Category: General

Finished the ride at about 15:40 on Sunday, 14 June, 2009.The first day was cool with about a 10 MPH headwind all the way down the Munger Trail.  I volunteered to be the Ride Marshal acting as “Sweep Rider” who made sure that no one was left behind.  My day ended with a flat tire…

After asking our report writer if she had gotten to work on my report that was due on 17-April; she got around to telling me on the 30th that she hadn’t started on it.  I got very irritated, and wrote the following; but I didn’t send it.My mistake; I thought that since I had gotten…

Went on a ride with Jill on Sunday, 24 May on the Gateway trail, got five miles and had two flat tires.  Ripped the tire the first time less than a mile out and I didn’t know it; and the second time decided to bag it because I found the hole in the tire.  Took…

Today, 13 May 2009, is Engineering the Future Day and IEEE’s 125th Anniversary

Can exercise make up for sitting most of the day?According to an article in the Star-Tribune on 8-May-2009, no amount of exercise, if you remain sedentary for much of the day will decrease your mortality risk.“This is an important observation because it suggests that high amounts of sitting cannot be compensated for with occasional leisure…

The swine flu epidemic panic hits the restroom at the Minnesota Department of Education.  Sort of a slow response given the general level of paranoia in the office about getting sick.  The placement wasn’t really good either; they should have placed the flyers on the backs of the stall doors, and over the urinals —…