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In bicycling, a one-hundred mile ride is commonly referred to as a century. I’ve done several in the past, including twice on the MS150, my ride from Bratislava to Esztergom, and until yesterday most recently from Oak Grove to New Iberia, LA, on my ill-fated attempted ride to DC. All these previous rides, though, had been point A to point B rides. Yesterday was my first circuit century (route in blue).

Ride notes:


  • I hate flats. Puncture through the middle of the tread at Jensen just inside the loop. So much for these vaunted tires.

  • While failing to find a short cut through a subdivision, I did stumble upon the house of the guy from whom I bought the hovercraft.
  • I like tail winds.
  • Stopped for lunch in New Caney.
  • Oddest street name: Lawsuit Lane, in New Caney.
  • I don’t like headwinds.
  • To avoid the above, cut through on Grogan’s Mill and rode by JP’s old apartment.
  • Rested underneath the overpass at I-45 and Steubner Airline, and again at Pershing MS on Hardy.
  • Seven and a half hours of biking to do 109 miles…not too bad…would like to get it to avg. 15mph.

After not getting cast in any of the roles I auditioned for with Houston G&S, I found myself with a wide-open summer. I initially thought about biking the length of the Danube (from the Black Forest to the Black Sea…kinda has a nice ring, and I *shall* do it sometime), but then had two opportunities. Brady Knapp at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church said he could use me on their summer tour of England, and I agreed to go. Then I heard back from Masquerade Theatre and they offered me the role of Molokov in the musical Chess. I really wanted to do that role, but felt I had already committed to go with Palmer (plus, they were subsidizing the trip quite a bit), so I’ll be headed for England July 22. I’m trying to swing it so I can stay after the tour finishes, so that I can go see Houston G&S perform in Buxton on August 3. Also, would like to see Mitchell and Michelle and my other friends in London.

This weekend I’m gonna try to ride a century…maybe just ride to Beaumont and take the bus back, if I can do it in time to make it down to see Evan Tessier in The Man Who Came to Dinner. Monday, being a holiday, will see another century attempt. Thursday I’m off to DC see Greg and Melissa, then we’re going to Atlantic City (where hopefully Eb and maybe even Bill Oliver will join us).

***THE PARTY WILL BE JUNE 19TH!!! MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!!!***

Going to Austin July 17 for the LBJ 10 year reunion (assuming they let those of us who blew of finishing our coursework show up).

Maybe another Vegas trip Labor Day Weekend?

Although I know there is a city ordinance against it, I have often heard and seen livestock inside the Houston city limits. In the past, I recall seeing horses stabled at Milam & Gray and along Braeswood just inside the loop, and there used to be a ‘petting zoo’ at the corner of Westheimer and Brazos. Today, I still can hear rooster crowings coming from the other side of Taft and Gray if I manage to wake up early enough. However, I was quite a bit taken aback when driving down Bissonnet the other day when I saw a chicken in the parking lot of the Raven Grill.

And not a Popeye’s in sight.