But I don't get sick

I’m looking for someone to blame Readers, I don’t get sick very often.  I try to maintain a decent diet, I bike to work nine months out of the year, and… okay, I also smoke 4-6 cigarettes a day, but only the additive-free kind!  (Yes, in Cambridge we even go green with our bad habits.)…

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Bike rant of the day

What are you thinking? All right, I know it’s hot, and you and your four fat family members–plus whatever you’ve got in that baby stroller–need to get across the street.  I do.  Goodness knows it’s probably well past grazing time at the local eatery and you’re probably low on energy, and the other side of…

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Notes from a bicycle seat

Ten thoughts on cycling from a bike commuter The only time it makes sense to honk at a bike is if you are about to hit it with your car, and only if you have run out of ways to avoid the collision and are honking to let the cyclist know it is now entirely…

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