Sunday, October 17, 2010

One Hundred Twenty-Five

My plan was to do the Door County Century and then do the 100 mile route for Maywood right after that the next Saturday. The only problem was the weather didn't cooperate. I watched the forecast pretty closely the week running up to Maywood. It didn't turn out as bad as the forecast had predicted. It was supposed to rain all morning with thunderstorms in the afternoon. It turned out to be just cloudy with some spots of sun here and there from 9:00 onward. I probably could have done more than the 25 mile route but the weather being so uncertain I didn't. If I do either the 70 or 100 mile routes I have to get up to Sheboygan to start by 7:30 which means I have to get on the road a little after 6AM. I decided to skip that and I slept a little extra instead. The 25 mile route was sort of anti-climactic after doing the Door County Century. Somehow I was rider number 1 according to my wristband, so there's that.
Normally Maywood is the highlight of the year, but instead Door County was. There was much better weather and I completed the whole thing. I was real windy on the route back. I can't recall riding in wind like that all year. Usually if it's that strong I just do something else besides riding my bike out in it. They repaved Lake Forest Park Road since I was last on it which I was pleased about. Toward the end my knee started hurting but other than that I felt pretty good. I have that same pain in my left knee when I hike mountains. It usually starts hurting on the way back down the mountain...not sure why that is. I have never had the knee pain while bike riding until this year. I'm hoping that doesn't become a problem in the future. That could put a dent in my plans to reach enough miles to where I can say, that when added together, I've ridden a bike as many miles as it is around the earth at the equator.

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Netflix Update # 5

This is a longer list since I barely post here much. This starts with December 2009 at the bottom. Recently I intended to add The Fog to my queue but I guess I put in The Mist by accident. It's close to the same thing, but not really at all the same. I remember once a long time ago as a family we had rented Working Girls instead of Working Girl. We didn't get very far into it when we figured out it was about prostitutes and wasn't the one we wanted.

Clash of the Titans (2010)
Who's Your Monkey
The Mist
Defendor
The Ruins
Edge of Darkness
The Maiden Heist
Crazy Heart
Brothers
Sherlock Holmes
Blade Runner (Directors Cut)
Trucker
Paranormal Activity
The Last House on the Left (2009)
Open Water 2: Adrift
Juno
The Road
Alien vs Predator
Alien Resurrection: Collector's Edition
Alien 3: Collector's Edition
Aliens: Collector's Edition
Alien: Collector's Edition
Breaking Bad Season 2 (Discs 1-4)
Idiocracy
Breaking Bad Season 1 (Disc 1-3)
Robot Chicken Season 1 (Disc 1)
Zombieland
Wristcutters: A Love Story
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Orphan
Rise: The Bloodhunter
Amistad
Million Dollar Baby
Cinderella Man
Run Lola Run
The Proposition
Terminator Salvation

Previous Netflix Update here.

Surprise!

I've seen something like this somewhere before too.


This is an undated handout photo issued Tuesday Sept. 28, 2010 by Cherwell District Council, near Oxford England of a mouse in a loaf of Hovis bread bought by Stephen Forse, from Kidlington, England purchased online from Tesco supermarkets, through a store in Bicester, in January 2009. Forse was sickened when he found a dead mouse in his loaf of bread while making sandwiches for his children. The father-of-two thought the bread was just discoloured but on closer inspection saw the object was covered in fur. Following an investigation by council health officers, Premier Foods was ordered to pay 16,821 pounds, US$26,625, euro19,781, at Oxford Crown Court on Friday Sept. 24, 2010.(AP Photo/Cherwell District Council/PA)