Morning

Clear sky this morning, the sun just peeking over the horizon when I set out for work, the moon high overhead. The trees are getting into the fall thing, yellow and red leaves lit by the morning sun. A nice morning to be out on the bicycle.

I drove my car to work yesterday, which I haven't been doing often, and it's a strange way to travel. For one thing, of course, the giant steel box seems just a bit excessive for me, my sandwich, and my tiny laptop computer. Around here, my car is one of the smaller ones. And it just feels so dangerous. You could hit somebody driving one of those giant steel boxes! Everyone is going so fast, and following so close, and changing lanes so carelessly. Crazy people everywhere! Sometimes you feel, as a cyclist, that many of the people in cars seem to hate cyclists. Then you get in your car and realize that, actually, they also hate other people in cars. It's really a free-floating anger at the entire world.

Nice to be back on the bicycle.

Color-blind superhero

One of my favorite Frazz comics is this one. "I worry about Frazz." "Why?" "He's really skinny." "He races triathlons, you know that." "He's eating more and getting even skinnier!" "He's just doing a full ironman." "Also, he dresses like a color-blind superhero." "We all worry about that."

I recently realized that most of my full length tights were pretty much worn out, and I went shopping for cool-weather clothing. I bought a bunch of stuff, much of it from Under Armour, which is one of my favorite brands because of the highly-unusual shopping experience I have with them. I try on several sizes, some too small, some too large, and pick the size that fits best. Normally, I only try the smallest size available, and try to decide if it's just too baggy, or if it fits well enough.

I promise I will get some photos of the full color-blind superhero look. This morning on the way to work I was wearing black tights, a bright red shirt mostly covered with a very bright yellow jacket, and the red and gray bicycle helmet. And I have other choices just as alarming. People will remember me when they see me jogging through the neighborhood in the rain on Saturday mornings!