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Tag & Release

Tag-o-Rama Pickup

Some years ago, I participated in a cycling scavenger hunt game called Tag-o-Rama. In brief, someone posts a photo of their bike in a somewhat-recognizable local location. Then people have to figure out the location and ride there. The first person to take and post a photo of their bike in the same spot then gets to post a new mystery photo of their own devising, and the game continues from there.

I discovered Tag-o-Rama when I moved to Pittsburgh, where the game was hosted on BikePGH’s public discussion group. From 2016 to 2019, I claimed no less than 45 tags before it all fell apart. I quit when one participant started being openly abusive to others, then BikePGH shut down their forums, COVID-19 hit, and I moved to Austin.

If you want, you can read my first post about Pittsburgh’s Ta »more

2026-04-16

Tag-o-Rama Pickup Tag-o-Rama Tag Drop

Rosedale Rookie

Typical central Texas farmland

The Rosedale Ride is an annual fundraiser for Austin’s Rosedale School for students with disabilities. While previous editions began in Austin, this year they moved it half an hour out of town to more rural Taylor, TX. I had never done this early-season metric century before, so I decided to check it out as my first organized event of 2026.

It was cursed. I mean, the ride itself was fine, but I suffered one mishap after another. Nothing too serious, mind you, but a dozen of them… So many that I’m structuring this ride report entirely around my pratfalls, with a brief reflection from a broader perspective at the very end.

Next, as I approached the third water stop, I started feeling a pain in my inner thigh, as if it was rubbing against something sharp with each pedal stroke. As it beco »more

2026-03-30

Granger Dam reservoir on a grim day Typical central Texas farmland

Homeless on the Range

With Austin Kyūdō at the AAC Range

Another kyūdō update, because (outside of cycling, which has its own blog) archery seems to be the most eventful facet of life, at least until I pound out a long-overdue summary of the past three-plus years of meditation practice…

There’s three highlights that I’d like to share (or at least record for my own future recollections, which you can listen in on, if you want).

While our archery group usually practices at extremely short distance (2 meters) at our indoor dojo, two weeks ago we held our first regular practice of the year at the long-distance outdoor range run by the Austin Archery Club (AAC).

Unfortunately, it was also our last practice there, because the city has unilaterally terminated the archery club’s lease to that land and evicted them. In the short term, that’s a big »more

2026-03-29

Austin Kyūdō at the AAC Range
Austin currently:

Clear 21°C wind E 15 g 32 km/h
Air Quality Good (48)



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Homeless on the Range (778 words)
Another kyūdō update, because (outside of cycling, which has its own blog) archery seems to be the most eventful facet of life, at least until I pound out a l…
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Tag & Release (520 words)
Some years ago, I participated in a cycling scavenger hunt game called Tag-o-Rama. In brief, someone posts a photo of their bike in a somewhat-recognizable loca…
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