Feeling squirrely

One of the things I've been doing to improve my health is riding my old beater bicycle to the post office on a near-daily basis. It saves a bit of gasoline, lets me check the PO box and run any other postage-type errands, and gets me some exercise.

Yesterday, though, I almost ran over a squirrel. On my bike.

That, frankly, was weird. I'm more or less used to having suicidal rodents - squirrels, chipmunks, etc. - try and beat my car across the road. This was the first time I can recall that the kamikaze squirrel tried to beat the bicycle across. Luckily, for both the squirrel and myself, I was able to slow down enough for it to pass safely. I'm not sure what hitting a squirrel with my bike would have done to the bike, or my balance, and am glad not to have found out.

I was reminded of this when kightp went and linked to a flippin' squirrel name generator. (I apparently am "Furry Crazy Whiskers" - which makes some amount of sense, given my beard.)

Feeling squirrely

One of the things I've been doing to improve my health is riding my old beater bicycle to the post office on a near-daily basis. It saves a bit of gasoline, lets me check the PO box and run any other postage-type errands, and gets me some exercise.

Yesterday, though, I almost ran over a squirrel. On my bike.

That, frankly, was weird. I'm more or less used to having suicidal rodents - squirrels, chipmunks, etc. - try and beat my car across the road. This was the first time I can recall that the kamikaze squirrel tried to beat the bicycle across. Luckily, for both the squirrel and myself, I was able to slow down enough for it to pass safely. I'm not sure what hitting a squirrel with my bike would have done to the bike, or my balance, and am glad not to have found out.

I was reminded of this when kightp went and linked to a flippin' squirrel name generator. (I apparently am "Furry Crazy Whiskers" - which makes some amount of sense, given my beard.)