Category: General

When Jill and I rode the Tour of Lakes ride on Saturday, 6 June, 2009, I picked up a flyer for a thing called Road ID which is a cuff you can wear on your wrist or ankle when you are riding or running that has your contact information so that emergency personnel can get…

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…