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Hello, person who clicked on my profile! Here is where I bicycled in the Before Times. Maybe someday, let's hope, I can add to this. In the meantime, hang around for ... well, that would be spoilers.
I'm told these might be of interest to some. Dead Can Dance, performing live at the Tower Ballroom in Birmingham, England, 6 August 1987.
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I'm told these might be of interest to some. Dead Can Dance, performing live at the Tower Ballroom in Birmingham, England, 6 August 1987.
Added a few more miles back today, despite the tummy still not being fully happy. Looks like I can probably squeeze in one more tomorrow morning before this atmospheric river begins to dump on us, as long as I start early enougzzzzz.... 🛌⛈️
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Added a few more miles back today, despite the tummy still not being fully happy. Looks like I can probably squeeze in one more tomorrow morning before this atmospheric river begins to dump on us, as long as I start early enougzzzzz.... 🛌⛈️
Did you watch this week's #HardQuiz? Tom gave us a tiny peek behind the curtain when he held up one of his question cards right after delivering the pre-written joke on it. Yes, of *course*, the gag is pre-written, and it's even helpfully labeled "GAG."
![A question card held up by Tom Gleeson on this week's Hard Quiz:
QUESTION 2
Described by the group as representing a pack of wolves playing music, the song "Wolfgang" takes its name from which Austrian composer?
(Wolfgang Amadeus) Mozart
GFX AFTER ANSWER: MOZART
• The band apparently write and produce their own songs, or at least, that's what their writers and producers tell them to say.
GAG: My writers told me [rest obscured by Tom's fingers on the card]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ox7pmwe7mpihrtznzcqbl7fb/bafkreidiws665a4gkyxkzcqyhmuzj6odhgage4bx4mfae4bjrpq7qjzb6u@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Did you watch this week's #HardQuiz? Tom gave us a tiny peek behind the curtain when he held up one of his question cards right after delivering the pre-written joke on it. Yes, of *course*, the gag is pre-written, and it's even helpfully labeled "GAG."
From 25 years ago this month, a playlist from the short-lived but fondly-remembered "radiomontana" internet stream in November 2000, hosted on Live365. It played a tasty mix of eclectic pop, rock, progressive, and more from the '70s to the '00s, with a dose of wild tracks for spice (Will Powers!).
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
From 25 years ago this month, a playlist from the short-lived but fondly-remembered "radiomontana" internet stream in November 2000, hosted on Live365. It played a tasty mix of eclectic pop, rock, progressive, and more from the '70s to the '00s, with a dose of wild tracks for spice (Will Powers!).
Five dentist visits in the past three days. Bills to match. Half my mouth still numb. Stomach churning with antibiotics. But barring any more emergencies, my next visit isn't until January 5. Despite the "realness" of this difficult week, the real work begins then. This calls for a celebration ride.
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Five dentist visits in the past three days. Bills to match. Half my mouth still numb. Stomach churning with antibiotics. But barring any more emergencies, my next visit isn't until January 5. Despite the "realness" of this difficult week, the real work begins then. This calls for a celebration ride.
From 41 years ago tonight, the playlist from 9-10:30pm on WMHD Terre Haute for November 12, 1984. A seriously awesome mix (if I say so myself!) of new wave, eurosynth, and altpop that holds up remarkably well (again, if I say so myself!) with some wild cards to keep 'em guessing. Now *that's* radio!
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
From 41 years ago tonight, the playlist from 9-10:30pm on WMHD Terre Haute for November 12, 1984. A seriously awesome mix (if I say so myself!) of new wave, eurosynth, and altpop that holds up remarkably well (again, if I say so myself!) with some wild cards to keep 'em guessing. Now *that's* radio!
Even though I'm still dealing with dental (and lots of other) crap, including a marathon drilling session coming up in 90 minutes, and with rain on the way, I got out there for what I could today. But it's really just an excuse to post a cute selfie in need of an attention. 😇
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Even though I'm still dealing with dental (and lots of other) crap, including a marathon drilling session coming up in 90 minutes, and with rain on the way, I got out there for what I could today. But it's really just an excuse to post a cute selfie in need of an attention. 😇
Yeah, I've been off the bike for the past 3 days, first time since ... well, I don't even want to look. My dental issues are hitting in a bad way and have put me under the weather; the news hasn't helped my mood either. "Emergency" appointment tomorrow PM; major work ahead. A photo from better days:
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Yeah, I've been off the bike for the past 3 days, first time since ... well, I don't even want to look. My dental issues are hitting in a bad way and have put me under the weather; the news hasn't helped my mood either. "Emergency" appointment tomorrow PM; major work ahead. A photo from better days:
Giving up my cheerful facade for a minute to say this:
For people like me, this is life or death. And fuck every well-off Democrat who doesn't care. And right now, death feels much much closer, a horrifyingly terrible thought.
