• Happy Earth Day


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    Yesterday was Earth Day. I took out my bike — a sadly uncommon occurance since I bought it. Here are the trip stats:
    Distance: 12.4 km (7.69 miles)
    Max. speed: 33.3 km/h (20.7 mph)
    Avg speed: 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
    Time: 59 mins, 7 secs
    Avg temp: 32°C (89°F)
    Air needed in tires: yes
    Seat: really damn hard
    ‘Til now I’ve kind of been afraid it would be too hot to ride. Turns out it’s not all that bad.
    I did a big loop around the 45-hole Bobby Jones public golf course. There’s actually some nice paths around the area. Fruitville has a ton of broken glass in the bike lane (at least, heading East from McIntosh), not to mention crazy drivers, so I was on the sidewalk for some of that part. Most of Honore is lacking any sort of bike lane.
    Took the Ecological Footprint Quiz again – my total footprint was kind of large at 22 (national average is 24) – 4.9 planets required to sustain my current lifestyle. I pledge to try to improve that. How do you score?
    [What and When Is Earth Day?] [Earth Day Canada] [Ecological Footprint Quiz]

  • Leesville Pictures

    I’m back.. pictures are up in the gallery. Included are some shots of the B&B I stayed at, a couple small glances at my work life and cloud pictures galore. Heh. Hope you like them. 🙂
    In other news, I got a new oven today! Funny what you can get if you just open your mouth. It seems to work pretty well — the burners seem to not only get hotter, but do so more quickly too. Yay!
    Music: “Global DJ Broadcast” by Deepsky, 2004-06-01.