• Ride: 2011 Crystal Ride

    Early last week, I decided to go ahead and hop into the Crystal Ride, a casual cycling ride that’s part of the weekend’s Air Force Cycling Classic, an annual event held locally that contains a handful of professional and amateur races as well as this, a touring ride through Crystal City and the Pentagon area.

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  • Cycle Theft

    Had lunch with Heather at Pete’s Pizza yesterday. Rode my road bike, but forgot my lock so I propped it up next to the window beside our table, removed my cycling shoes (ready for a run), and ate. As we were wrapping up our meal, a shady looking hispanic guy on a green mountain bike

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  • Movie: Kung Fu Panda 2

    Two movies in a week? Probably my only two visits to a theater this year! Heather introduced me to the brilliance that is Kung Fu Panda just a couple of months ago. It’s the only movie in quite a while to earn the coveted 5-star rating from me. It was… magical, perfect… Yes, a kid’s

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  • Movie: Hangover 2

    Thanks to my good friend Molly, I’m lucky to see a handful of movie premiers each year. The latest? The Hangover: Part II. Was I excited to see it? Yes. Was I going to think it’d be better than the second coming? No; I didn’t think the first was a bad movie, but unlike most

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  • Training Musings – May 24, 2011

    I spend a fair amount of time running or on my bike. It’s well-documented that such time can be very therapeutic and good for the mind. I tend to agree. However, rather than coming up with the cure for cancer or anything useful like that, I like to make myself laugh or smile. I don’t

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  • I’m back on Twitter

    Back in early 2009, I gave Twitter a shot. I lasted a handful of days before I realized it was information overload. It still might be, but any tech that has been as popular as it is for as long as it has been is clearly doing something right. It’s possible that it’s merely bringing

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