Critical SectionOle Eichhorn's weblog - computer software, medical science, politics, philosophy, and notes on book writing!solitude- June 30, 2008 "solitude" (found this on my phone, forgot I took it; must have been from Mulholland on one of my rockstore rides... I like it)http://w-uh.com/posts/080630-solitude.html Sunday, 062908 07:42 PM- June 30, 2008 Spent another lazy Sunday afternoon messing about in small boats, with Megan and her friend Madison; having discovered the joy of deliberately capsizing (aka swimming in the lake) they determined to perfect this important skill. Meanwhile I got sunburnt and otherwise had a great time. It must be said, two consecutive days of not working are somewhat guilt-inducing. Yes, I am a workaholic. Talk about depressing; guess what arrived in the mail Friday A fake AARP card, as a.http://w-uh.com/posts/080629b.html quintuple double - joining the 1,000 mile club- June 29, 2008 Yesterday I rode in the Grand Tour Double Century, my fifth this year, and have joined the California Triple Crown 1,000 mile club. Yay, me. This event was the 50th anniversary of the original double; 50 years ago a group of century riders at the L.A. Wheelmen Club bet each other they couldn't ride 200 miles in a single day. I completed it in 11:52 riding time, 13:55 overall, which I'm pretty happy about considering the amount of climbing - 8,300' - and the heat. ...http://w-uh.com/posts/080629a-quintuple_double.html liquid tension experiment- June 29, 2008 Last Friday night I went to see Liquid Tension Experiment, a prog-rock band consisting of members of Dream Theater and the keyboardist Jordan Rudess, thanks to my friend Bill Smith (who is a prog-rock guru par excellence). To say they were fantastic would be unworthy; they were out of this world. I expected it to be great, and it was that much greater. One of the great things about this concert was the simplicity. Simple venue (Downey Civic Theater), no opening act, no...http://w-uh.com/posts/080629-liquid_tension_exp.html full text feeds- June 27, 2008 I love RSS, and I love full text feeds. (There, I said it!) But... unfortunately as a user I have no control over whether a given site gives me a full text feed. I can email the blogger, but that rarely helps. Several of my favorite feeds are not full text, they contain only bitty crappy teasers, designed to get me to visit their sites to read more; including Instapundit and Power Line. So anyway it is what it is... No, wait! Stop the presses! It isn't what.http://w-uh.com/posts/080626a-full_text_feeds.html Thursday, 062608 10:46 PM- June 27, 2008 I'm feeling kind of melancholy today... don't know why. Just one of those blah days, I guess. Another gorgeous summer day, got some good work in, had a great 45 mile ride with my friend Mark (up Stunt Road, and down Piuma, whew!), no reason I should feel this way, but I do... I'm getting ready to ride the great Grand Tour Double this Saturday. I know every inch of these roads, some of them I ride all the time, and at one point we actually pass within a few streets of my.http://w-uh.com/posts/080626.html Wednesday, 062508 10:32 PM- June 26, 2008 I'm back! Sorry for the gap; on Monday and Tuesday I attended the Society of Toxicologic Pathology conference in San Francisco, which involved dinners with colleagues and customers, and today I was in Vista (after flying directly into Carlsbad airport - very cool!). A really worthwhile experience although like all conferences, tiring... learned a lot and was "on" a lot, and am now rather exhausted... Still, it's all happening... Yesterday I did something I haven't done in...http://w-uh.com/posts/080625.html messing about in small boats- June 23, 2008 There is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing as messing about in boats... ... and so it was that I found myself today, messing about in small boats with kids. It was HOT and the breeze was sketchy, we got a bit burnt, and yet it was excellent... hope your day was as nice. Meanwhile, back at the ranch... So, is everything seemingly spinning out of control Everything Boy, I don't think so; this is the best time to be alive, ever. This...http://w-uh.com/posts/080622-messing_in_boats.html happy summer solstice!- June 22, 2008 Hi everyone, happy summer solstice! Yep, the longest day of the year, and whew, easily one of the hottest. Today we had the fabulous annual Aperio picnic... nothing like playing bocce ball in 100o+ heat. It was fun though, Meg and I played as "momentarily confused". (She even made an awesome tee-shirt.) We didn't win, which was kind of a plus because we could sit in the shade and watch the finals :) Anyway it was a great way to celebrate the official...http://w-uh.com/posts/080621-happy_summer.html Thursday, 061908 10:44 PM- June 20, 2008 Man is it HOT here! We're talking 107o hot. This afternoon I did a ride at 5:30, and it was still over 100o. We climbed Decker Canyon to the Mulholland Overlook of the Pacific Ocean, and it was still over 100o; I went through four bottles in an hour. I have to admit it was almost fun, in a "man against the elements" kind of way. Almost. Speaking of man against the elements, I've found a new ride to do: the Death Ride. I am not making this up, that's...http://w-uh.com/posts/080619.html |