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Selling your Soul to Buy Beer

I went into my local grocery store / home goods store last week and purchased a 12-pack of beer. It’s a national chain that you would immediately recognize and could guess the name of instantly. You’d probably hit it right in the bullseye on your first guess. I’m not going to call them out by […]

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You’re Lucky To Be Alive

You’re lucky to be alive. Sometimes you take it for granted, even with the constant reminder that greets you every morning in the mirror. A jagged 10-inch scar running from your left ear all the way down your neck is the most visible, and yet the least significant, scar you have. You can’t feel the […]

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Welcome to Leesburg Bikefest

Leesburg Bikefest 2012

Leesburg Bikefest 2012 was a roaring success. The Binary Princess, our children, and I all had a great time today, as you will see from the photos below. The ride to Bikefest was great. My youngest son, Christopher, rode with me while the rest of the family drove separately. The trip was about 45 miles […]

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What a Binary Biker is Not

I was riding through Ormond Beach, Florida yesterday when a fellow biker pulled up next to me and asked for directions to St. Augustine. Of course I assisted, but as he rode away I noticed the stickers on his helmet and his saddle bags. His helmet had a picture of a hand giving the finger, […]

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The Rules of Motorcycle Waving

I wrote a post a while back about “Biker Etiquette.”  In it, I cried foul on Florida riders for waving based on “cliques” or bike type.  Cruisers only wave to other cruisers.  Rice only waves to rice.  As spring comes into full swing in Florida and all the part-time bikers are back on the road, I’ve noticed […]

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2004 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic

Binary’s New Ride!

Yes – the Binary Biker finally has a new ride. Just in time for Daytona Bike Week 2012! My old ride, the 1992 Honda Nighthawk CB750 has served me well.  It has seen me through the toughest phases of my life, but she was a small bike and after my ride to Kentucky and back, […]

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The Language of CI

The Language of myList

Every office has a couple of phrases that get used, and overused, to sum up or simply express complex concepts.  These sayings become so seeped in meaning that by simply uttering the phrase, an entire host of meaning, context, and understanding is imparted to the audience.  Very similar to an acronym, these pithy sayings reduce […]

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Main Street, retro-style

Daytona Biketoberfest 2011

The weekend is over and the results are in: Biketoberfest 2011 was a success.  4 our of 5 drunk bikers agree.  I rode to Daytona on Saturday with my lovely wife, Carey, and my very, very good friend John.  On Sunday I rode by myself and met up with another good friend, Jaime, and his […]

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How Advanced is Binarybiker.com?

Google has a feature that allows you to show the reading level of a website as a filter in advanced search results.  There are three categories, Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced.  You can use it to rate the overall level of material on any given site.  This is a quick way to see what the reading […]

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Tipping is Optional

I was at a restaurant with four co-workers the other day.  It’s one of Orlando medium-to-upscale steak houses, called Hillstone.  The company picked up the tab and I put it on the corporate credit card.  The total was $141.00 for all of us.  Since I always tip at 20%, the tip would have been around […]

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