Author: Funtime Ben

Well it’s all over. The strike is all but a fading memory in the collective sigh of New Yorkers everywhere. I for one am particularly pleased, as my bicycle’s gear broke halfway through brooklyn today on my morning commute. Far more disturbing, was the story of an off duty firefighter who was struck on his…

11:22 PM Back home after one hell of a commute. Although all went smoothly, I’ve decided to see how I fare biking all the way in tomorrow. On of my friends John biked from our neighborhood all the way to midtown in an hour! It took me 2 hours and I had a ride part…

10:19 PM Just finished pumping up my tires for my expedition tomorrow morning. All this would be a lot more fun if it weren’t for the 30 degree weather. In the summer this would just be a jaunt to Manhattan, but in the winter it’s a possible frost bite excursion… well at least cold hands……

When you visit a tropical locale in the end of November you expect to come back to a colder climate. Sure that’s what I thought too, but you tell that to my tan. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t admit to myself that I was coming back to a cold grey world… especially…