tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34610624660587161412024-02-18T23:53:40.231-08:00I Have a Bike Under My DeskDot Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017386892187246639noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461062466058716141.post-10825756146066001522015-01-28T13:55:00.004-08:002015-01-28T13:55:37.336-08:00HUMP DAY<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday, January 28:</span></div>
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Dot Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017386892187246639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461062466058716141.post-22745430650094127642015-01-28T06:41:00.001-08:002015-01-28T06:41:53.137-08:00TuesdayThere was no snow day! The entire "blizzard" was a complete letdown, actually.<br />
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Here's the road leading down to our neighborhood trolley stop. It's pretty, but not exactly snowed under.<br />
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That said, I didn't get much pedal time in. Oh well!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tuesday, January 27:</span></div>
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Dot Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017386892187246639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461062466058716141.post-169434278510462842015-01-26T13:28:00.001-08:002015-01-26T13:28:16.606-08:00Monday, Monday, Manic MondayAnd maybe a snow day tomorrow. Yay?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Monday, January 26:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not too bad, as I spent the entire afternoon (from noon on, actually) in meetings. I get to go home now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>Dot Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017386892187246639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461062466058716141.post-1816877239813180532015-01-23T13:57:00.000-08:002015-01-23T13:57:20.631-08:00I just want to go to bedI am so ready for the weekend, let me tell you. We are supposed to get snow, but I didn't know that and I scheduled a last-minute (and sorely-needed) dentist appointment for myself and my kid tomorrow afternoon. So we'll see how that goes.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have a good weekend. </span>Dot Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017386892187246639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461062466058716141.post-50114291883426576282015-01-22T13:24:00.002-08:002015-01-22T13:24:37.627-08:00Salted Caramel Square<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Starbucks Salted Caramel Square. Have you had one? They are <i>delicious</i>. I ate one at my desk this afternoon, as I pedaled along.<br /><a href="http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/7de9fbd038164908b56dbdf7eba50f56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/7de9fbd038164908b56dbdf7eba50f56.jpg" height="320" width="300" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With that out of the way - what a lovely day I've had! It started with a bit of training (I have a student entering data on spreadsheets - not much fun for him, but necessary for me), followed by a work meeting, then a group of us met to go over the first week of <a href="https://class.stanford.edu/courses/English/DiggingDeeper1/Winter2015/about">Digging Deeper: Making Manuscripts</a>, a MOOC out of Stanford that promises to be pretty amazing.<br />I spent the afternoon reviewing proposals for a conference, and pedaling. Got quite a bit done on both fronts (still some reviews to do tonight, though).<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thursday, January 22:</span></div>
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Over the weekend I think I'll crunch the numbers and see how my output has varied over the past couple of weeks.</div>
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See you tomorrow.</div>
Dot Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017386892187246639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461062466058716141.post-53013326508976927852015-01-21T12:16:00.000-08:002015-01-21T12:16:00.736-08:00Busy DayThat's my excuse, anyway.<br />
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Wednesday, January 21:</div>
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I don't even have a dress to blame! Just lots of meetings.<br />
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I did pedal through a conference call, however, and I don't think the folks on the other end realized what I was doing. Heh heh heh.<br />
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Until tomorrow, here's a compilation video of Commander Riker sitting down.<br />
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Dot Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017386892187246639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461062466058716141.post-21407592352595580982015-01-21T07:35:00.002-08:002015-01-21T07:35:52.050-08:00A Day Late and a Dollar ShortOr a day late, anyway.<br />
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Yesterday was busy, I had to run off to an afternoon meeting off-campus (at the swanky <a href="http://www.unionleague.org/">Union League of Philadelphia</a> - not to be confused with the <a href="http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/">Philadelphia Union Soccer team</a>) and I forgot to update the blog before I ran off. And even though I was in a dress all day (as the Union League has a dress code), and I left earlier than usual, I was still able to get in a good day's worth of pedaling.<br />
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Tuesday, January 20:</div>
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<li>112.20 minutes</li>
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Comparing this with Friday - more time, fewer miles. I pedaled a bit more slowly than I have been. I think that's fine, as long as I'm moving, that's what matters.<br />
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Off to pedal more now!<br />
