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It's raining today and in copious amounts. I have a rain coat and I have fenders, but that doesn't prevent my shoes, then socks and ...

At one point, I was a man who had nothing made by Campagnolo. Then, I bought this old raincoat off of eBay. Now that I'm rich, I...

Glimpse of a bear. Just discovered that my phone makes animated gifs if you take the pictures in rapid enough succession.   I went for...

While riding home in the rain from school with a pannier full of books, cat litter (unused) and groceries, in addition to a 12 pack of Mi...

You may have noticed that on the right there are two links to the NOAA sites about the CT and Farmington Rivers' activities. You shoul...

Hartford was largely spared by Hurricane Irene. The Park River is underground, so downtown didn't float away. The Farmington Valley di...

At work yesterday, a bunch of Jamaican food appeared and it was very good. There was extra, so I took some rice and stewed chicken home in a...

I unwittingly got an early start on Bike to Work Week with a full-day Sunday work call in South Green. The weather was very accommodating, ...

I've never been to Seattle, but I'm supposing that we're having Seattlesque weather right now. Undeterred at quitting time yeste...

As you may be aware, we've been in a crazy drought. With rain the last two days, all of the sudden I'm losing my mind with the absen...

Early this past Sunday, I took a rainy ride to the New England Muscle Bicycle Museum in Bloomfield for their last "Northeast Bike Swap...

I rode my bike a lot this week, but the quality has been sliding the last few days. Yesterday, it was the weather and today, well, it was th...

Biking in the rain provides many surprises, especially when one is loath to check the meteorologists' predictions for the day. Needing t...

What's up with all this rain? My shoes can't dry fast enough to keep up. I'm gonna have to get some SPD sandals soon! Well, no, ...

Nature's fury is too much for Johanna and me, so we're retreating on foot to higher ground for the next few days. I experienced the ...

This morning had me riding to an appointment in Windsor center. There was a negligible drizzle when I left home at 8 AM and it was warm enou...

While 50 or so people did some exciting driving in Shelton yesterday, only three decided to participate in the fourth Eel. The overriding t...

It is supposed to be nasty and disgusting tomorrow (Eel 4 day). I would like to go for a ride, but I don't want to catch my death. I'...

The weather is turning nasty and yesterday I got a really wet butt riding home. This was unacceptable. I've been trying to wrestle the b...