301

This is my 301st post since my first post on March 22, 2010. So I haven't exactly managed to do this everyday. At first I was on that track, but somewhere along the line (I'll say June 10, 2010) I missed a day, even though I was home and the computer was available. Maybe I forgot. Maybe I just decided to take control back, and not do it. Whatever the truth of that is, I've moderated my blogging to something like five of seven days. I usually "put the ball down" on Friday and Saturday, although this depends on whether I feel like writing on one of those days. For instance, if I've watched a good movie or finished a good book and want to review it, or if my pen and paper writing has yielded some short excerpt that seems worth typing up first online, before the official transcription from pnotebook to enotebook, I might get down to it again.

That's the pattern. That and documenting as closely as possible my bicycle-riding, and the conditions of the ride.

It's been rewarding to do this. I can't really imagine stopping this work. I feel like it's made a difference in my life. It's a kind of conversion experience. Knowing that someone's out there and might choose to read it, is good incentive.

Today I went to the CBC website and filled out the vote compass. I fancy myself a social libertarian, and a fiscal conservative. So I answered the questions with certainly, strongly agreeing or strongly disagreeing or saying it made no difference. Well I ended up pegged as a Liberal. I think it's rigged. I'm not much of a fan of Liberals (the large L ones). You can call me a small l liberal and I've got no argument with you, but the political ones, at this point, kind of turn my stomach. They stand for nothing and everything. Maybe that's just a function of being Canadian though. We all end up being moderates. Even our Conservatives are moderates, and screaming Jack Layton is still far too nice. The only guy who's a class act is the guy who doesn't want to be at the party. Sigh. What are you going to do? Be Canadian I guess.

Ride report

in: -2'C wind 10 ks NW

out: -2'C wind 20 ks WNW