Giro.org » General http://www.giro.org Making Digital Compost Since 1996 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:54:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Also… http://www.giro.org/2007/05/17/also-3/ http://www.giro.org/2007/05/17/also-3/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 23:32:27 +0000 Adam Rakunas http://www.giro.org/2007/05/17/also-3/ I rode my bike to work today, figuring it was a good time to do so. The verdict? Sepulveda northbound isn’t as hairy as I thought (though it’s still an uphill slog), riding through the VA at 6 in the morning is cool, and Chandler Boulevard wins for Bestest Bike Lane Ev-Ar. It was 19.3 miles in, and took about 1.37. We’ll see how the return leg is, but I think doing this twice a week will be excellent for Ironman.

]]> http://www.giro.org/2007/05/17/also-3/feed/ 0 Home for the summer http://www.giro.org/2007/05/17/home-for-the-summer/ http://www.giro.org/2007/05/17/home-for-the-summer/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 20:07:13 +0000 Adam Rakunas http://www.giro.org/2007/05/17/home-for-the-summer/ Barring someone bowing out at the last minute, I’m not going to Clarion. Ah, well.

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]]> http://www.giro.org/2007/03/06/thats-guilty/feed/ 0 Chocks Away! http://www.giro.org/2007/03/04/chocks-away/ http://www.giro.org/2007/03/04/chocks-away/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:28:48 +0000 Adam Rakunas http://www.giro.org/2007/03/04/chocks-away/ Clarion application is winging its way through the aether. I just hope UCSD Extension’s commerce engine didn’t just eat my credit card. It has given me The Fear.

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IMG_0726

Not the best shot, but you know how we Angelenos are with snow. Makes us squint.

]]> http://www.giro.org/2007/01/17/snow/feed/ 0 Holy cow… http://www.giro.org/2007/01/17/holy-cow/ http://www.giro.org/2007/01/17/holy-cow/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:03:49 +0000 Adam Rakunas http://www.giro.org/2007/01/17/holy-cow/ It’s snowing. At the office.

Snow!

]]> http://www.giro.org/2007/01/17/holy-cow/feed/ 0 Resolved http://www.giro.org/2007/01/02/resolved/ http://www.giro.org/2007/01/02/resolved/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:37:49 +0000 Adam Rakunas http://www.giro.org/2007/01/02/resolved/ In 2007, I will:

-write my ass off.
-complete God and Mammon (see above for further motivation)
-become Customer of the Month at Wahoo’s
-get down to my fighting weight of 190 (expect pictures. Scandalous pictures.)
-ride in at least three road races, three sprint tris, two Olympic tris, and run one marathon
-become a parent
-take China and Japan by storm
-get into Clarion
-plant one hell of a garden
-be humble and modest in all things

Bye, 2006. You’ve gone and set up a lot of good stuff. Here’s to carrying the positive forward into 2007.

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I’m making Resolution Number One right the hell now: January will be known as Roughage Month, both in spirit and deed.

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Just continuing the Eddie Izzard: this is the first of fifteen parts, and each is worth it.

]]> http://www.giro.org/2006/12/21/334/feed/ 0 “Sir? Sir? SIR?” http://www.giro.org/2006/12/19/sir-sir-sir/ http://www.giro.org/2006/12/19/sir-sir-sir/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:16:29 +0000 Adam Rakunas http://www.giro.org/2006/12/19/sir-sir-sir/ So, we’re staying in this hotel in Solvang, a really nice place with feather beds and polite staff and excellent food. It also has classical music playing the halls, which wouldn’t be that bad, except there’s this one piece that I only know from The Blues Brothers. You know what I’m talking about: the scene where Jake and Elwood show up at Mr. Fabulous’s restaurant and proceed to rude him into rejoining the band. There’s that pretty lilting of strings as Elwood tosses shrimp tails into Jake’s mouth, that light plucking as Jake slaps some Chicago swell on the back and brays, “How much for you women, your daughters? Sell me your children!”

Truly, this is a classy joint.

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