Day: December 15, 2009

  • Tonight’s ride home

    Only 3 degrees difference between this morning’s ride temperature and this evening’s (49 vs 46) but that’s where the similarities end.  Cold front came through during the day, flipped the wind around to the northwest, and dropped the humidity a bit.  The result was a more comfortable ride home.  I wore the same clothes as…

  • Maxing Out on Credit Card Reward Cash

    I’ve always been a big fan of credit cards that pay cash rewards.  Pay the balance off in full each month, collect the free money – what’s not to like?  I started out in the early 90s with a Discover card, which was one of the first to offer cash back rewards.  Then in 2004,…

  • This morning’s ride

    I was all set to get an early start on today’s ride when the equipment gremlins struck.  First, the cheap plastic clip broke off the back of one of my rear blinkers.  Two blinkers are a must during the dark days of December, so I fashioned a new clip out of metal pipe strapping.  It’ll…