Friday Fish Wrap: July 16 2010

The week is ending on a hot note. I hate …. yes, hate weather this hot. Anything beyond, say 90 degrees, saps the life right out of me, turning me into a lethargic slug. Yet, things have to be done.

Sigh.

I got my flat bike tire of the season this week. Let’s hope it’s the only one, since I only have one spare tube in the garage. But, I don’t much resent flats. They’re a part of bike riding, and it afforded me the chance to make the acquaintance of several Angus calves, who seemed to think I was more entertaining that I probably was in fact.

Once back at Rancho Maven, I  turned the bike upside down in the backyard, under the giant sycamore tree, and went to work. I love getting my hands utterly filthy with grease and road dirt. I hum with joy at breaking out the tire wrenches. I delight in attempting to figure out “pinch flat, valve stem flat or puncture?” Hmmmm. I don’t try to hurry this process. I savor it.

Otherwise the cycling has been very enjoyable. Fairly early in the a.m.,  I’ve been riding up to Truckee Bar & Grill for a couple poached eggs and toast. It’s only 7.36 miles, which I do in 35 minutes, up the back roads (Holcomb, Lakeside and over Windy Hill). The trip back can take several different routes, all fairly scenic.

Why is it that the Tea Party Nation goobers can’t bring themselves to believe that Obama has a birth certificate, isn’t Muslim, and wasn’t born in Kenya - but they can believe in the invisible jesus spaceman that hasn’t done jack for them - healthcare or otherwise?

I want to post a note of appreciation about the folks out at the Patagonia Outlet in northwest Reno. They’re really very, very nice.

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