Okay, a week wasted to illness but I think it's all over now but the hacking. Very soon there will be nothing in my lungs but air and that will be a great pleasure indeed.

My two-day-a-week roommate has purchased a bike, and offered to let me use it when he's not in town. I'm sure I can remember how to balance and pedal -- even if the last time I was on a bicycle was 1971 -- but I'm not sure about those gear thingys! I don't recall having more than three back in the day.

BTW: Saw a guy in Langley Park yesterday brake his bicycle with his feet. No, no, not like that. He leaned forward in the seat, lifted his legs up and back and pressed the soles of his sneaker-clad feet into the rear tire. Points for flexibility!

Maybe I'll get one of these instead:
http://www.coolhunting.com/design/solowheel.php?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ch+%28Cool+Hunting%29