Five photos from my day. Please scroll to the bottom in case the bunch of extra space I can’t delete that WordPress has inserted is still here.
Baby Friday: Let Me Show You a Few Things
MoviePass
10th Film in 10 Days + 81-Mile Week by Bici
Check out my ride on Strava and some photos from my Sunday. Continue reading
Stormy: Weather, News and Mood + Movie Review: Phantom Thread
It was a dark and rainy morning. After a late night re-creating my blog that the crappy wifi connection ate (I’ve since installed a wifi extender), I awoke to thunder and lightning. So I padded over to the toilet, the one that is inside the shower stall, Asian-style. Job done, I stumbled back to the cubby hole that my bed is in, drew the curtains, and slept as long as I could. I dreamt vividly, but of what is now shrouded in the folds of my hippocampus. Which always sounds like a university for hippopotamuses. Or hippopotami, to use the correct Latin. I awoke in a foul mood.
- Also Stormy. CBS News / 60 Minutes
Conversation with an Author: Dale Thele
Dale Thele is an author. If there’s one thing I took away from the very generous amount of time we spent together at a coffee shop today, is that to think of oneself as an author (or writer, if you prefer), is important. No, it does not make you good, or increase your chances of publication.
But, thinking of oneself that way is one key to behaving that way. Writers write, right? (Do authors auth?) Luckily, I took away alot more than that one thing, and as Dale was happy to share them with me, he’s happy for me to share them with all 168 of my followers and any new visitors.
13 Ways to be Frugal and Save Money When You’re Unemployed (Or Just Broke) + 18-Mile Bike Ride
Saving Money Is Simple and Sometimes Easy (Like Rawlins)
There are probably countless websites listing a far more coherent and cohesive list of places to go and things to do to save money. Here is what I came up with today that began percolating on my ride.
1. Stay In. There are lots of things to do at home. Blog, cook, read, do yoga, make crafts or art, play cards or board games, read www.ADudeAbikes.com, etc. All are basically free. Of course if you are a shopaholic or order pizza every day that’s a problem. I find staying in is a way to save.
2. Barber, Beauty and Massage Schools. Why pay $30 for a hair cut, or too much for body care products and treatment, or muscle relaxation? If you don’t need a perfect treatment and have time, go where experienced students will do it much more cheaply, and are supervised. I pay $20 for 5 haircuts and get to practice my Spanish while a number of Latina women stare at the one cutting my hair. They don’t get alot of dudes.
A Dude Abikes 