It’s Only Eighty Two!

Not unusual for four in the morning, but it’s four in the afternoon, so that temp is about twenty degrees below what it’s been for the last week. Gotta love Shreveport in the summer time.

Cyclists Who Don’t Like To Ride Their Bikes?

I’m a cyclist who doesn’t like to drive his car. Nine of ten rides I do, I do from my house. In fact, of all the rides I’ve done this year, I can think of three for which I put my bike in my rack and drove to the ride, and two of those were [...]

The Leak, Part II And III

Like I said, we had water leaking from our bathroom ceiling, which I thought I had fixed by straightening out the vent stack.
Well, next day I noticed water dripping again, but from the other side of the ceiling. My first thought was “WTF!?” Then I crawled back into the attic and checked the stack. Wasn’t [...]

True And True

This Really Is Getting Old

Yet another conservative opponent of gay marriage cheats on his wife.
Around here, there’s a strange correlation between a person’s ideas about gay marriage and that person’s own success in life. It seems like among people I know the ones who have the most divorces, kids out of wedlock, felonies and job problems are also the [...]

Home Improvement v. Home Repair

I’ve done home improvement all summer. These are jobs that aren’t really necessary, but that make the house a lot nicer. For instance, last week I repainted our main bathroom. It was a pain in the butt, requiring wallpaper removal and taking the hardware off twenty two cabinet doors and then remounting all of them [...]

This Is Going To Be A Really Happy Father’s Day

Best. Present. Ever.

Too bad it’s not even lunch time yet. Still, it’s got to be five o’clock somewhere, right?

My First Helmet-Less Ride

Not my first ever; the helmet industry did not exist during my childhood cycling days and when I started riding again as an adult, it took awhile before I decided to buy a helmet. I also never wear a helmet when I’m pulling the kids in the trailer or similarly cruising around town. Until yesterday, [...]

Strangely, Lack Of “The Groups Of Lower Socioeconomic People” Wasn’t A Factor

“Web site: Shreveport-Bossier among best for a fresh start.”
And Business Week only examined local industries and housing for their story. Imagine how high we would have ranked had they included Wanda Bennett’s secret to “the good life.”

Sotomayor Would Have Made It 6-3

A few years back she denied a post-conviction appeal because the attorney filed it four days late, never mind the claims of innocence. The guy had to sit in prison for six more years until DNA finally exculpated and freed him.
Today John Roberts, in a 5-4 opinion, says after a conviction, defendants have no right [...]