Author: jbo

Brain fog is fine.I’ve got it all figured out.I lost count of syllables. A toast to brain fog … and a pizza … and an egg!

I’m starting to fill in the Rides half of my site. Today I added the intro and the first day of my first retreat. It’s a wonderful trip down memory lane re-reading this trip report from 20 years ago. Enjoy! 5/6: added Day 2 of 20015/7: added Day 3 of 20015/9: added Day 4 of […]

Here’s a game for your next bike ride: How many consecutive people (in a car, on a motorcycle, on a bike, walking, standing, …) can you wave at and get a response wave from them? You might try to game the system, becoming a bit less social as you hold back waves from individuals you […]

Last winter when I was still commuting to and from work in the dark, I ended up dealing with more snow & ice on the trail than I was expecting, which made for a sketchy ride. To help calm me down after a stressful ride, I wrote a mimic poem of Stopping by Woods on […]

Halfway through my first attempted “Sunrise to Sunset on the Solstice” ride in June of 2016 ((Half) Summer Solstice Ride | Ride | Strava), far down a backroad of western Maryland, four miles into an extended climb, the rear derailleur hanger on my rental bike snapped. I had basic tools (multi-tool, tire levers, CO2, tube), […]

Spirograph, the game: Turn-based No time limits

“Behind every song, there’s a story. And behind every story, there’s a song.” – J Allard Music is central to my life, just like J’s quote suggests. Today I heard Mothers of the Disappeared, a song which I haven’t heard in easily a decade, and I saw myself back in college sitting in a dimly […]

City signs are the last place I would expect to find humor, which makes it that much more appreciated when I see it. Here are my favorite signs from recent activities: Seattle, WA detour through a construction zone: Charlotte, NC trail sign:

I’d rather be a one-hit wonder than a zero-hit wonder.

Routines are not for when it’s easy; Routines are for when it’s hard, When you’re unsure, When you can’t remember why you ever started it. First and foremost, follow the routine. On a day when it’s easy, that’s when you can reason about its value. But on a day when it’s hard, there’s no reason […]