Riding for Roses

Saw this piece of Emily Dickinson (from Part One: Life) on the wall today as I will filling out Spencer’s pre-admission paperwork at Children’s Hospital.

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the [...]

I am installing WordPress on my blog so I can have comments and have articles be in multiple categories. Pardon the appearance and temporary loss of the old content. As of this posting update, I believe I have migrated all of the original content except for my bicycle training log. My original blog remains online [...]

We brought Spencer home from the hospital last night at 6 PM. The weekend went well, all things considered.

Friday, we spent time with Deanna, the child life specialist who helped teach Spencer about the upcoming procedure. Spencer’s doctor, Dr. Sharp, is fantastic. He’s very communicative and helpful. Spencer likes him. We like him. He [...]

Today has been the most utterly rotten day I have had as a parent. Spencer, our four year old son, has leukemia. The day has been a complete blur of waiting, dread, fear, and learning. I’ve cried while saying that damned word “leukemia” talking on the phone. I’ve hugged Rachel and been at a loss [...]

I invented a new word today: “lamous”. It is a combination of “lame” and “famous” and means “becoming (mildly) famous for doing something completely lame”. While bored out of my skull one day, I finally finished the words to “I Code Alone” my parody of George Thorogood’s “I Drink Alone”. I used to threaten my [...]

After two months off the bike and six weeks since I last had a serious non-bike workout, it was pretty obvious that the 70 or 100 mile rides would no be a good plan, so I targeted the 40 mile ride keeping heart rate up just to see if I could. Finished fine, albeit slowly. [...]

The ride is tomorrow. Last night, Rachel and I attended the Peloton Appreciation Dinner, an event honoring Peloton Project members and other sponsors. We got to attend because I raised $5150. A summary, then some thoughts:

Robin Williams is very nice, and hysterically funny
Lance Armstrong cannot sing
Sheryl Crow can
There are a whole lot of amazing and [...]