Think Ride - The Return of Think-y Ride-y

Goodbye and Hello! Goodbye cruel Winter. Hello warming Spring. Goodbye driving everyday. Hello biking to work.

That's right I'm back and biking and blogging again. Though, truth be told I'm sure the biking will be more consistent than the blogging. My plan, now that I do have a car available, is to bike wherever possible unless a certain set of conditions is met:

1. The temperature (including wind chill) is less than 40 degrees F
2. The chance of precipitation during commute time is greater than 20-30% AND the expected amount of precipitation* is less than would soak me through
3. I have an important meeting at work for which I don't want to be smelly/sweaty

So I will bike a whole lot but I get to avoid nasty thunderstorms and other weather events. The trick will be to not become complacent and fall back on driving when I'm simply tired or feeling lazy.

Also, yes, I've renamed the Blog to Think Ride. For some reason I've felt that having the y on the end was overly cute-sy or perhaps I'm trying to appear more professional. In any case Think Ride feels right. It is strange though, as I mull it over, that I have a strong impulse to add a third word on the end, as if having a two word name is not complete. However, I cannot decide on what that third word should be. Think Ride... Do, Hack, Write. Nothing quite gets to me the same way as leaving it with the simple two word title. The cadence of the previous title was nice 1, 2, 1, 2, which may explain why 1, 2, feels unfinished. So many things come in a trio - Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness; Just Do It; Stop, Drop, and Roll - that leaving it as a duet feels incomplete. I will leave it as a duet, allowing you, reader, to insert your own third.

*wow did I have trouble spelling this word. I kept typing percipitation only to be notified with a red squiggly underline that it was wrong. I'd right click and look for the difference (pre not per) but couldn't see it. Damn my Minnesotan accent and reliance upon sounding words out for their spellings!