Thing two: I, uh, crossed 5000 miles (8000+ km) for 2024 today 😮

Thing one: I watched Evil Dead II for the first time this week. Terrifically silly, not really my thing, but inventive and enjoyable while viewing.

Also, I kinda feel like Jim Carrey owes Bruce Campbell royalty checks.

First time I’ve seen a USB-C port in a hotel room (Fairfield Inn near Harrisburg, PA).

Eyes dilated for the first time ever. Not a fan of the experience.

Peanut M&Ms are a fantastic bike snack.

Cheswick Park in Henrico was lovely to ride through on my bike this morning. A pretty small part of a long ride, but still pleasant.

Oh, cool. A transformerer fire has knocked out power to my neighborhood. And it’s 92°. And the estimated time of restoration is between 9 PM and midnight.

So we’re staying in a hotel tonight, a day after returning from vacation 🙃

Look, I’m not ignoring all the Supreme Shit from the Supreme Clown Court. I just gotta take the wins where I can, okay?

Coming home, even after a wonderful week at the beach, is always nice.

Richmond Ivy match warmup

Nice to see another Reader’s Ride feature in The Radavist about a Richmonder, this time Braden from Outpost: theradavist.com/gt-tachyo…

To my great delight, I just introduced my wife to the old “Zendaya is Meechee” viral video.

NBC spends so much time talking about the Olympic trial pool in a football stadium that you’d think it was their idea.

Every now and then I realize how happy I am that people still make music videos: youtu.be/KOOhPfMbu…

Oh, yeah, no. I love when a neighbor half a block away selfishly blasts music over a PA for a party in their backyard. Yeah, seriously - my favorite is when it continues and gets louder after 8 PM when my kids are trying to go to bed. It’s seriously the best.

Not quite halfway through June, and I just realized that I crossed 4000 miles for the year so far 😳

That’s uh…that’s a lot more riding than I expected (last year’s total was just over 6500).

The Arches of Ploaf

I’m such a Jersey Shore mook that when I saw a license plate with “PZNAPLE” today I thought it meant “paisan apple”.

On my ride through Richmond’s Southside this morning, the stretch of Warwick between Hopkins and Bells smelled like a hot diaper.

Just saw somebody hit one of those “Stop for Pedestrians” signs with their minivan in a Target parking lot while I was unlocking my bike 😬

I don’t give a shit about what happens on appeal or with SCOTUS (okay, I really, really do), for today? I’m celebrating the conviction of one of America’s most odious politicians. Trump the felon. He wears it so well!

Going to the mattresses

Taking a rest day on purpose is not easy for me. My brain knows it’s good for me, and I should recognize that I deserve it, but emotionally I always feel like I’m one rest day away from falling back into a deeply unhealthy lifestyle.

@mbkriegh thanks!

@ploafmaster alternately if you pick berries in the Irish town of Dingle (on the Dingle Peninsula), you may likely enjoy them, provided they are ripe.