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We were living in a snow globe today! Snow began falling in the wee hours of the morning and continued throughout the afternoon. We received about 7" (18 cm) by the time it quit. I was enjoying our mostly snowless winter but there are silver linings in this kind of weather for me as well; namely fat-biking. I was able to get out last night for a walk—my usual loop around Crystal Lake—ahead of the snow. It may be a while before I can do this walk again. It was such a peaceful couple of hours spent in upper 30º temps.  Twitter continues circling the drain under Elon Musk's leadership—I use the word "leadership" loosely. I'm a little bummed because I enjoyed the site. It was the source for a plethora of information of all shapes and sizes as well as an abundant supply of cute and heartwarming animal videos. Musk has opened it up again to the vilest voices that had previously been banned from the platform and also to accounts that spread disinformation, while at the...

It's like it's a party that's in its final years, trying to remain powerful but offering nothing in the way of compromise or ideas; only fear, sabotage, disinformation, and voter suppression. They're a shrinking party and they know their days are numbered so they will do whatever they have to do to not lose control. Their final act is to attempt to install a strongman in office, an authoritarian who will corrupt institutions and consolidate power—better that they figure than ever conceding to Democrats.  The number of election deniers on the ballot today should tell you something. Most GOP supporters may still believe in democracy but their party leaders have moved on. Democrats aren't perfect but they at least believe in fair elections and the peaceful transfer of power. The same cannot be said for the GOP. I would love to be wrong but I see no other explanation for what's become of the political party I once embraced.  The most important thing on the ballot to...

Tammy continues to make nice progress more than 3 weeks out from hip replacement surgery. She's replaced her "Herschel walker" with her "John Mc-cane". (Sorry, I can't help myself. 🤷🏽‍♂️) It's nice to have these first few weeks of her recovery behind us.  My quest to find a new road bike moved at record pace since my last update here. I stopped by Flanders Bros Cycles in South Minneapolis to chat with Adrian about a new bike build. We put together a package that was a little dizzying in price but long on quality and checked off all of my wants and then some.  I no sooner returned home from meeting with Adrian when a friend texted me about a (blemish-free) demo bike TIME had on their website—a TIME ADH 01 with Campagnolo Record 11-speed EPS (Electronic Power Shift) components and Boyd carbon fiber wheels and hubs (set up tubeless) for a little more than half the price of the package I had just put together with Adrian. I immediately shot Adrian a text: ...