A second celestial event for the week could be on its way for west coast (North American) viewers this evening, as the stage is set for the seldom seen Aurigid meteor shower, created by debris from the comet Kiess, to be impressive this year.
Sky and Telescope is reporting that, based on a 1911 observation, the [...]

First there was the ‘Barack Obama is a radical muslim in disguise’ email.. now this gem of a ‘poem’ and accompanying incendiary text about how ‘refugees’ come to America to steal all of our welfare dollars, which they use to.. get this.. buy our overpriced housing with! HAHAHA!!
Seriously people, this is racist dis-information if ever [...]

The Daily Green has provided this great guide to the time zones for tonight’s lunar eclipse. The event will kick off at 1:51 PCT with the total eclipse beginning at 2:52 AM. I’ll be heading out of doors this evening to check it out. Don’t pass up an opportunity to be put [...]

We enjoyed a bike filled weekend in PDX these last few days. First, on Friday evening, we headed downtown to the North Park Blocks for the Portland Twilight Criterium, with pro racers averaging 30+ mph on the closed streets around a half-mile technical course. The course is situated so that the spectators [...]

Allow me to self-indulge, as I have finally gotten around to taking some pictures of my Surly LHT touring bike, for the Surlyville Long Haul Trucker and Crosscheck owner’s group. The bike is rugged and comfortable, even off-road, and the LHT frame fits me superbly (thanks to many sessions with the Wrench Science fit [...]

Tomorrow marks the start of the Holy Grail of Randonee events, Paris Brest Paris (PBP), the 1200km, 90-hour tour from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, to the Atlantic coast and back. The event, first run in 1891, is the oldest organized cycling event in the world.
Try getting in the spirit of the event and read these interesting accounts [...]

I have one more word on the mortgage industry implosion. With the Fed lowering the effective primary credit rate to ease liquidity constriction in the banking industry and the world’s central banks pumping billions into the cash strapped markets, its starting to look like panic out there! Now the big news over last [...]

“The bottles stand as empty
as they were filled before
Time there was and plenty
but from that cup no more.
Though I could not caution all I yet may warn a few:
Don’t lend your hand to raise no flag
atop no ship of fools.”
Ship of Fools - Hunter/Garcia
I’m taking a break from following the imminent demise of the US [...]

Innovative bike design has been taken to another level over at BikeForest, with their wild tandem couch.  Check out all their wild designs, very fun site.
In other fun news, this weekend is the 12th annual Providence Bridge Pedal, expected to draw over 20,000 cyclists to bike Portland’s 10 bridges spanning the Willamette River. I’ll [...]

If you are lamenting the acquisition of the WSJ by sensationalist mogul Rupert Murdoch (that’s Fox Television, some 100 newspapers including The Times of London and The New York Post as well as MySpace and Twentieth Century Fox studio for you cave-dwellers!), then we have more bad news for you, folks. One of the [...]