Having recently gotten back into the habit of riding my bike, Mrs. Communist encouraged me to bring the two-wheeler along on our trip to Minnesota. I’m glad I actually listened to her this time.
Since getting here Friday evening, I’ve gone on two rides. The first one, on Saturday, was a quick 5-mile jaunt on the [...]
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Minnesota loves bike riders
Notes from the road
I didn’t expect my drive to Minnesota to take 10 hours, as the Google had told me. I figured that my traveling companions, all afflicted with Tiny Bladder Syndrome, would stretch the drive out a little. But by little, I must have meant two-and-a-half hours. We left Springfield at 4:30 a.m. and rolled into our [...]
Here’s a sign to quit smoking
They say that once you learn to ride a bike, you never forget. I just wish that concept extended to the lungs.
This past Sunday, I finally went on that long-planned trail ride with Shoo. It wasn’t long into it before I began to regret agreeing to go. Not that it wasn’t fun; trail riding is [...]
Pete’s a machine
I don’t get out much, so it was only recently that I visited The Pizza Machine for the first time.
Located in Vinegar Hill Mall, Pizza Machine populates the space once held by various clubs like the Atrium and… well, the Atrium is the only one I can readily recall.
The decor inside is obviously influenced by [...]
Reclaim your childhood
One of the stops on our weekend jaunt to St. Louis was the City Museum, which in the last post I described as “unspeakably awesome.” Words really can’t adequately describe just how much fun the place is. If you go, I do have one piece of advice: Wear sneakers.
The overriding theme of the museum is [...]
This is why the Internet was invented
You can’t really tell from this photo, but Toys R Us was freaking PACKED Friday morning. The back of the checkout line started in the Baby section, which is about as far away from the cash registers as you can get.
Mrs. Communist, having already been to Kohl’s at 4 a.m. (!) and Target at 8, [...]
This is not ‘Nam. This is bowling.
I took The Girl bowling Saturday. It was the first time I’d been in a couple of years. I discovered that I am much better at bowling when it’s on the Wii.
I didn’t start out too badly, rolling a 140 in the first game. But repeatedly chucking a 12-pound sphere eventually will wear one’s arm [...]
An evening with Ween
More than 36 hours after the show, my ears are still ringing and my throat still hurts. Those are signs of a kick-ass rock-and-roll show. (UPDATE 1:55 p.m. 10-20-07: The show is now up at Internet Archive. Tip of the Ween hat to Eric.)
We knew we were in for good times when, upon arriving at [...]
Fairly hot
I actually have nothing interesting to report from our trip to the fair other than it was hot.
Seriously, Sunday was like the hottest day of the year, and most of our energy was spent trying not to die from the heat.
We went back Monday so the kids could ride rides. And because they’re young and [...]