Who is John Galt?(And would he beokay if I resold this book?) I’ve been in the Amazon Associates program for several years. It’s a no-brainer: sign up, and if someone buys books you happen to mention, you get a small credit towards a future purchase. Linking books and other products has always been about showing […]
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Beware of the Venus Cowtrap! While I was buying an electric trimmer a couple of weeks ago, Meryl, my oldest, bumped into the Venus Flytrap display. She was excited at the prospect of owning a flesh-eating plant. Who wouldn’t be? The pictures of the plants focus on the outerworldly, clamshell-like leaves that snap shut on
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(Continued from Part 1, (Map, annotated altitude Profile, Preride Guide) Twelve Monkeys beware! The early morning ride through the university district wasn’t as harrowing as I’ve come to expect. It would have been shorter, too, except when I crossed the Eastgate bridge, my mirror fell off. The distraction was enough that I missed a left
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I finished the two-day version of STP (Map, annotated altitude Profile, Preride Guide) and lived to tell about it. Woot! Saturday Left Seattle at 4:05 a.m. Arrived in Castle Rock, WA, at 4:30 p.m. 139.8 miles, 2,559′ ascent Average speed 13.0 mph. Sunday Left Castle Rock at 5:15 a.m. Arrived in Portland, OR, at 10:47
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Summary Left Seattle July 17 6AM Arrived Winlock July 17 4PM Left Winlock July 18 6:15 AM Arrived Portland, OR July 18 2PM Mileage: 205 On-bike average speed first half: 17.7mph On-bike average speed second half: 15.7mph Stops: Kent, Spanaway, Yelm, Tenino, Centralia, Winlock, Vader, Lexington, Longview, St. Helens (OR), Portland City limits. Detailed route
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Here’s a recipe for a homemade sports drink I used on STP. It’s adapted from Arnie Baker’s Bicycling Medicine. I threw in the lime because I needed to use it up before it went bad. You could use any citrus fruit or unsweetened juice. Sports drink – adapted from Arnie Baker’s recipe 4 Valencia Oranges,
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Bybee-Nims Farms, in North Bend, opened its “U-pick” blueberry fields this week. When we went on Wednesday, the parking lot was teeming with mini-vans and station wagons full of families with the same idea. The fields are very prolific, and one doesn’t have to venture far to find a good bush. Blueberry bushes have no
While reading Fran’s fitness blog, I started to think about why counting calories doesn’t work as well as it should. Even with a diet diary, tracking calories, carbohydrates, fats, and fibre is not as scientific as it should be. One problem is the serving sizes on the label don’t necessarily correspond to what we actually
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