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Proper Cross
The British cyclocross TV commentators use a term “proper cross”. It is basically used to describe a wet and muddy race, with racers finishing covered in dirt. Obstacles and certain…
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Always a Curve
Straight is boring. I guess. Anyone who knows me can confirm that drama is something I avoid relentlessly. That’s why diabetes, with its ups and downs, or curves, was the…
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Am I still on X? It’s Complicated
When Twitter first launched, the prompt it presented to users was “What are you doing?” So my First Tweet… … was in response to that question. Frankly I’m embarrassed I’ve…
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Cyclocross Countdown Music
Ok, not to cement my obsession with cyclocross this holiday break, but I feel compelled to talk about some minutia of the races that have been so plentiful from November…
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The Silent Partner
I’ve been playing a sort of Kevin Bacon game recently where I wanted to watch Mary Poppins (1964) because of Dick Van Dyke (he recently turned 99). His co-star in…
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Coffee & Cyclocross
One of my late fall/winter pleasures is watching cyclocross racing on the streaming platforms of Max or YouTube. Sipping warm coffee while watching racers complete several laps of a complex…
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A Christmas Present from a Geography Professor
I’m well underway enjoying my Christmas break, taking an extra two days off before the University of North Florida is officially closed for the holidays. I don’t think I’ve anticipated…
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A Warning
First. This post is not about travel. OK, with that out of the way… I wasn’t going to write anything like this. Maybe it’s a flaw in me that I…
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Reclaim Social Media – My Federated Workflow
Since Twitter/X has become a garbage site, and Facebook is only marginally better, I have been using Mastodon as my social media outlet. What follows is my workflow for sharing…
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Feed Your Blog. Feed It!
There’s a Scotsman on my blog! UPDATE! OK, a little context. I’ve been working on a cross posting workflow. The last piece of the puzzle was to either re-publish posts…
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