Proliferator

I clicked on the link to Loc Vu-Quoc’s publications — who sent me email saying if I were the one with the longbike at the store, let him know – and got a screen informing me that This link has been identified as one containing some unusual properties which might be indicative of malicious intent.The sender of this link has been identified as a proliferator of undesirable or malicious content.This website has been blocked

So, I’m glad I did it from Parkland (tho’ it might have been fine at home via …LOL no way! Outlook’s not that good).

Now, I can imagine other ways that a person doing computer research might have things in emails that get deemed “malicious.”

However, my imagination goes in all kinds of other directions, many just interesting. Now, the link *below* the red screen one just had publications about physics and computer stuff. A google search got me rate my professors and ….. not liked 😉

In the 40’s this morning. I did *not* tuck a layer underneath and …. I could have. Not quite “I should have,” but almost. I am at 4003 miles on the year 🙂 I was pretty successful at *cleaning up* instead of screening up 🙂 but didn’t get down the driveway ’til 17 after the hour so I was only in the parking lot at 9:00. AND I remembered lunch leftovers. Thursday should be GoodMiles b/c goin’ out to the nuns’ house.

Traffic was … trafficky today, all the way through, with lots of bicycles too 🙂 Did not see FC 87527 (only syain’ that so I can tag this post *in case*…. LOL tagged it “suspicious” too as if I’ll remember that.

NOW back to figuring out my website. There’s a folder that just won’t let me get to things I upload to it. I went to another folder.

xtra license

the xtra is definitely easier than the Trans port 😉 and maybe seat needs to be *forward* (I tried to replicate the “tense up” issue on the Xtracycle). Squeezed out a few extra tenths to get 172 or so … so I should hit 4000 on the way in since I’m at 3996.4 .
Now, I don’t have the rainbow lights but I had the helmet aglow and the pedal blinkies and the rear blinker, and FC87527 still deemed to honk at me when I moved out to the lane in downtown Champaign. I loudly informed them that other people use the roads and called out FC87527 a few times… and *almost* caught up to them at the light crossing University near the terminal.
Defected from tenor to first soprano because the last part of that song *wasn’t* realy soprano and there was only one first soprano b/c other parts were so high the seconds were relegated to alto and got thanked for it. I was thinking maybe it would be better if sopranos switched but …it’s the Hebrew part and …. our person who knows Hebrew appreciates my “ch” sounds 🙂 SO!!! I will do that.

Thig on reddit about why drivers hate bicyclists, per the midwest and … I skipped it ;P adding license to the title in case
OH but also… no, I think I blogged about that already. I haven’t heard back from

Bikes! Shopping!

I got the Xtracycle back from BR Bikes, and got to experience the “new bike” feeling that happens when things are cleaned up and tuned. Now, it’s still not as smoooooth as Baby Bianchi (there’s just too much bike! Crates rattle…. )

At Meijer yesterday a person was parking their bike as I was leaving. They noted that I get a *lot* of exercise as I loaded up more groceries than normal based on how much I spent (which is usually close to exactly $100). I had 12 pack beer AND 12 pack water and BIG Cheezits box and BIG fruit chewy box from Motts (Meijer hasn’t had their big box for weeks :(( ) . We conversed –> today I got an email from his University email to my Parkland email asking if I were the person with the longbike. I had said I helped people who needed to catch up with reading or math… yes, I hope that’s the inspiration for the contact.

The Xtracycle was so much more stable with that load than anything (tho’ primarily b/c no, I wasn’t going to fork over $80 for a bag for the other side of the Transport. Dude, if you discontinue stuff, you should put the accessories on clearance, tho’ I think they sold out so…. that doesn’t hold up logically 😉 The *bike* was on clearance… I got 14 miles on the day and should hit 4000 annual miles *tomorrow,* but am Slightly Below Average for getting 450 much less 500 on the month.

