Last Summer I toured with a gentleman who rode the bicycle you see here…and now it has toured its way into my house. Clicking through another therapeutic red flag on the bike touring craziness continuum, I’ve bought a foldie. This makes four bicycles for me, now, as I try to keep up with my [...]
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Happy New Bike Year: Go Small or Stay Home in 2012
Posted in Bike Tour 2012, Sports, Transportation on January 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I Like The Countdown Clock Best
Posted in Life in Burque, Transportation on July 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Your one-stop shop for everything “Carmageddon” this weekend in Los Angeles. Consider this both my “official” return from bike touring escapades and a proposal that Angelinos consider taking the bicycle out for a spin this weekend. In other news, I was welcomed back to New Mexico this morning out in Tijeras by a meth-fueled driver [...]
A Things-To-Do List for APS M&O’s John Dufay
Posted in Albuquerque Public Schools, Education, Life in Burque, Transportation on March 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Brooks said the $45 cost was decided after John Dufay, director of APS maintenance and operations, made calls to private companies to determine a reasonable price.–Hailey Heinz. “APS Truck Plowed Brooks’ Driveway”, Albuquerque Journal. 3.2.11 John. Hey John! Do you have a minute? Could you step in my office, I’ve got….I’ve just got a thing [...]
Snow/Cold/Gas Crisis 2011: Crunching the Ins & Outs
Posted in Albuquerque Public Schools, Distractions, Life in Burque, Transportation on February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
To start things off: In honor of this version of the Gas Crisis, let’s start with some music from the O.G. Gas Crisis of 1973…and yes, I don’t believe the term “O.G.” (original gangsta) was much in use when Johnny Winter’s slightly less-talented brother Edgar made this tune a hit… Yup, I was twelve years-old [...]
The Wheels on the APS Bus Go Nowhere
Posted in Albuquerque Public Schools, Life in Burque, Transportation on February 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You knew it was going to happen eventually. You just knew that sometime during *Bittercoldalypse Albuquerque Public Schools would do something mind-numbingly wrong from a PR perspective. That frozen shoe fell this morning: 6:55am UPDATE: Albuquerque Public Schools spokeswoman Monica Armenta told Action 7 News this morning that even though APS schools will reopen today, [...]
