The road to reducing oil dependence and becoming carbon neutral

Today the John Edwards campaign announced plans to be “carbon neutral” in an effort of doing their part to reduce global warming. It looks like they are working with NativeEnergy and will be donating to help build clean electricity producing plants that then offset the need for standard “dirty” electric plants. An interesting idea to [...]

Slowing down is nice

Riding a bike to and from work places me on the road at the same time that everyone else is driving to and from work. People that drive are typically in a hurry. I have to assume that every car might pull in front of me, cut me off or just plain run me down. [...]

A new personal vehicle

While I have been commuting on my bicycle I have been thinking about what my ideal human powered personal transport vehicle would be like. It would incorporate features that I have seen all over but here is a list.

It would a recumbent trike
It would have a full enclosure, and be aerodynamic
It would have heads up [...]

I want my flying car, or a blimp at least

I saw this tonight and had a look around their website. I think that this will come to be a reality but not sure when I will get to ride in it. So what can I do to help this come to pass? Nothing but talk about it. In fact you cannot even invest in [...]

Going for a walk to the store with daddy

Last night it was snowing and we needed bread. So I took the boys for a walk to the store. Aidan wanted to drive on our three tire tracks on the way home. We had fun and it took only 15 minutes there and back :)

Some goals to work on

This year I am actually using the new year to make some resolutions / goals that I needed to make anyway. New Year Resolution is just the kick I needed. Thy all have to do with personal discipline and growth (duh), doing the things I know that I need to and want to.

Blog everyday

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Commute

Had a good ride today and tried out my new bike light. It rained good all the way to work, and I discovered that I need to bring extra shoes and socks. My rain gear worked great. The 8mph wind felt calm. I also need to get some kind of glasses. Squinting in the dark [...]

Today I got beat

I had every intention of riding my bike to work this morning, in spite of the howling wind and driving rain and complete darkness. I set out ready to conquer only to be handed my hat. It was hard going the first mile, the wind was blowing not only rain, but dirt from the field. [...]