Commute in was easier 😉 ALSO I had wondered about tension in how I hold my head and .. the helmet… but I think it’s the bike. I had much fewer “no, relax!” moments this ride in. I should prob’ly throw the seat back a bit on the Transport. I definitely need to put the rainbow lights on the Xtra. But right now, if I’m going to do FULL LUNCH LAPS (2???) I need to get going on actual work stuff. I just wanted to post and tag about things On General Principle fo rHistorical Purposes.

Got the Garmin “back”

Whereas, I didn’t take it out of my pocket so … it went through at least one wash cycle (Housemate gleaned it when moving my clothes to dryer but … the FIRST load I had noticed pocket explosion so … might have been in there for both of them).

Housemate stuck it in rice. Now, THE INTERNET says that’s no longer “the thing to do,” so I took it out & put it in my pocket thinking I’d at least keep it warm and find the hottest computer I could at work ;P (I could have tried to put it near the door latch which if I set to “stay open” gets quite warm, I suppose BUT co-worker who does the 3D printing put the thing in a ziplok bag with dessicant. So! That was Monday, and today before the lunch ride I took it out and … yes it seems to be unscathed!

Tomorrow: (or tonight if I find focus) use phone to download the route as a club member for Saturday’s ride which is out at lake of the woods.

Monday night I got passed by roadie who said “Nice setup!” –> I had the “drape the doorway with long strings of LED lights” dangled still in their clumps around my crate, GO RAINBOWS.

Today I was *almost* on time (yesterday erm, no, not even close but 9:00 a math teacher has office hours there and nobody was there).

Ridin’ the tank

I feel like I’m workin’ harder…. but I’m getting there as fast. I’m hoping when I get back on the red bike that it flies 😉 There was a bit of a tailwind and I keep having to *relax* my head… I shall try to adjust the helmet… 408 mileson the month, 3805 on the year 😉 So many fun houses for sale in my neighborhood.

Wednesday!

Outta the driveway 7:12 and YES, at the computer 8:02. North headwind for that half a mile; little bit of East tailwind but not much. My “shawl” was admired Tuesday by the people at Eden assisted living in the parking lot — the poncho I inherited from Father Tom. (I don’t think it’s handmade or anything but it’s brightly colored and very Central American and does not interfere with the bike.) Today I wore a jacket b/c it was colder — but tomorrow I might wear both.
I hollered hello at the lady on the Trek Transport — because that’s what I”m riding!!! I see the bike at Common Ground Food Coop fairly often but usually I”m on the red bike and we’re not both riding… I got a hello back but not as if recognizing the bike.Goin’ round that way meant YES I am at 401 miles on the month. It’s still a LOT of miles to go (1204) to 5000 … 12.1 miles/day average will do it.

More little stuff at work making it clear that the admins … do not recognize what we do including the prez who was our director and part of the team that put our support system together, then … dismantled it and has made it clear that our mission from then is no longer valued (which is, in a nutshell: making *success* more accessible to learners that need support, not just access; not “right to fail,” when people end up enrolled in courses they don’t have the preparation to succeed in…)

FOUND a rear blinkie that I hadn’t even pulled the “strip to let the battery connect” from that came with the Schwinn headlights. Sturdier than the four dollar blinkies from Ace Hardware. I still really really really want to figure out soldering and making all those LED light strings work again. LOL it’s time to retire!

telepathy

#bikeTooter
So, when the rain “acauth me”
I was “already wet might as well keep going” but brain said “actually it’s really windy and pouring and people can’t see, and people who love you would want you to stop,” so… a whole mile from work I turned (OK it also helped there was a gap in traffic to do the left thing) into the strip mall … hung out under the awning… it slowed a little. Still thundery.
Dude. Texas Roadhouse is Right There.
Crossed the parking lot with squishy shoes and– they have shelter with benches. Scooted bike in, locked it, went inside. BUSY on Tuesday ?!? “Is there a seat at the bar?” Yes.
I am greeted by student from 2010 🙂 They’re married & have written books 😛 They’re dining; if I want a ride they have a CRV. 🙂
I get a beer and they give me bread. Halfway through beer it’s clear enough 😉 I finish it and tootle home.
This a.m. “bike to work day” is POSTPONED b/c rain but I pedal in anyway b/c it’s just drizzle. Brought dry pants in bookstore bag to swap out 🙂 267 Sept. Miles. 3664 on the year. (Goal: 5000).
Co-worker said she passed me and thought: It’s windy! people can’t see!
SOunds like telepathy to me 😛

