Local Speed Limits...

After my bike ride this AM I called my friend Maddy, a local police officer. I was calling to negotiate my surrender. She just needed to tell me the time and place. I didn't want any trouble and would come in peacefully. I confessed that I had achieved the speed of 47 mph on Becket - Tyne Road, a posted 35 mph zone. I am aware that if you are 10 mph over the limit it is considered an offence worth a ticket. She thanked me for calling but pointed out that the 35 mph speed limit was for automobiles and trucks only - there was no designated Bike speed limit so I had, in fact, violated no law. This was a relief. With the internal glow of good citizenship, and a sense that the world in fact had some rational order, I proceeded with my day.

Now About Those Security Cameras...

Well my plan for defacing gas pumps has run into a little setback. It dawned on me that a (legion of) security camera(s) will be filming me,my car, my license plate and probably linking the whole ugly picture to my credit card, address etc. as I attempt to surreptitiously paste my stickers on the gas pumps. There must be some way to block those suckers before they see you do the blocking...I'll have to talk to my video security guy in the office. There's got to be a way...

Two Bucks a Gallon...

As I was filling my vehicle with gas this morning for the first time at over two dollars a gallon ($2.03), I had the kids rummaging through the glove compartment in search of a permanent marker. It was my intent to deface the gas pump but then I got a better idea which I plan to execute tomorrow. From my stock of Avery labels at the office I will print out several dozen labels that say, in probably a 72 point font, "Thank you President Bush" and stick one on every gas pump I get near- right over the price per gallon sign. Now, I know that the president doesn't control gas prices (although I'm not sure about Cheney...) but after all, the president has engendered such good will towards America from the Arab world that it has got to affect our OPEC friends as they decide what gets produced and what doesn't...

Finally got around to it...

Finally got around to setting this blog up. Very interested to see if I can attract any attention here and get into discussion re: politics, mountain biking, discussions of which Yardbirds configuration was truly the best. Oh well we'll see, just what the web needs, another public rant/rave channel