The weekend at last

I'm at work late (after hours) typing this out. I managed to run across this site while reading a cycling blog and decided why not. Who knows what this can lead to!
The weekend is here and it's time to forget about work and do a bit of relaxing with the family, afternoon naps and regenerate one's self for the new week to come.
I usually spend a lot of time on Sat catching up on the goings on around the world - looking for good news about the human race, reading newspapers and looking at editorial as well as newspaper comics. I think I will have to make a dynamic entry about my philosophical side of life - what I have learned over these years. Should make for some short reading, eh!
My transportation to and from work is on a bike - and it takes about 30 minutes each way without stops. This is an unusual thing in Cayman where one's status usually revolves around the type of car you drive. I started riding shortly after hurricane Ivan in 2004. Traffic was a mess for about 4 months, with everyone driving to work, to stores than back home again. It would take from 1h 15min to 1hr 30min to go the 6.5 miles from home to work - each way - 5 days a week. There was a girl I knew who rode her bike and she would pass me within a mile of my house and I would not see her again on the road. I asked her one morning where she worked and it was further into town that I did. I asked how long it took her and she said about 1/2 hr. A quick bit of math told me that if I rode, I could have an extra 2 hrs a day to do things I liked. Hmmmm.....
I dug up an old Ompax bike that I had bought in Canada back in 1978 - when I was courting my wife - and had a look at it. It only had 660 miles on the odometer. New tires and tubes, new brake pads and cables, some oil and grease and it was rideable. I did a 7 mile ride around the neighbourhood and I felt fine. The next Monday, I started riding and have been doing it ever since.
I started recording the mileage in 2006. From Mar to Dec, I rode 1117 miles. In 2007, it had increased to 2386. 2008, up to 2860 miles. My aim for 2009 is over 3000. This is mainly home-work-home rides, but last year, I did a 853km ride in southern Ontario and absolutely love it. Details are at http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=3Tzut&doc_id=3878&v=EM. I also did a small tour of Grand Cayman and it can be found at http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=3Tzut&doc_id=3705&v=3r. I hope to do a 2-3 week tour every year but have not finalised anything for this year (yet)!
That's it for now and check back for more stuff......