http://jforbess.org Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:36:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got hit by a car on my way to work on the second day on the job. (Yesterday.) Two cars turning left across me. The first one saw me, and had enough time to turn. The second car didn't see me, and didn't have enough time to turn. I ... http://jforbess.org/2008/09/05/exciting-times/ Some of you know that I have finally settled down to a job after precisely 2 years and 1 day of unemployment. Many of you don't. I spent seven hours today in Hayward, CA being oriented. Woo. Tomorrow I'll get to learn what my job is really about. Something about monitoring ... http://jforbess.org/2008/09/03/my-new-job/ What a difference it makes to have a bicycling partner. Both Caitlin and I individually set goals for ourselves to bike this week, but she didn't have a specific destination, and I lacked the willpower to actually get my butt out of my chair when it looked like rain. But ... http://jforbess.org/2008/06/19/ode-to-caitlin/ I woke up at 5:30am and didn't roll over and go back to sleep. Strange. I went for a walk around the campgrounds hoping to find the trail down to the famous gorge. It wasn't obvious. I started to realize that it was no colder this morning at 5:30 than ... http://jforbess.org/2008/06/09/not-quite-triumphant-return/ Today's the day I said to myself, "Self, wasn't I worried about the weather forecast showing thunderstorms instead of this horrible 90 degree weather? I would totally prefer a thunderstorm to this brain-killing heat." Guess what? Half an hour later, it poured. It poured as I was three miles outside ... http://jforbess.org/2008/06/08/self-how-might-i-be-more-miserable/ And to think I was worried that this day was going to be too short. I biked just 42 kilometers, but boy was that plenty. A lot of them were even downhill. Like, almost all the way from camp to breakfast. But when it's 95 degrees out, biking hurts. Maybe ... http://jforbess.org/2008/06/07/still-in-pain/ Yesterday I was wondering why I had spent such a long time not biking over the winter. Not every day is as awesome as yesterday. Oh yeah... headwinds. Oh yeah... 95 degree weather. (I hope Caitlin survived her return trip.) The ten miles to Geneva flew by. I met a guy ... http://jforbess.org/2008/06/06/um-ow/ Back in the saddle again. A five or six day tour of the Finger Lakes region in upstate NY. Farmland, lakes, a bunch of glacial hills. Good times. I realized I should spend some time biking in NY too late to bring my stuff up from Austin with me. So I ... http://jforbess.org/2008/06/05/and-were-off/ Jul, I made an instructable just for you: Mushroom Gravy! Christy has already made one for the dressing. Just disregard all mention of sausage, and you'll be fine: Apple Cranberry Dressing. http://jforbess.org/2007/11/23/an-instructable-for-my-sister/ So I am getting older, and arguably wiser, and I have determined that birthdays are best spent in the company of friends. And beer. And perhaps some entertaining strangers. We had a party on November 17. I left my camera out to see what I would get. Mostly blurry pictures of drunk strangers ... http://jforbess.org/2007/11/19/birthday-party/