I got into another bicycle accident on my way home from work.  I'm not entirely sure what happened but apparently I was mowed down my a sprinting pedestrian as I moved into an intersection.  I didn't see anything.  One minute I was on my bike then next I was plunging face first into the sidewalk.  The asshole didn't even stop to see what he'd done.  I'm pretty banged up and I chipped four teeth pretty badly.  I spent the morning in the dentist and my teeth look great, although one of them is for display purposed only.  I expect to be back on my bike next week.  I'm not going to commute into work anymore.  My multiple visits to the emergency room this year have convinced me that Market Street and the Financial District are too dangerous.  My plan is to ride in the mornings and then come into work on Muni.  It's going to cut my mileage down a lot but, as my friend Jim pointed out, you can't ride if you're dead so it will probably be a wash over the long term.  I'm going to continue to track my mileage, but I'm going to have to reassess what mileage goals are gonna be.

Bike Mileage:

Today 36.7 Week to date 103.2 Month to date 623.4 Year to date 7,422.6 Rolling Year 8,238.3 Since Inception 10/1/07 20,700.3

I headed home over lunch and then to the comic book store because it's Wednesday and that's the day new comics come out.  I go to Whatever Comics on Castro.  It isn't a big store but it's in the neighborhood and they're really, really nice.  I got Mighty Avengers #31 which I really liked, Dark Avengers #11 which I liked more than I thought I was going to (they've dusted off Molecule Man!), Inhumans #1 which was really awesome and Adventure Comics #4 which was kind of a meh.  I don't know how crazy I am about the Blackest Night crossover but the second feature was Legion of Super Heroes and I really liked that.  Here's a pic of the store:



It was sunny and gorgeous in the Castro:





When I got to Market and 17th I saw this red hot mess pole dancing on a no parking sign.  This is actually the third time I've seen him here around lunchtime.  He's either advertising something or a workin' girl.  Or a little of both.  Nomi Malone's got nothing on this:









After work I headed off down Sutter Street.  So pretty right around sunset:



I continued on Sutter to Fillmore to Clay to Maple to Washington to Arguello to Lake to 27th to Cabrillo to 47th to Fulton to the Great Highway and then down the coast to Taravel to Merced to Hernandez to Laguna Honda to Portola to Corbett to Ord and home for dinner.  A certain little Poodle named Ashley got in a lot of trouble for pooping on my bathroom floor.  Sadly, so much like Ashley Senior. 

Bike Mileage:

Today 36.7 Week to date 103.2 Month to date 623.4 Year to date 7,422.6 To Goal 2,577.4 Over (Under) plan (1,399.3) YTD Mileage vs Last Year (2,519.9) Rolling Year 8,238.3 Since Inception 10/1/07 20,700.3

It was raining when I left work so I came up Market home.  It wasn't raining very hard so everything was very slick and very hazardous.  In addition, there was a muni meltdown which led to a large number of pedestrians on Market Street.  It was terrifying.  I almost hit some stupid woman who ran into the street at Van Ness and Market trying to catch a streetcar.  She was completely oblivious to the fact that wet bicycle brakes don't work very well.  I made it home without further incident and proceeded to stress eat a huge quantity of junk food.  I went to bed with an upset stomach.  It was probably worth it.

Bike Mileage:

Today 27.5 Week to date 66.5 Month to date 586.7 Year to date 7,385.9 To Goal 2,614.1 Over (Under) plan (1,408.6) YTD Mileage vs Last Year (2,538.1) Rolling Year 8,208.6 Since Inception 10/1/07 20,663.6