Today I am launching a feature in Fafnir's Hoard of an irregular opinion piece. Ok, so it's not really an opinion piece. Nor it is a regular rant off page to help me blow off steam. It's just a page where I will sometimes, hopefully regularly place some thoughts about things that interest, annoy, or just plain occur to me.

Today's Episode: How early do you know how your day is going to be?

Today I got my first clue on my bike ride into work. I ride a recumbent (ATP Vision R-40-- pictures to be scanned at some point in the near future.) and I've got these ultra chic fenders for diverting water away from my oh so tender hinney. I've also got "Power straps" on the pedals because I didn't want to have to wear a particular pair of shoes in order to ride my bike. On a recumbent your feet stick out in front of you and it is hard to keep them on the pedals without a strap or clips or clipless or something.

Anyway, on my way in to work, I had to stop at a street light. I took my foot out and put it on the ground. When the light changed I did something wrong and the strap got caught in the front of the fender and ripped the fender right off. Joy.

I've been riding this bike for three years and have only had the pedals interfere with the fender or front wheel once, way back when I was still adjusting to having my feet out in front of the front wheel. These days I don't even think about it.

Ok, so that was the fabu start of my day and it went down from there. I left work around 6:30 pm solely because I had managed to get the last dire emergency turned into a mere critical problem, which could be put off until tomorrow.