Archive for September, 2010

Business Owner Man-gel

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

“There’s still something wrong with my gears”, I told the bike shop owner.
He was polite, but his thoughts read “this is a cycling lightweight”. “Don’t worry we’ll take care of anything that goes wrong” was his verbal response.
I wasn’t sure he really meant that. Despite my mixed feelings about their intentions, the mechanics had […]

English Channel Man-gel

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

During a recent “catch-up” conversation, one of our family’s twenty-something year old friends ripped the rug of mundane chit-chat out from under me.
“I think I want to swim the English Channel”, he said as if it were the same as telling me he was going […]

Pick-up Truck Man-gel

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Labor Day was picture perfect for riding a bike-so of course-it had to be done in a big way with my biking partner. Plus, we were preparing for a 150 mile charity ride. That gave us and extra dose of “mileage commitment ”. Starting off early […]