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6/30: Hung out with Inna & Liz at the Someday on Inna's last day in town for a while.

Nick6/28: Had a blast with friends at Nick Fey's birthday party & housewarming.

6/28: OrnyIt took me 5 months to log my first 1000 miles on my bike; just 3 months later, I broke 2000 miles! Of course, those first 1000 were over a Boston winter...

6/27: Dinner at Johnny D's with Inna, Liz, & Greg.

6/26: Bike repair class at Broadway Bikes went over lubrication.

Catie6/22: After fixing my first bike flat, returned to the Lizard Lounge for a second time to catch Saco native Catie Curtis.

6/21: Took the solstice off and did a 26-mile bike ride.

Third World6/20: Woah-oh-oh yay! Caught reggae ambassadahs Third World in an irie show at the House of Blues.

6/19: After my third bike repair class at Broadway Bikes (brakes), Kregvisited Cambridge's Lizard Lounge for the first time, to see PC's Kreg, Adam, Mikey, and others at a reggae classics show.

6/15: After an indulgent dinner at Morton's with Inna, took in Boston at night from the top of the tallest building in New England, the Hancock tower, which is just tall enough to fall on my house!

6/14: Checked out the ArtBikeArtBike exhibit put on by Bikes Not Bombs at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center.

6/12: Second bike repair class at Broadway Bikes. This time: bearings and hubs!

6/11: Altered my bike commute to go through Southwest Corridor Park, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Pond, and the Charles River Esplanade! Also did Shore 1 class at Community Boating.

6/9: Spent a Saturday afternoon in the sun with Inna at Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester, my birthplace. Afterwards, Markhad dinner with Mark Murray, a former Dargon writer from West Virginia.

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OrnothLand II
I'm Just Like That
 Spaces  Newsprint - April-June 2001

bike6/5: First in a series of five bicycle repair classes at Broadway Bikes!

6/1-3: DZ @ Golden GateRan DargonZine's annual Writers' Summit, this year hosted by Rena Deutsch in San Jose and San Francisco, California.

Dargon5/26: Distributed DargonZine 14-5, which features two co-authored stories and begins two new series'.

5/26: 30-mile bike expedition to Winthrop, OrnyMass, located on a narrow spit of land jutting out into Boston Harbor. Photo on Orny's Cycling Photos page.

PMC5/22: Attended new rider orientation for the Pan-Mass Challenge. Please help me reach my fundraising goal by visiting the "Sponsor Orny's Ride" link on my bicycling page.

5/21: After sharing some Russian candy at the creative group meeting HomeRunsI led, ran home to accept my first delivery from Internet grocer HomeRuns.com.

5/20: Celebrated Inna's birthday with friends at the Temple Bar.

5/15: Returned to Boston's Community Boating with Inna. Maybe this year's the year...

Jenn5/12: Weekend in Maine visiting with my brother's family, and featuring my neice Jennifer's wedding.

5/9: MovingCondo day! Puggle and I finally relo'ed to my new place in Copley Square overlooking Newbury Street!

4/28: Finally sandalsspent my brother's Xmas gift certificate to buy some cool Shimano cycling sandals!

Dargon4/28: Sent out DargonZine 14-4, which highlighted Mark Murray, who recently left the project.

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Miriam4/27: Took one of the new Breda's to Allston to see Beat Soup and pick up their excellent, but very long-awaited, new disc.

4/25: Two weeks before Red Flopsmoving out of the Fenway area, I went with my work team from Waltham to see the accursed Red Sox pull defeat from the jaws of victory.

4/22: Super Earth Day! Fantastic weather, Familymanbiked around with Jeanie, then went to the Roxy to see reggae forefathers the Wailers and Toots & the Maytals, and ran into some coworkers!

Gary4/20: Caught Brit New Wave synth legend Gary Numan at Boston's Paradise rock club.

4/18: After 18 months of looking for aliens with SETI@HomeSETI, today I am within the top ¼ of 1% of their 3 million users.

4/17: Finished Margorie Garber's book "bi bookBisexuality & the Eroticism of Everyday Life"; an interesting read, but lacking a strong thesis.

Pressure Cooker4/14: Went to Johnny D's in Somerville to see the Pressure Cooker.

Dargon4/8: Distributed DargonZine 14-3, which features an excellent story by our second new writer of the year, Charles Schweppe.

Krug book4/3: Attended a lecture at the BPL by usability consultant Steve Krug, author of "Don't Make Me Think!".

4/2: Began a project at a client site in Waltham, increasing my bike commute to 30 miles per day. My first week in Waltham I clocked 110 miles in just four days!

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