Sorry not sorry.
For people like me, this is life or death. And fuck every well-off Democrat who doesn't care. And right now, death feels much much closer, a horrifyingly terrible thought.
Sorry not sorry.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Giving up my cheerful facade for a minute to say this:
For people like me, this is life or death. And fuck every well-off Democrat who doesn't care. And right now, death feels much much closer, a horrifyingly terrible thought.
Sorry not sorry.
For people like me, this is life or death. And fuck every well-off Democrat who doesn't care. And right now, death feels much much closer, a horrifyingly terrible thought.
Sorry not sorry.
Add this to the list of unexpected Sister Sledge covers: The 5th Dimension's "Aquarius," from a 1975 appearance on Musical Chairs. Hang around for the surprise ending!
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Add this to the list of unexpected Sister Sledge covers: The 5th Dimension's "Aquarius," from a 1975 appearance on Musical Chairs. Hang around for the surprise ending!
Major blahs; not feeling at *all* like riding. So at least for now, I'm curling up with new-to-me Norwegian episodes of All Against 1, my top nerdy comfort game. When 9,000 plastic balls are dropped onto one of the steepest streets (12.5% grade) in Lillehammer, how many make it into the "garden"?
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Major blahs; not feeling at *all* like riding. So at least for now, I'm curling up with new-to-me Norwegian episodes of All Against 1, my top nerdy comfort game. When 9,000 plastic balls are dropped onto one of the steepest streets (12.5% grade) in Lillehammer, how many make it into the "garden"?
In the world of #The1PercentClub, 30 on-air seconds usually are not 30 real seconds. An international investigation! 😆
(I'm not suggesting in any way that contestants in the studio don't get 30 actual seconds, just the editing for airtime.)
(I'm not suggesting in any way that contestants in the studio don't get 30 actual seconds, just the editing for airtime.)
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In the world of #The1PercentClub, 30 on-air seconds usually are not 30 real seconds. An international investigation! 😆
(I'm not suggesting in any way that contestants in the studio don't get 30 actual seconds, just the editing for airtime.)
(I'm not suggesting in any way that contestants in the studio don't get 30 actual seconds, just the editing for airtime.)
What's this? A *daytime* ride?! Yeah, trying to flip back with the changing seasons. Plus, a good excuse to put on the DSSF rainbow jersey and go "in your face, St. George." Stayed mostly on trails, but lots of disapproving stares from scowling walkers who look like Fox News is too "woke" for them.
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
What's this? A *daytime* ride?! Yeah, trying to flip back with the changing seasons. Plus, a good excuse to put on the DSSF rainbow jersey and go "in your face, St. George." Stayed mostly on trails, but lots of disapproving stares from scowling walkers who look like Fox News is too "woke" for them.
From 37 years ago tonight, the 8-10pm playlist for "Nightwave 107" on WKPL Platteville WI. The greater Dubuque tri-state area was shaking in its boots! Kate Bush into The Sisters of Mercy (narrator: "It mostly worked") ... remember when small-town radio stations actually took chances?
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
From 37 years ago tonight, the 8-10pm playlist for "Nightwave 107" on WKPL Platteville WI. The greater Dubuque tri-state area was shaking in its boots! Kate Bush into The Sisters of Mercy (narrator: "It mostly worked") ... remember when small-town radio stations actually took chances?
I'm having a shitty week, and since one of the best remedies is, as they say, "an attention," I give you a picture for #Thighsday, taken just now at mile 31 of tonight's chilly ride. 1 attention = 1 slightly happier ridewithchris. 😱😇
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I'm having a shitty week, and since one of the best remedies is, as they say, "an attention," I give you a picture for #Thighsday, taken just now at mile 31 of tonight's chilly ride. 1 attention = 1 slightly happier ridewithchris. 😱😇
New St. George Utah mayor Jimmie Hughes wastes no time in taking off his nice-guy campaign mask and revealing his dangerously racist and classist true self. Still flummoxed that voters fell for his bullshit.
www.fox13now.com/news/politic...
www.fox13now.com/news/politic...
![Hughes ran on maintaining what he said was St. George’s culture, but claimed that doesn’t mean the city is only for some.
"We're not saying to certain people, the doors are closed. But to [a] certain ideology, that's what we're trying to say," he explained. "We're trying to say, 'Hey, when you're coming here,
look at what's happening here and why
, and then embrace it. Don't try to change it, embrace it.'"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ox7pmwe7mpihrtznzcqbl7fb/bafkreifuzyx66fkkkrqybqf5sia7k4hiv3moz6wwibv6d2qffvlvayg3qq@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
New St. George Utah mayor Jimmie Hughes wastes no time in taking off his nice-guy campaign mask and revealing his dangerously racist and classist true self. Still flummoxed that voters fell for his bullshit.
www.fox13now.com/news/politic...
www.fox13now.com/news/politic...
