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Biked in again this morning. All in all, the biking is going pretty damn well. I seem to be getting faster and healthier rather than gimpier and grumpier. I'm a little alarmed, however, that I don't seem to be able to eat meat anymore. This has happened before when I've biked a lot, near my limits, but I didn't expect it to recur so soon. So much for re-trying that lamb satay at the Green Street Grill.

Dinner out last night was sumptuous. I went out with dilletante and zogathon, both of whom got big fat steaks while I got a perfectly-steamed artichoke in a tangy, buttery mushroom-parmesan risotto. Steamed artichoke seems like it would be a very good date food -- it's so thorough. I'm getting dreamy just thinking about it.

bikequest pipe dream

I want a Mapquest-type thing that takes bikeable routes into consideration. You know, like, one which takes the data from Rubel and other similar regional bike maps and has a little tab that says "BIKE ROUTE" alongside the ones that say "AVOID HIGHWAYS" and "SHORTEST ROUTE". If only regional bike map makers had a standard.

IBM might be moving us to:

* Waltham
* Cambridge
* North Reading
* Nowhere.

Who knows? We find out in the next few weeks. I guess North Reading isn't that far -- Mapquest's no-highway route is still under 16 miles -- but I gotta say, I'd prefer Cambridge.