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Been away for a while due to an electrical problem at my house that fried my modem. Seems electronic devices designed for 110 don't play well with 220... go figure.

Anyway, I am reloaded into the interweb now and thought I'd share a few things. First, this video seems to be making the rounds. I find it entertaining.

Also, this week I went on an impromptu bike ride with some of my friends from work. It was 5:15 and someone said "Hey, let's go for a ride today." 'nough said. We started out a committed group of four but dwindled to three. We each had different rides (road, hybrid, fixie) and decided on the Tour de Northside. Rode the streets to a number of different parks, none of which I'd ever visited. We started first at Schiller, then meandered over to Lincoln and finished at Sunny Crest. Now most of the parks are built on high points in the city, probably because they were to difficult to build residential housing on, but maybe there is some other reasoning. Schiller has a great view of downtown and the university. (I didn't bring my camera which is unfortunate but next time.) Lincoln looks more easterly. Sunny Crest is a south easterly view (likely the reasoning behind the name). There is a golf course in the park, bringing the number of golf courses in Syracuse's parks system (that I know about) to two. While I support recreation, this seems a bit high in time of fiscal constraints for the city. But I digress - if there were two mountain bike parks, I wouldn't be making the same observation...

It was a great relaxing ride. I got to try the fixie, which was fun, and mayhaps planted the seed for this winter's bike project...