The google directions from Chicago to London

are pretty mundane until one gets to this step:

20.

Swim across the Atlantic Ocean

3,462 mi

You first!

my new bike!

I feel like a little kid, but I just bought a new bike. It is a folding bike, so this means I can store it easily in my apartment, and fold it up and take it in to work when I get there. I'm going to start to ride my bike to work because the CTA is moving too slow. This also means that this bike stands much less chance of getting stolen, unlike my last two bikes that had to live outdoors and suffered that poor fate.