Last Week Part One - The Fair

Tuesday I took the day off and went to the Fair. I only do this every 3-5 years because I usually don't enjoy it much. This year I had a really good time, despite the highly dubious weather. Our strategy for avoiding parking congestion was to put our bikes in the van, park free on the far side of Como Park, and bike over to the fairground. We easily found parking less than 2 miles from the Snelling/Como corner, where we left our bikes in a guarded bike corral. And it didn't actually start to rain until we had arrived at the fair, parked our bikes, and dug our rain gear out of the daypack. So that part worked perfectly. It didn't rain for very long, either; just long enough for us to get full use out of the umbrellas we'd brought. So far so good...
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Still working on last week, but in the meantime...

I finally got an account on Craigslist, something I've been putting off for a long time. I have lots of stuff to get rid of around the house, starting with my old bike Rocinante and Amber's old piano.

I got signed up and put up an ad for Rocinante ($25). Within 10 minutes I had a response! Wow.

Last Week - Part 2 - Jumping out of a plane

The weather on Wednesday couldn't have been more perfect, so no backing out this time...

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Last Week - Part 3 - Minnstf meeting at our house

Not quite as exciting as jumping out of a plane, but I did get to show off "my" videos of the event.

This was kind of a last-minute hosting job. The Einblatt was going to print and nobody had volunteered for the Sept 1 meeting, so I said, "Why not?" As usual, Richard did all the work: shopping, cleaning up, making a big pot of beef stew. It was a small but pleasant meeting. I think a lot of people are out of town, including the Membership Secretary. In any case, she wasn't here, so we started our own sign-in sheet. 20 people signed in - not too bad for a lazy summer afternoon.

That brings me up to today, which seems to have been spent largely chronicling what I did in the past week, with a small pause to sell a bike. My plan for the day had been to ride up to the West Bank and check out the new gawking platform on the 10th Avenue Bridge. There's still nearly three more hours of daylight, so there's still time.

My favorite podcasts

It seems like I've promised a few people lists of my favorite podcasts, including poor vgqn , laid-up after foot surgery. Here's a quick list. You can find them all by searching iTunes (or presumably with Google or Podcast Alley or whatever rings your chimes.) You don't have to own an iPod to listen to them - you can listen on your computer. iTunes sure does make it easier to manage your podcasts, though.
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