Forgive me bike-gods for I have sinned.

It’s been three months and one concussion since I’ve gone mountain biking.

8-Bit: A Visual Language of Adventure

Google maps pranked my bike route up Mt. Diablo! I got Legend of Zelda instead of the usual map view. Pedaling up Diablo, I pondered, what is it about 8-bit that puts a flutter in my analog heart?

Just say no to bar parties.

I made one and only one Friday night foray onto the Cape Town bar strip. It was the weekend of Halloween and Kloof St was running rampant with pirates, werewolves and zombie hookers. They spilled from pounding purple blacklighted clubs and shouted from deck parties fenced with Edwardian-era wrought-iron railings. Along the length of the […]

Monster Quads vs Thunder Thighs

Could I be rail lean like Jenny Shimizu? Sure. A couple months ago, I tried a fabulous instant weight loss plan. Broke up with my partner of 6 years, stopped eating and sleeping, and lost a couple dishes of lasagna from below the waist. Breaking up and losing weight felt like lying in a car-wreck […]