Out of The PIT

I have been planning on winterizing my bike for a while now. I was actually planning on doing it last week, but the weather was not particularly good, and the forecast for the past weekend looked much more promising. The bike has been sitting in a garage for over three months. One month was during our trip to Indochina, but the next two months were difficult to have it stored and out of reach as the weather this autumn has been rather good for riding, and I missed out on several weeks of potential riding opportunities! Such is the life of a housing nomad. In any case, having the bike sitting around for months on end without use or maintenance is not usually good for the bike, so I decided to winterize the bike before it got too cold. I was given the keys and garage door opener so I could get access to the bike, and I drove out to the garage. Half way there, I realized that I had left the garage door opener are the house, so I turned around, picked up the garage door opener, and hea...

I was explaining to the receptionist that my notes should not be used for any purpose as they are pretty much useless. She told me that my notes were actually "quite neat but illegible". My point exactly!

I have always found sitting down on a chair or other piece of sit-able furniture which was recently vacated by another person a rather warm and uncomfortable experience. The heat from the seat and the perceived moisture combines to form an icky feeling each time I find myself in this situation. Why does this happen with seats from other people and not from seats that I have vacated? If I get up from my chair for a moment and sit back down, I feel quite normal. I assume it's because the temperature difference is minimal between my seat and.. my seat. But if I take someone else's seat, even if they were away for a minute, it feels as if I was placing my rear in a warm moist heating pad. I guess it is a question I can pose to those more knowledgeable than I. In other news, on the way to the washroom, I noticed a half-full pizza box in the kitchen. I was told that the pizza was left over from a meeting and free for everyone, but they would probably go fast. I needed to wash my ...

The arrival of Thanksgiving also heralds the start of the broomball season. I certainly am out of shape and will need to get reconditioned to running on ice again. With this additional pull on my time, I have to start letting go of other events. The first of which is archery. I have been arching at Shawn's Archery since June (with a break in August). So for the past three and a half months, I have definitely improved my skills as a (left handed) archer. But I am getting to the point where further improvements are better gained by acquiring my own equipment and I can't take that leap at this time of my life. So this fact, on top of the crazy commute and the cost, is the main reason why I've decided to stop going after this month. It was fun, and I had a good time. I even got Laz to sign up and learn. It's a great place to learn to arch, especially in the winter time, so I would recommend anyone who lives downtown and was interested in trying it out to sign up for at l...