Ryan Anderson, writing at First Things, wonders if Bono, with his (RED) campaign, hasn’t drowned out the very voices he is trying to help. Bono’s campaigns rarely ask individuals to sacrifice much of anything (in fact, the (RED) campaign advocates more consumerism)–we simply attempt to have other shoulder the financial sacrifices (whether it be Congress, […]
Posted on March 13th, 2007 by admin
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Those watchdogs of our civil liberties, the folks who bring you BoingBoing, point out this Austin café which has prohibited the use of laptops. Cory Doctorow takes us down the slippery slope to an Orwellian nightmare where we will not even be able speak will eating in a restaurant. If we do not stand up […]
Posted on March 13th, 2007 by admin
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A friend gave me a copy of Jacques Ellul’s Perspectives on Our Age and tried to give me a copy of Bill Kauffman’s Look Homeward, America. While in many ways the books’ subject matters are far apart, in another sense they are quite closely intertwined. Both Ellul and Kauffman are committed localists, preferring the joys […]
Posted on March 12th, 2007 by admin
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Cannondale, Revisited, originally uploaded by anklebiter_pgh. The Cannondale has been reborn as a utilitarian commuter/randonneuse. The North Road bars and Technomic stem provides a rather upright riding position that it is very comfortable. I’ll be curious to see how it feels over the longer commute, but I have trouble imagining it would less comfortable than […]
Posted on March 9th, 2007 by admin
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I rode the Steamroller to work this morning, primarily because the brakes on the Cannondale are in need of adjustment (and I’m just not sure the cheap road levers have enough uumph to handle the cantis). Even with its low 42×18 gearing, I managed to cover the distance in roughly 100 minutes (give or take), […]
Posted on February 27th, 2007 by admin
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Future Plans Originally uploaded by anklebiter_pgh. A Sturmey Archer AW 3 speed hub, purchased for a song. I’m envisioning a city/stripped down short distance randonneuse, maybe with 650B wheels (I hear Kraynick has a pile of rims upstairs). We will see what the future holds.
Posted on February 25th, 2007 by admin
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Rod Dreher has written a bit on this essay by Paul Weyrich and William Lind concerning the future of Conservatism in the United States. The essay is interesting, and the authors clearly see where Conservatism has gone wrong in recent years, but their ideas also show what I believe to be the limitations of traditionalism, […]
Posted on February 25th, 2007 by admin
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I’ve done the new commute three times now. As providence would have it, those three days coincided with the worst of the weather for the past two weeks. Yesterday was a bit of watershed, I think, raising the bar of my tolerance for hideous conditions to new heights. In the first seven miles of the […]
Posted on February 23rd, 2007 by admin
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This evening marked my final ride home from the office in Allison Park. Fittingly, it was just starting to snow, though it was warm, at least compared to last week’s frigid spell, and the air was calm. The warm and stillness contributed to a good feeling in my legs, something that has been absent for […]
Posted on February 12th, 2007 by admin
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If you use an RSS reader to keep tabs on this or any other part of anklebiter.net, you should update your links. I’m just sayin’.
Posted on February 12th, 2007 by admin
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