lol! i totally relate. the post-event-i-missed conversation is always a social minefield to get through.

Sadly, a lot of places do that. You can contact Jim Arrowsmith with the city (I am pretty sure his number is on the city website if you go to bicycling), or call 311 and they will hook you up. It really is easy and I don't see any reason why your company wouldn't let the city do it. Oh, wait...you said they have no common sense...

Rob: Did the management tell you why they were banning bicycles in the facility? Anyway, why don't you ask them to ask the city for the bike lockers? The city will install them for FREE and all a cyclist has to do is pay a one-time key deposit (might be $5.00). Go ahead and give it a try. All they can do is say no--but I think they are being asses to ban bicycles in the facility and then say they aren't willing to contact the city to get bike lockers. Try this on them: any employee who bikes to work costs them LESS in healthcare and sick days.

//The weight weenies will marvel at the vacuum tugging at their $300 jerseys as they pass.//

That is some GREAT imagery!

Congrats on getting a job!

As for the altitude, it's supposed to take 6-8 weeks for your blood to achieve the appropriate density of red blood cells for maximum oxygenization (yeah, I made that word up). Lung capacity, leg strength, and overall stamina are a different matter altogether.

Well, I hope you came to the right place. Running a warehouse is always a good job skill, though I don't know about these days.

Back in 1983, my first wife and I moved down here from the Tacoma area, Washington having the second worst rate of unemployment in the country at the time. We left town mere seconds before Bill Gates and his cronies arrived.

I worked as a graphic designer/advertising dept. manager for about 20 years. I've also been a college student for the past 5 years. I'm graduating from UNM next Saturday. I work as a research assistant for a UNM professor. I'll be back in the fall for grad school, though, pursuing an MFA in creative writing. I've got a teaching assistantship, so I'll be teaching English 101 in the fall.

And I beg to differ. I think most ex-newspaper journalists would LOVE to make a living as bloggers.

Hi Rob
I saw your note that you are doing a job hunt. What sort of work do you do? Do you have a DSM-IV for a job, or is it left over from college days?

Rob,

Welcome to Albuquerque! Friday 15-May is National Bike to Work Day, and BikeABQ will be handing out breakfast and brand new 2009 bike maps to riders at seven food stops around the city. You should find the one nearest you at www.bikeabq.org. It'd be a good first journey on your bike!

Glad to see you made it intact, more or less. I'll be making a similar journey sometime in the next year....with only one cat...coming from the midwest.