Tuesday Commute

My PC conked out. I think I have another bad hard drive. I don't understand why these large capacity drives are so unreliable- this is the second bad drive I've tossed in. Anyway, I guess I have a project waiting for me when I return home. There is nothing like waiting hours while rebuilding a PC. How it relates to biking is this: I was unable to consult the weather before leaving. For starters, it was hot by 6:15. I didn't need a base layer like I did a few days last week when it was in the low 60s. The other issue was that a huge black leading front came it. Cars had their lights on all morning, and I was sure the sky would open at any second. This motivated me to push the pace a bit. There were more bikes than usual out and about, including a rare sight- a helmetless group ride of roadies. Two young deer also crossed Shepard Road right in front of me.

Digressing somewhat, when I was on Minnehaha Parkway near Cedar, I was literally watching my back for the Donut Man. Actually, his name is Tom. The amazing thing about the internet is some stranger emailed me and offered to run his plates. I had written down his plates the last time he buzzed me a few months ago and remember the plates from the current incident, and it was the same man. I know his name, wife's, name, their dates of birth, all the vehicles licensed to him, his address, his credit union name, the address of his rental property, I even know his house was assessed at $750,000. He lives near me, and we drove by his house Sunday evening. The tan 2003 Jeep SUV was parked in front. It is amazing how much information you can find about someone, with very little effort.