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Jul 26

Rocks

Why do people yell at me and beep their car horns at me while I’m riding my bike? It happens at least once every two bike rides. They don’t beep because I’m causing a hazard; it always happens down a straight stretch of road when I’m close to the curb. Tonight someone yelled, “Yeah, ride that bike, you bitch!” Really?

• Did he think I was a woman? [I’m not.]
• Did he know me? [Probably not; it was getting dark, I was wearing a helmet, and I’ve been in Rochester for the last three years, so the chances are slim.]
• Was he homosexually attracted to me and found my cycling arousing? [This is actually the most likely scenario.]

Actually, last summer in Rochester, someone harassed me for my entire bike ride. That was strange.

Next time I’m seriously bringing rocks with me. Or at least one rock because they would have to go in a single pocket. And then the first person who thinks he’s hilarious gets a rock to his windows. If I’m lucky, his windows will be open and I’ll hit him in the skull.

So, what the hell is up with people and cyclists?

Jul 25

Londoings: We had a baby boy, Jonathan Richard Smith! 7 lb 12 oz, 21" :) -

No, I didn’t have a baby. But I think that seems to be the general announcement people give when they have a baby. Which is exactly what’s wrong with society. We want our children to judge based on personality and character right? And then as soon as they are born it’s all about how they look.

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Jul 22

I’m thinking about changing these to MS_PER_SEC and MS_PER_TICK because I don’t want to say M sex to my coworkers.

I could be harder at work.

Jul 21

All this talk of “backdooring” on Big Brother makes me anxious.

Jul 18

Buffalo: helpin’ a brotha out since 1832

I went on a 39-mile bike ride to Delaware Park and back today. Like all my other bike rides, it was very eventful. Here are the events that evented.

• An ambulance tried to run me over while I was on a sidewalk by Delaware Park and I tweeted about it.
• A little kid said “hi dada” to me like five times and I tweeted about it. I’m pretty sure I’m not his dada.
• I took a couple pictures of a woman with her car (after she asked me to after I took the picture above). I didn’t tweet about this, but I’m wondering what she’s going to do with the pictures.
• I saw two great blue herons or the same great blue heron twice on opposite sides of the city. Also, what the hell are great blue herons doing in the middle of Buffalo? It seems like the city is too populous for such a large bird.
• I cut myself on my bike’s chainring (again).
• A cute girl with red hair rode her bike past me.

“I was walking my dog, a pointer, the other day and I ran into my neighbor. He was walking his pointer, too. I noticed his dog was wearing a sign and, of course, mine wasn’t. So we stopped and compared signed and unsigned pointers.” — John’s pointer joke

Awww

Jul 17

Droid X

Things I like about my phone:

• The screen is enormous.
• I can install Android apps.
• 1-GHz processor and 512 MB of RAM makes for a fast phone.
• Verizon’s network is so much better than T Mobile’s.
• 8-GB ROM with 16-GB card is great.
• The alarm-clock app has a timer mode (like PowerNap, which is no longer free).

Things I don’t like:

• No news genie widget (but I found an apk that worked).
• Locked screen doesn’t show the weather.
• Lots of crap pre-installed. (THAT YOU CAN’T REMOVE!)
• Contacts icon stuck on the bottom of each home screen? Really?
• Only four rows of icons on the home screens despite the huge screen.
• I can’t figure out how the app list is sorted.
• WiFi hotspot isn’t free.

Jul 16

Ways to be crazy # 1: Feeding birds

This is what crazy people do when they can’t handle owning real pets. You go to a park and feed bread to geese (and ducks if you’re lucky) because you’re batshit insane and either you think the birds genuinely like you, you think they’re cute and want a closer look, or you think they actually need the extra sustenance.

Additional crazy points are awarded if:

• You feed birds in a place where the presence of birds is bothersome, like a golf course or your neighbor’s yard.
• You attempt to feed birds in an area where there are no birds.
• You try feeding them rocks and sharp metal objects.