D&F 6-6-23
D&F 6/4/23 It's JUNE! I'm beat today, with a pair of legs that feel more like concrete than muscle. Yesterday I did an 60 mile ride with a friend punctuated...
D&F 5-28-23
D&F 5/30/23 A day late because I forgot what day it was mid-bike ride and sleep-catch-up. Sunday was spent with F1 racing, and some Japanese food with...
D&F 5-22-23
D&F 5/22/23 Saturday I had a plan to ride to Sausalito to meet up with some folks who had just raced a gravel alleycat, but the USPS guy woke me up at...
D&F 5-14-23
D&F 5/14/23 It's new Zelda weekend, which means I got very little sleep. Open-world games like this or Elden Rings are so up my alley it's hard to put them...
D&F 5-7-23
D&F 5/7/23 Good morning from a breezy and wet pre-race day in Oregon. I drove up to the coast on Friday, arriving deep in the night and settling in with a...
D&F 04-29-23
D&F 04-29-23 Good morning, race fans! If you watched Drive to Survive and decided to check out Formula 1 racing, then this weekend will be exciting and...
2023-03-23-D&F
2023-03-23-D&F This weekend was a many-spirited thing. Friday meant rum & cokes during Beau is Afraid, and Saturday brought an alleycute bike race with pals....
D&F 4-16-23
D&F 4/16/23 It's four days until 4/20! I always hoped that the legalization of weed would make it less insufferable as a hobby, but unfortunately Phish...
D&F 4-9-23
D&F 4/9/23 It's spring break for many of my colleagues, but in my house the focus is on the Paris Roubaix bike race. They call it the Hell of the North, and...
D&F 4-2-23
D&F 4/2/23 It's an on-call weekend in the Shelley house, which means Snorri and I are short on sleep[^5 hours Friday night.], and stuck close to home. The...
D&F 3-26-23
D&F 3/26/23 The sun it bright and I left my house before noon on Saturday! It's a spring miracle. Pay no heed to the doomsayers that suggest the weather is...
D&F 3-19-23
D&F 3/19/23 This week felt like a month. Monday through Friday comprised two separate management offsets with nonstop meetings and social activities. I’m...
D&F 3-12-23
The rain is back in Oakland and everything is wet as. I rode up Tunnel road on Friday and there were multiple landslides across the road, which created some...
D&F 3-6-23
D&F 3/5/23 With the constant rain lately in Oakland, I'm looking for bright spots, and this morning for the 3rd time since I moved here I heard it: thunder!...
D&F 2-26-23
D&F 2/26/23 Today's newsletter is a bit late because friend of the letter Drew reminded me that the game Kerbal Space Program exists. I spent around 10 hours...
D&F 2-19-23
D&F 2/19/23 My weekend of bike camping didn’t destroy my body, so this week was a nice mix of recovery and actual normal cycling. I missed it so much! My...
D&F 2-12-23
D&F 2/12/23 I'm finally bicycling again! After what felt like months, but was only a few weeks, I'm able to go outside and bicycle a little. I haven't done...
D&F 2/4/23
D&F 2/4/23 Last night I left my house for the first extended time since I tested positive for COVID, and it was for friend of the newsletter Drew's wedding...
D&F 1-29-23
D&F 1/29/23 Happy COVID negative weekend! It took until Friday (one week) for my test to lose its second line, and I'm still tired. Ideally I'll be able to...
D&F 1-22-23
D&F 1/22/23 After nearly 3 years of COVID pandemic I tested positive after a work trip this week. Travel for work? Never worth it. I was feeling a tad tired...