got wet

I tried to duck out early but … the one guy there needed to know how to print so … 3 extra minutes. I could see the oncoming from the parking lot… and if it had been ALL WEST might have been okay but it caught up while I was goin’ south on Country Fair. Pouring, windy, lightning… so I ducked in to the strip mall and then ducked over tou Outback Steakhouse which had a line but there was a seat at the bar.
SO yea, that was an expensive beer but still cheaper than insurance or gasoline or repairs for a car thing. Oh, and a student from 15 years ago who’s graduated and written books and stuff … was there and offered me a ride home if I needed it. Now, even a CR-V it might have been a challenge with THE BIG BIKE and… welp, if I knew I had to get to the Bike/Pd meeting that was canceled for lack of quorum, mebbe I’d have grabbed hte bus. Based on today … I will, I reckon. YES wanting to get to 5000 miles in 2026 had a lot to do with ducking out at 5:50 and not hopping the bus. And i”m at 259 for the month, 3656 on the year, but… Thanksgiving in November might be zero zip nada miles for a week. Beginning of month I could average 13.5/day and get there.
So! I have bread from Steakhouse in my bag; the barkeep gave me the spiel about the restaurant but it’s a chain, people, no local beers on tap. Yea, I should have done the short beer b/c the rains paused before I was halfway done 😉 No, the folks were not aware of the weather outside. There were LOTS OF TVS and for a while, no cable. Then… ALL THE THINGS, six or seven TVS, all the noise and music, including the Cubs and … yea, TV was fun hto’ I left before they started playing. Radio is nice but … oh, the gambling ads …
Tomorrow’s bike tow ork day and yea, I put in for half an hour leave.Time to do the done for the day things 🙂

Charge!

I didn’t, so … didn’t record this a.m.’s ride. Oops, except when I turned it back on after charging it at work, it gave me credit for 3 miles that were as the crow flies to work. So, did creative cropping
When I got out west, the flags said I had a pretty ferocious tailwind. Of course, sans Garmin I don’t have good data. Good communication — toss down the left hand and driver proceeds through perpendicular without having to full stop… in parking lot driver backs *way* back as in “no, I’m not in a hurry, go on through…” but yes, they do pass more closely even if the left lane’s empty if I’m in the full parking lane on Church. (Not dangerously or anything.)

Singing tonight! Helmet is charged. I think taillight is, too. Pedals … will do 😉 Possible rain on the morrow. Now to get a few things done!

Saunter!

I rode the Trek b/c it’s time to be able to just go faster. It *may* be that the bike is older and slower, or it might just be me. I was goin’ 14 without working too hard on this one, though.

Also 🙂 it was warm but I had no troubles like last week. We did stop at Casey’s and I snagged tea… and I ATE a pretzel and some cheese and crackers. (Nope, I am not up for Big Breakfast that early.) Just 3 of us and going faster so we did the Duncan Road extension of the Tolono route and I was still back before 11;00.

I had considered (albeit briefly) takin’ the morning off but I think keeping this on the schedule is a good idea. Erm, no, I haen’t been paritcularly productive since getting back, tho’. Time to go to store (football game has started!) b/c I’m out off all kinds of thigns (cheese!!!! Frozen juice concentrate!!!)

I did a muckup, tho –> approved a frautulent “seeing my Garmin” and another “selling a mountain bike” message 😦 😦 😦 I didn’t stop to think ppl might assume it’s on our list so they’re our people and … they *do* know how to act like our people.

Hmmm. I *know* I took pics last week of Wild Card. They did’t get pushed to my “mighty text” app though. Will sniff that out after there’s food in the house 😉