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Originally posted to RohJuh.com on May 29, 2005. Our hut-to-hut mountain trip at the end of August is fast approaching and we haven’t mountain biked in over 6 months. It’s probably fair to say that we’re probably not in the best riding shape. During this trip, we’re supposed to average 30-35 miles per day which is nothing on a road bike, but on a mountain bike on dirt roads and at elevation, it’s not insignificant. Hmmm… time to start training! We were eager to try out some of the trails in Nor Cal but also wanted something pretty tame to help us ease back into riding. While we (or perhaps mainly me) would typically search out single track and trails of a more technical nature, for the purposes of training, we were really looking for fire roads and double tracks where we can get some good mileage in. Flipping through our “Northern California, A Guide to the Classic Trails” book, we decided that the Bolinas Ridge Fire Road would be a good start. It’s a 22.2-mile out-and-back dirt ...

Originally posted to RohJuh.com on May 18, 2005. Well, I finally ordered my new computer (a Mac of course – need you ask?). In exchange for $1,799 (minus $150 Amazon rebate) charged to my credit card, I should soon be receiving a top-of-the-line iMac with: - 2.0 Ghz PowerPC G5 - 512MB PC3200 (400Mhz) DDR SDRAM - ATI Radeon 9600 with 128MB DDR SDRAM; AGP 8X support - 250GB Serial ATA; 7200 rpm - Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) - 20-inch (viewable) widescreen TFT active-matrix LCD, 1680 x 1050 pixels, millions of colors - Two FireWire 400 ports; three USB 2.0 ports, two USB 1.1 ports (on keyboard); VGA output(2); S-video and composite video output - Built-in 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme (802.11g specification; IEEE 802.11b Wi-Fi certified); built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module. - Tiger, the best OS on the planet, and iLife ’05 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, GarageBand) My trusty G4 tower has provided faithful service for nearly...

Originally posted to RohJuh.com on May 16, 2005. Derek, a good friend of Judy’s from college, was getting married and we were invited. Since the wedding was in New York, we decided to take the opportunity to check out New York City as well as to visit New Jersey. By coincidence, both Judy and I grew up in New Jersey so we thought it would be a lot of fun to visit our childhood homes. We had planned on taking the red-eye flight to Newark, NJ (it’s cheaper to fly there than to NY) on Thursday night. Judy had planned the whole trip (it was, after all, her friend that was getting married) and bought the airline tickets. Our flight was supposedly at 10:50 PM so we left plenty of time to arrive at the airport. We finally got to the airport at around 10 PM. That would give us plenty of time to spare, except for the small overlooked fact that our flight was not at 10:50, but at 10:15! We frantically looked for someone to help us to see if we could still make the flight. When we finally ...