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Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part II
NOTE: This post is rated R for mild strong language and coarse humor.IntroductionIn my last post I described my decades-long project of creating the best collection of rock & rap songs to listen...
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Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part III
NOTE: This post is rated R for mild strong language and crude humor.IntroductionMy last couple of posts (here and here have provided “liner notes” for (i.e., comments on) my Ultimate Superfly Workout...
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Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part IV: the Final Liner
NOTE: This post is rated R for mild strong language and vulgar humor.IntroductionThis is the last installment of my Workout Megamix liner notes: a list of, and commentary on, the music I play while...
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The Best Advice I’ve Received
IntroductionThe final page of this month’s Southwest Magazine is a column called “One Question.” The question—“What’s the best advice you’ve received?”—was directed toward Hilary Duff. Her reply ran...
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From the Archives - The Big [Bike Shop] Screw-Up
IntroductionIt’s another slow news day at albertnet. (More to the point, it’s a big everything-else day and none of the crap I’m busy with is worth writing about.) So I’m plunging into the depths of...
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Fiction - The Howard Johnson’s Motel
IntroductionWhat follows is a work of fiction. Any characters, places, or sentiments are purely the product of the blogger’s imagination and any resemblance to any actual character, place, or...
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Biased Blow-By-Blow: 2016 Paris-Nice Stage 6
IntroductionYou don’t have time to watch Paris-Nice. Or, you can’t remember how to TiVo it. (Or maybe TiVo no longer exists, maybe you kids have moved on to something else—I don’t know.) It could be...
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Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2016 Milan-San Remo
NOTE: This post is rated R for mild strong language and extremely coarse humor.IntroductionAny cycling aficionado will tell you that Milan-San Remo is the most boring one-day race on the entire...
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Biased Commentary - Did Démare Cheat in the 2016 Milan-San Remo?
NOTE: This post is rated R for mild strong language and pervasive crude humor.IntroductionIf you care about the sport of cycling, then you must have seen my recent blog post covering the 2016...
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More Cycling Commentary - Is This Poster Sexist?
IntroductionIn my last post, I analyzed the scandal following the Milan-San Remo road race, and determined that a) the winner, Arnaud Démare, is a douchebag, and b) there are better things to debate...
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From the Archives - Unemployment Poetry
NOTE: This post is rated R for pervasive mild strong language and disturbing themes.IntroductionSince I started this blog seven years ago, I’ve posted 346 times (generally four posts per month). It’s...
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Disc Brakes for Road Bikes?
IntroductionThere has been a debate raging over whether or not to allow hydraulic disc brakes in professional road racing. (Yes, bike race fans can get all heated up over just about anything.) I never...
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Ask Mr. Laundry
Dear Mr. Laundry,I’m rather farsighted and without a microscope I can’t read the washing instructions on most of my clothing tags. I can make out the symbols, though. Problem is, I don’t understand...
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Ride Report - 2016 Grizzly Peak Century Ride With Teenager
IntroductionLast Sunday, for the second year in a row, I rode the Grizzly Peak [metric] Century with my daughter Alexa. (Why not the full century? Because I’m trying to promote the metric system in...
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Is the Red Hook Criterium Series Good For Cycling?
NOTE: This post is rated R for mild strong language and intimations of gnostical turpitude.IntroductionLet’s have a little fun before burying ourselves in a lot of tedious text:Daaaamn, is that a...
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From the Archives - Kroopian Poetry (Dactylic Trimeter)
NOTE: This post is rated R for mild strong language, gross imagery, and crude sensual themes.IntroductionSometimes I don’t have time to think up a blog topic. Taking a cue from the movie industry,...
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Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2016 Giro d'Italia Stage 20
Note: this post is rated PG-13 for mild strong language.IntroductionPerhaps, like me, you forgot to watch the Giro this year. Well, good news: today’s penultimate stage is the hardest and most...
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Ode to Lomas Cantadas
NOTE: This post is rated PG-13 for mild strong language.IntroductionYears ago, I posted here my Ode to South Park, about one of my favorite cycling climbs. Ever since, I’ve had this nagging feeling...
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Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2016 Criterium du Dauphiné Stage 6
NOTE: This post is rated PG-13 for mild strong language and a lot of things I say that are really not nice.IntroductionYou know that in boxing there are specific rules, such as no hitting below the...
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From the Archives - How Not To Go on a Date
IntroductionOnce again, I find myself with nothing to write. (Actually, plenty to write but no time.) And so, I offer you this glimpse into the embarrassing life of my younger self. This true story...
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