Yes, so tonight Melissa and I rode home from CATS. I related to her one problem with bike pants: they don't agree with my balls. If somehow I don't get things situated just right, then every pedal stroke one of my nuts gets pinched. Not a good feeling. Usually not painful really, just uncomfortable in the extreme. So I had to stop and readjust, and then we rode on home. It was her idea to blog about it. ;)

Other goings on... I covered the Bloomington Peak Oil Task Force's first meeting tonight. Did it on a volunteer basis because CATS wasn't covering it. They talked about many things, and decided on a couple of items to get straight for the next meeting. Basically, they are going to figure out the real questions they need to ask about the community, and determine Bloomington's vulnerabilities in a Peaked Oil climate. I made the simple suggestion that they should also look at the opportunities that a Peaked Oil climate presents, and no one seemed to think twice about that.

I also suggested that they look at engagement and community involvement. I pointed out that people don't often come to (or even know about) meetings like the one we were in. There were 4 people in the audience. Not too many when you are trying to get a town of 80,000 people to make some radical changes in lifestyle. I made my comment and they went on without a moment's hesitation to the next item without even addressing it. Pretty frustrating stuff. I'll post the video of the exchange soon.

Good night world.