Monthly Archives: August 2023

I hope your United game was fun, even though they lost. I intended to watch the replay of the game but when I went to do so AppleTV spoiled the result so I didn’t bother. I had a lovey time … Continue reading →

My ability to abstain from ordering from Amazon is weaker than the NY Times’s for not having a Wordle solution start with the letter R. My streak lasted from July 12th until August 27th, while the NYT’s has lasted since … Continue reading →

Over the weekend I watched a really good fifty-minute documentary on YouTube about a group of amateur cyclists who rode the 2018 Tour de France route, keeping one day ahead of the actual race, called “Can an Amateur Cyclist Finish … Continue reading →

If you are in a good mood you may want to skip all the way to the Wordle blurb at the bottom. Tomorrow will be positive, I promise. It’s tough planning for an uncertain future. I’ve had little motivation to … Continue reading →

I had another annoying baking fail yesterday, this time because I wasn’t thinking straight. I tried to make a double batch of Jiffy cornbread, with added WLF jalapeños, but neither accounted for the extra batter in the baking time nor … Continue reading →

Nothing to report today. Due to the heat I spent the entire day indoors, and unfortunately doing things — tv watching, internet surfing, book reading — on my couch. Last night I tried to find more items for decluttering. While … Continue reading →

I’m contemplating riding the Wilson 100, well no more than the Wilson 80, this year on September 9th. This year the start and end of the race is at Towerhouse Farm Brewery in Gay, GA. Of course my calendar shows … Continue reading →

[drivel deleted] Watch these pig races instead. I solved today’s Wordle in five attempts; my starter today was RISKY. Tuesday Tale of the Tape: 198.4 pounds (0.0 from last week’s weigh-in).

After a 4-0 drubbing of Werder Bremen by Bayern Munich on Friday I may have to give up on the team already. I don’t know if I can take another year of disappointment. Saturday morning I turned three green tomatoes … Continue reading →

The other night I watched a documentary from 2017 on Amazon Prime called “All for One”. It was about the cycling team formerly known as Orica GreenEdge. I had forgotten that it was their team bus that hit the finish … Continue reading →