A virtual hoard of the shiny things I find on the internet.

 

Bicycling is a lot harder when you have your bag full of your daily crap on your back.

Doubly so when you work on the Internet and your bag of daily crap includes a laptop. But I did about 14 miles today with that bag on my back and that means I am awesome.

Tomorrow will be nice enough that I could conceivably do it again, but I have dance class, and that’s just crazy talk.

    frageelay replied to your photo<span >: <em >Rode my bike to work today. on Flickr. Since it’s…

Tie in the leg of your yoga pants facing the chain. Trust me on that one.

They’re short enough that they don’t actually reach the chain, but I have reflective ankle straps for exactly this purpose!

Rode my bike to work today. on Flickr.Since it&#8217;s gorgeous out, I decided it was a good day to try to take my bike to work.  On the whole, it was a successful endeavor, but here are the lessons learned:
1. It takes a lot longer to get out the door than I think it does, when I didn&#8217;t already have appropriate bike stuff ready. I think I can trim that down. 
2. Related: Maybe it&#8217;s time to break down and get a bluetooth headset. I was late, and the people I was meeting with were trying to call but I couldn&#8217;t answer my phone.
3. Clipping my fedora to my handlebars with a carabiner is not as brilliant as I thought it would be.
4. Yoga pants. I know we&#8217;re supposed to be able to dress for the destination, not the ride, but I spent half the ride hiking my skirt down lest I flash the entire National Mall.
The good news is, I was correct that MBT to Capitol Hill to the Mall is a good, reasonably safe route for the inexperienced bike commuter.

Rode my bike to work today. on Flickr.

Since it’s gorgeous out, I decided it was a good day to try to take my bike to work. On the whole, it was a successful endeavor, but here are the lessons learned:

1. It takes a lot longer to get out the door than I think it does, when I didn’t already have appropriate bike stuff ready. I think I can trim that down.

2. Related: Maybe it’s time to break down and get a bluetooth headset. I was late, and the people I was meeting with were trying to call but I couldn’t answer my phone.

3. Clipping my fedora to my handlebars with a carabiner is not as brilliant as I thought it would be.

4. Yoga pants. I know we’re supposed to be able to dress for the destination, not the ride, but I spent half the ride hiking my skirt down lest I flash the entire National Mall.

The good news is, I was correct that MBT to Capitol Hill to the Mall is a good, reasonably safe route for the inexperienced bike commuter.

Ridiculously excited that we’re learning this song for the next several weeks in dance class. Because I have loved it for nearly 4 years now. 

And because if I learn to dance to this song I will clearly look just like Aishwarya Rai while doing so. OBVIOUSLY.

    kymethra replied to your quote: At that minute Martin walked in and I just had a…

The only problem with this story is that it’s on the Daily Mail website, which I refuse to read on principal.
So yeah, I agree with you as a general rule, but the quote entertained me so much I went with it. Alas.

At that minute Martin walked in and I just had a thunderbolt. It dawned on me: “Oh, God it’s him!” We flirted with each other all day and when I went home he texted me, saying “You left and I wasn’t done flirting with you. That’s a bit rude”, which I thought was really smooth.

Amanda Abbington on loving life with Martin Freeman | Mail Online

So who’s going to start the “Martin Freeman’s Got Game” Tumblr?