Winner Tom Boonen had this to say about the state of the Koppenberg: It is an extreme hill because there are no cobblestones on it. Certainly not on the last part, there they just threw a few rocks together. There are gaps of more than twenty centimetres between those stones. If someone falls between them, […]
Posted on April 4th, 2006 by admin
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I rode what I thought would be a best-route scenario for next weekend’s alleycat today. While I’ve been happy with the layout we’ve selected, and the checkpoints that made the final cut, I was secretly worried the course would be too redundant to be any fun. Turns out it’s not. My navigation covered just over […]
Posted on April 2nd, 2006 by admin
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If you’re a cycling fan, you wait for April all year. While the month of July often steals headlines here in the States because of the Tour de France, April is loaded with classic, notorious single day races. These are not races for the faint of heart, and most of the grand tour riders avoid […]
Posted on April 2nd, 2006 by admin
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A call from the optometrist, to tell me several orders of contact lenses had arrived, was enough of an excuse to leave work an hour early and enjoy what is the first true day of spring–sun, blue skies, and temperatures in the upper 60s. It’s been this warm already this year, but this day has […]
Posted on March 30th, 2006 by admin
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I’ve been working on a rather long post about the question raised by Rod Dreher on the Crunchy Con blog–where do we go from here? Then Frederica Mathewes-Green posted this, distilling the answer perfectly: And I think the best way to change a culture is to seed it with holy people. I think what’s made […]
Posted on March 28th, 2006 by admin
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Basketball. Since Pitt has let me down (again) in the NCAA tournament, I’ve only been passively interested. I am, however, happy to see Ben Howland’s UCLA Bruins in the Final Four. Howland resurrected the Pitt program several years ago (and his successor Jamie Dixon has followed his blueprint for success, though not in the NCAA […]
Posted on March 26th, 2006 by admin
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Slate‘s Field Maloney has examined the dark secrets of organic produce at Whole Foods. First, despite what is advertised, the bulk of the produce at any given store is not locally grown. Thus the thoughtful consumer is faced with a quandry–buy organic (which is arguably better for you and the enviromnent) or buy local (which […]
Posted on March 20th, 2006 by admin
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I’ve been meaning to write more about the book (really), but I just haven’t found the time. I do, however, think it’s worth noting this exchange between Rod Dreher and John Podhoretz on the Crunchy Con blog. JPod begins: Frederica complains that nobody wants to live in Old Charleston anymore because they’d prefer spanking new […]
Posted on March 14th, 2006 by admin
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Registration begins at 1:00PM, Mellon Park. $5 to enter. Race starts at 2:00PM. Poster by Eli.
Posted on March 12th, 2006 by admin
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It’s official. I’m co-organizing an alleycat, the Caffeinator, for April 8. The theme? A tour of local independent coffeehouses. The distance will be in the neighborhood of 12-18 miles, depending on where we start and finish (these things are still under consideration). More information will be posted as I have it.
Posted on March 9th, 2006 by admin
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