Coffee and dreams, bitter and sweet

Well, of late I have found myself quite addicted to ridding my bike; a pastime of most efficacious manor and deep soul cleansing. You would not think that ridding would do that, but perhaps it is feeling the wind on your face and the press of the air on your body that forces the dust from your mind and soul. We all accumulate dust in our being; just not everyone knows how to clean it out. I hope everyone finds his or her own way to do it. I had perviously made a comment about the look of a fighter pilot, but all I was missing was the silk scarf. Well, no more, thanks to Heather and The Fish, I have one now! Look out Red Baron, you have more than Snoopy to worry about now!



In other news, nada.



Life in general has been quite quiet of late, so much so I am actually getting caught up on a few projects now and then. I need to direct more attention to my writing. Everyone knows about writers block, but I think I have come up with a new one, Writers Guilt. When you know you should write or you want to write, but the whole of the universe seems to conspire against you to keep you from writing, yet, you still have a layer of guilt for not changing things so you can.



It surprises me sometimes the things I learn from reading my friends blogs. With all these extra eyes I have developed quite an intelligence network one could say. I am informed from conversations, blogs, news, phone calls, excreta. I listen and see things all the time and just file them away for later if need be. Makes me glad I swore long go to only use my powers for good, he he.



Well, not the most exciting of entries, but none the less it is still an update of sorts.

Better than everyone just skimming past, seeing I did not update the page yet again. I am doing something unusual for me; there is neither music nor movies playing right now. The sound of the heater seems to be enough for me. I usually hate silence in general, but right now it seems to be just fine. I keep looking out the window and cursing the snow I see, I want to ride more. It is just too cold out. Now, you may say it is only 40 degrees, it is not that cold. Consider this, if it is 40 degrees outside and I am riding at 50 mph, the effective temperature on my person is now 25 degrees. If the temp drops to 30 degrees at that same 50 mph, the effective temp on me is now 12. See? Way too cold to ride. That does not even take into account any wind there may already be. For example, 40 degrees with a 15 mph wind is effectively 32 degrees, now, we take that base of 32 and add in the speed of riding, 50 mph, and our new effective temperature effect is the same as if it were 4 degrees. Water freezes at 32 degrees; Bryian freezes at anything below 40. Bryians operational temperature range is optimally around 85-90 degrees. And now you know why I still wear a jacket when it is 75 degrees outside. This ends meteorology 201 for today.



This one came from my friend Toms blog. I am not big on quizzes, but this one did interest me a bit. I wonder how accurate it is? You decide.







Maybe more later, after more coffee…

Till next time, be mindful and awake.