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Until tomorrow... Whoopie and Ving!<br />
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Friday, January 16:</div>
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Monday is MLK Day, which is a holiday here, so I won't be at my desk on Monday.<br />
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See you Tuesday!Dot Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017386892187246639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461062466058716141.post-54194580747136523222015-01-16T08:39:00.000-08:002015-01-16T08:39:16.015-08:00Yesterday didn't happen<br />
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Of course, yesterday <i>did</i> happen, just not in a pedaling-under-the-desk way.<br />
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On Thursday morning at 1 (yes, that's 1am) my husband woke me up to inform me that the furnace had started blowing cold air. Hooray! So I stayed home yesterday to wait for Furnace Guy (he's Bicycle Repair Man's lesser-known sidekick). Furnace Guy was successful, so now we have heat in our house. Joy!<br />
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I also got to spend the morning playing with Legos and listening to Mumford and Sons with my 5-year old son. So the day wasn't completely wasted! However, it does mean no bike log. I will have a log for today!<br />
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Illustrative videos:<br />
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Dot Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017386892187246639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461062466058716141.post-48761952608073317512015-01-14T14:04:00.002-08:002015-01-14T14:04:24.867-08:00Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy DaysLogs for today. Level Three again.<div>
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Wednesday, January 14:</div>
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I'm feeling like a slacker because I <i>only</i> got in 72.56 minutes today. (Compare to 120 minutes yesterday!) However I spent the morning in meetings. Not a slacker, really I'm not.</div>
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A few people were curious about set-up, so I made a little video to illustrate how the whole thing works. It's pretty self explanatory, but I'm happy to answer questions.</div>
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Bonus video, because today's subject heading made me think of play by Samuel Beckett. He wrote some strange plays, did that man. </div>
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Dot Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017386892187246639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461062466058716141.post-51199007246954213042015-01-14T07:01:00.001-08:002015-01-14T07:01:42.084-08:00Ginger!Did you know that ginger is effective for treating sore muscles? It's true! (Google it, if you don't believe me).<br />
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Last week and yesterday, I was feeling a bit sore before bed. I remembered a friend of mine, trained as a naturopath, had mentioned that ginger can work to soothe sore muscles. I googled it, and found a recommendation to take two teaspoons (ground works fine) in liquid. I use green tea, but any liquid (preferably one that tastes good with ginger) could work.<br />
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The taste is <b>strong</b> but not totally overpowering. And it works! I had tea with ginger last night before bed, and woke up feeling fine. Ready to pedal my way through the day.Dot Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05017386892187246639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461062466058716141.post-75245682066553517032015-01-13T13:59:00.001-08:002015-01-13T13:59:47.686-08:00First PostI have a bike under my desk.<br />
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That's about it.<br />
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Every day I'll log how many minutes and miles I pedal, on the bike under my desk.<br />
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Today was actually Day Four of my Pedal Adventure. I'll go ahead and log my first four days now.<br />
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Tuesday, January 6:<br />
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<li>81:30 minutes</li>
<li>25 miles</li>
<li>Level 1</li>
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Level 1 was very easy, so on Day Two I upped it to Level 2.</div>
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Wednesday, January 7:</div>
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<li>114:40 minutes</li>
<li>34.73 miles</li>
<li>Level 2</li>
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Again, just a bit too easy, so I increased to Level 3.</div>
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Thursday, January 8:</div>
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<li>82:30 minutes</li>
<li>23.48 miles</li>
<li>Level 3</li>
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I like Level 3, so that's where I'll stay for the time being.</div>
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I had to go out of town for a long weekend, and wasn't back to my desk until today.</div>
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Tuesday, January 13:</div>
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<li>33.34 miles</li>
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A few things. One, this bike under the desk is damned addictive. I find myself turning to it when I get stressed out (which I do, quite a lot). It's better than a brownie, I guess. I'm also hungry all the time (not a bad thing, as I do like to eat), and I slept really well last week. Not so well over the weekend. So I'm hoping that as I pedal this week the good sleep will continue.</div>
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See you tomorrow.</div>
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