Author Archives: Winston Smith

Weekend 276.0

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Winston Smith

Nice weekend in the northeast (weather-wise). Was able to bike a bit and noticed that the abandoned Free Spirit at the train station has been robbed of its tyres. My Continue Reading →

Weekend 275.0+

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Winston Smith

Posting and cycling (sigh) have been sporadic because of the Limestone HQ move (then there were some unexpected technical challenges requiring an entirely separate post) but a return to normalcy Continue Reading →

Weekend 274.0 (Baskets Encouraged)

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Winston Smith

Finished A History of Capitalism According to the Jubilee Line by John O’Farrell and The 32 Stops by Danny Dorling. The latter is a clever work using facts to provide Continue Reading →

Weekend 273.2

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Winston Smith

Before bikes and books there was baseball (and Atlanta Braves baseball) so Bobby gets his own post (and the last of the weekend). (1) What’s Eating Bobby Cox?

Weekend 273.1

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Winston Smith

Alternative Image Rain this morning so cycling to church (and the cappuccino right after) results in an audible— car (blah), coffee, and the Wall Street Journal from the home office. Continue Reading →

Weekend 273.0 (Train-spotters)

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from What We Talk About When We Talk About The Tube (The District Line) by John Lanechester “When you start researching the Underground, you soon realize there’s Continue Reading →

Hand-drawn and in 2-D

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Winston Smith

(1) GASP! (1a) Disney bringing back Mickey Mouse in 2-D shorts (CBS News) (2) A Celebration of Days Gone By (WSJ) (3) 3 Juicy Leadership Lessons From…Boardgames? (Forbes) (4) Toys Continue Reading →

Paraffin Lamps (Campus Fidei)

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Winston Smith

One final (and personally meaningful) quote from A Good Parcel of English Soil (The Metropolitan Line) by Richard Mabey: “It was scarcely more than a halt to start with, the Continue Reading →

Weekend 272.2 (…the Roman Road aslant the eastern border)

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Winston Smith

Going biking now (must remember sunblock today…my arms look like lobster claws). (1) A quote from A Good Parcel of English Soil (The Metropolitan Line) by Richard Mabey “But the Continue Reading →

Weekend 272.1

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Winston Smith

I know a land where the wild flowers grow, Near, near at hand if by train you go, Metro-land, Metro-land. Meadows sweet have a golden glow. Hills are green in Continue Reading →