Transporting Methods

Not to beat a dead horse, but I just watched an awesome sweet movie about climate change over at www.renewus.org.

It is a nice change from the doom-and-gloom reportage that has been freaking me out lately. Watch it. It's funny and cute. Then buy some green tags to offset your cabon output. It's not expensive--between 4 to 8 dollars a month to offset household carbon production. You can choose between clean power sources of farmcow-poop-produced methane gas or windmill power.


I picked the cow poop. Because I like cow poop. But whatever source you choose, just do it. It'll make you feel all special inside.

I finally mapped out how far I bike everyday to work and back and it's a little over six miles if I go straight to and from the lab. This is my Major Dork Bike:


Sometimes I get around with the d-o-g and her really lame backpack.


I like to make her carry my shit. It makes her feel all purposeful. Dan thinks I'm deluding myself, but I disagree. Oz loves the backpack.

At times I've gotten around by horseback, although that is mostly recreational...



And we've also gone down rivers in these sweet machines



Mostly I'm really digging the bike right now, though. I love my Lone Peak grocery bag. It fits on the back of my bike and it is super rad. I hate having bags on when I'm biking. It hurts my back and makes me even sweatier. This little beauty

makes my life so much easier. I recently asked D, "Isn't my bike bag SO RAD??" He said "I think you're using the wrong adjective. Perhaps practical is a better word for it."

Queen dork of the bicycling road.

I've been very excited to listen to BBC News and Nature Podcasts while biking around.

Again,



Queen Dork