The sales copy for this rack says, "It mounts in seconds to virtually any road, mountain or stationary bike."Really?! I'll agree that it would be good to have on a stationary bike, but reading on a road bike is just foolhardy. And don't get me started about dipping into a favorite volume while on a … Continue reading Look at the Mountains, Man

When it was originally launched in 1969, the Booker Prize (now the Man Booker Prize, in honor of the ), was retrospective. That is, 1969's prize was open to novels written only in 1968. Two years later, the competition was reorganized to feature the current year's writing. In effect, then, there was no award for … Continue reading How Many Bookers Is Too Many?