It’s January 6th, 68 degrees outside in New England, what shall we do? Shall we think about greenhouse gases, the polar ice caps melting, rising sea levels, floods, droughts, heat waves, tornadoes and hurricanes (more about global warming at wikipedia)? An Inconvenient Truth is next on my netflix queue, but I managed to put all this aside, and go for a bike ride! Whoo hoo!

I biked from Marlborough to Maynard to meet up with Bill and Ken. We did a 14 mile cut of Bill’s century ride, basically the beginning and end chopped together. Together we averaged probably about 14 mph, by myself I averaged 17. My total trip was 36.5 miles. My legs have got 4,567 miles on them since July 2005.

When I got home I found all three kids playing in the yard with our neighbors, so we and the neighbors all set out to go to our local playground. Apparently that was what everybody else was thinking too, because it was swamped! We had some good fun there, then headed out to Chuck E. Cheese for some barftastic pizza and partying. Chuck E. Cheese is what it is. First you get your tokens, then you play the games and go on rides, which in turn give you tickets. You put the tickets in a different machine which gives you a receipt voucher. You then trade that in for a plastic ring that looks like a bug. The kids had a great time. We thoroughly sterilized them when we got home.

I took tons of pictures as usual. I also got a few videos, one of this guy that looked like DJ Qualls leading the kids in some birthday dancing with the big scary mouse.