From 41 years ago today, the playlist from 8-10pm on WMHD Terre Haute for November 5, 1984. A lil' bit of new wave, a lil' bit of progressive, a lil' bit of album rock, a lil' bit of the Time Warp ... radio used to be so much *fun*!
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
From 41 years ago today, the playlist from 8-10pm on WMHD Terre Haute for November 5, 1984. A lil' bit of new wave, a lil' bit of progressive, a lil' bit of album rock, a lil' bit of the Time Warp ... radio used to be so much *fun*!
Amid all this celebration, I regret that St. George Utah has apparently bucked the trend, re-elected a Maga scream queen to City Council, and replaced a moderate and effective mayor with a Maga stooge. At least it reaffirms my current practice of assuming every rando I see here is a Nazi.
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Amid all this celebration, I regret that St. George Utah has apparently bucked the trend, re-elected a Maga scream queen to City Council, and replaced a moderate and effective mayor with a Maga stooge. At least it reaffirms my current practice of assuming every rando I see here is a Nazi.
If you're a registered voter in St. George Utah and haven't voted yet, please vote in person today for Michele Randall (mayor), and for Natalie Larsen and Jami Leavitt (city council). Just say no to Maga, no to Nazis, no to Tr*mp, and especially no to anti-vax anti-drag scream queen Michelle Tanner.
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
If you're a registered voter in St. George Utah and haven't voted yet, please vote in person today for Michele Randall (mayor), and for Natalie Larsen and Jami Leavitt (city council). Just say no to Maga, no to Nazis, no to Tr*mp, and especially no to anti-vax anti-drag scream queen Michelle Tanner.
From 40 years ago tonight, the 9pm-midnight playlist on WISU Terre Haute for November 3, 1985. Special shout out to The Big Sound Authority, The Pale Fountains, and the Kane Gang, three mostly-forgotten sophistipop bands of the mid-1980s.
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
From 40 years ago tonight, the 9pm-midnight playlist on WISU Terre Haute for November 3, 1985. Special shout out to The Big Sound Authority, The Pale Fountains, and the Kane Gang, three mostly-forgotten sophistipop bands of the mid-1980s.
It's 2:21 AM ... do you know where your cyclists are?
November 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It's 2:21 AM ... do you know where your cyclists are?
From 39 years ago today, the 9pm-midnight playlist on WISU Terre Haute for November 2, 1986. Right from the opening aural assault of Psychic TV's cover of "Good Vibrations," now *that's* what I call awesome music! (And awesome radio, too.) 🎙️
November 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
From 39 years ago today, the 9pm-midnight playlist on WISU Terre Haute for November 2, 1986. Right from the opening aural assault of Psychic TV's cover of "Good Vibrations," now *that's* what I call awesome music! (And awesome radio, too.) 🎙️
✅ 12,000 miles in 2025.
✅ Bicycled through a time change.
At last checkpoint, I was 6 days behind last year's pace. But with a 1,276-mile October (my coping strategy -- needed lots of coping!), and with some creative accounting by starting just before midnight -- I'm now *equal* to last year's pace!
✅ Bicycled through a time change.
At last checkpoint, I was 6 days behind last year's pace. But with a 1,276-mile October (my coping strategy -- needed lots of coping!), and with some creative accounting by starting just before midnight -- I'm now *equal* to last year's pace!
November 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
✅ 12,000 miles in 2025.
✅ Bicycled through a time change.
At last checkpoint, I was 6 days behind last year's pace. But with a 1,276-mile October (my coping strategy -- needed lots of coping!), and with some creative accounting by starting just before midnight -- I'm now *equal* to last year's pace!
✅ Bicycled through a time change.
At last checkpoint, I was 6 days behind last year's pace. But with a 1,276-mile October (my coping strategy -- needed lots of coping!), and with some creative accounting by starting just before midnight -- I'm now *equal* to last year's pace!
#EscapePerfecto Argentina returns tonight after a hiatus of nearly a year. But Telefe are being tight-lipped about it; consensus is these will be just reruns. If so, I've gotcha covered with my episode guide! I watched all 754 games and logged results of every round:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#EscapePerfecto Argentina returns tonight after a hiatus of nearly a year. But Telefe are being tight-lipped about it; consensus is these will be just reruns. If so, I've gotcha covered with my episode guide! I watched all 754 games and logged results of every round:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Getting ready to ride, so I don’t say it often: The big reason I still ride amid The Horrors is because there’s going to be a day when the whole world exhales. And I fully intend to stay fit and healthy enough to be part of the largest, most glorious worldwide celebration this planet has ever seen.
October 31, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Getting ready to ride, so I don’t say it often: The big reason I still ride amid The Horrors is because there’s going to be a day when the whole world exhales. And I fully intend to stay fit and healthy enough to be part of the largest, most glorious worldwide celebration this planet has ever seen.