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$500 Toll On The Golden Gate Bridge

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Yesterday the Tour Of California crossed the Golden Gate Bridge.  Pardon me, I meant to say - yesterday the Amgen Tour Of California crossed the Golden Gate Bridge.  I shouldn’t omit the sponsor, even if they don’t pay for everything.  It seems that Amgen didn’t cover the toll on the Golden Gate Bridge.  However some […]

More Free Bikes For Jimmy Carter

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

It was reported earlier this month that 2 bicycles belonging to former President Jimmy Carter and his wife were stolen from the Carter Center.  The Carters use the bikes to ride around the campus.  The stolen bikes had been given to the Carters in 2007 by a bike shop owner.  In 2007, the Carters had […]

Obama, the Pope and Lance Armstrong

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

The title of this blog post may sound like the beginning of a joke.  However, as a blogger, I like to keep up with what is happening in the world of blogging and the Internet.  The three people in the post title have been active on the Internet recently.  Since the inauguration, President Obama revamped the Whitehorse.gov […]

The Upside Of Blogging

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

If you base your opinion of blogging on what you read about it , either all bloggers are pulling in a fortune from advertising or are spreading bogus news stories that sway public opinion.  I have been writing this blog for about 8 months and don’t fall in either category.  For me, it is a hobby. […]

Where’s My Auto Bailout?

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

This blog is about bicycles but today I am going to discuss cars - specifically my car.  For the last 9 years I have owned a Ford Escape.  When I bought it, I was happy to have an American car built by UAW labor.  Over the years the car performed well and I had very few […]

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