Articles by Jon

This is a trip report from July of 2022 because it's taken me this long to stop being lazy. We wrapped up work in Udine a few days before my scheduled flight home from Munich, so I took the chance to take the slow route into the Alps and visit … Read more ...

I have almost no energy to actually write anything about this... but should be a trip report from 22-06-03. I had an exceedingly fortunate circumstance in the summer of 22 in that my boy Marco was getting married back home in Italy and at the same time I was planning … Read more ...

Year or two ago our neighbor was packing to move across town and put a Park Tools truing stand out on the sidewalk for pickup. I texted him (first picked it up and brought it inside) if he knew what he was giving away. Cause these things aint cheap and … Read more ...

Intro in Long Beach Kinda funny that I consider Catalina Island such a nice camping destination in spite of (on paper at least) having several strikes against it: practically 0% tree cover during the ride, not a flat path to speak of just all-you-can-eat steep ups and steep downs, and … Read more ...

Cheaters route driving to the top to launch long descent Ride down to the valley. Passing multiple wash-outs, Middle Santa Ynez Campground, resting at P-Bar Flats campground. Deciding we barely worked so push to Mono campground. Hit with poison oak all up and down arms and hands. Following Santa Ynez … Read more ...

Small gallery of the team during games in Berkeley and Stanford. As this was the last season of Arizona in the Pac-12, I decided to treat myself to as good of seats as I could get for both venues. For the Stanford game this meant second row behind the team … Read more ...

No idea the 36 hr hell we're about to put ourselves through Coming down Hobbs Rd, I tried half-heartedly to avoid a big rock in the road but chose to go over it rather than trying to swerve hard and risk losing control. Big mistake - the rock gave me an … Read more ...

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Basically the next Ken Jennings For the last 8 or so weeks during the stay-at-home orders, KCRW hosted a live, online trivia game every afternoon at 4pm. The questions were often related to news bits that had been on the show in the previous several days, or just random facts … Read more ...