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Spam made me do it.

I had to make a change to how comments can be posted on my blog.  You will now have to be logged in to post a comment.  Why?  Well, at first it was just one little email saying, WordPress – Please Moderate Comment(s).  Inside the email there was a comment from someone I don’t know and have never heard of, with a comment like, “great site!” and 50 or so links under the comment for viagra.  No big deal, I simply marked the comment as spam and moved on.  Then I started getting these emails two and three times a week.  I couldn’t just turn of the moderator notifications – that’s how I met some of you guys. 

I had to do something when I started getting four or five of them a day.  By requiring users to be logged in to post a comment, spammers will not be able to send me these “buy my stuff” links.  This also means, however that you have to be logged in to post a comment.  I really enjoy reading your comments and it encourages me to keep posting, keep cycling, keep dieting, etc.  So I really do hope you will sign in and post.  If you haven’t yet registered, you can do so here (http://sackrider.org/myblog/wp-register.php).

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The Door Swings Open

Without my bike (flat tire), I had to choose – ride the bus the whole way to work, or drive the car. I chose to ride the bus. I have not walked the long walk from my house to the bus stop in months. I forgot how long it takes to walk that half mile, and so I missed the bus. Not by much, I was about a football field’s length away when the bus went flying by me and past my stop. I had thirty minutes until the next bus was scheduled to come by…

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The Bod Pod

So, as you know by know, I’m working to lose weight.  I’ve already seen a lot of difference in my clothes and the way that I feel.  But for the first month of bike riding I didn’t lose any weight!  Everyone says, “You are most likely gaining muscle”, but gaining a pound of muscle takes a lot of work.  I would have expected to lose 10 or 15 pounds with all the cycling I was doing.  I know I didn’t gain 15 pounds of muscle.  So, what happened?

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