious. This I can understand and appreciate. “There was some road construction that blocked the bike lanes, [...]