Year: 2009

  • Saint Paul Classic

    For the first time I’ve ridden the event, it wasn’t overcast or raining.  A glorious day for biking.Shown at the Como Park Pavilion are Mrs. Wingnut (Jill), Dr. Wingnut (Jonathan), Julie, Dave, and Pam (Thanks to Denise for running the camera).

  • Breaking the rules

    If you come in late, you have to leave early; that’s the rule, and a rule’s a rule, you can’t break the rules.Mark Wm. Herron

  • Rules

    You are remembered for the rules you break.Douglas MacArthur

  • Youth

    Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.Victor Hugo

  • Security

    Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting that depend on yourself and your own vigor.Machiavelli

  • Madness

    …there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 87

  • State Fair

    I needed a new potato peeler, so off to the State Fair we went on Friday, 4 September, 2009.  Of course you can’t just spend $9.00 to get in to buy a potato peeler, so we checked out a few other attractions; and naturally ate plenty of junk food.  Despite being in a recession, the…