I used to be a long-distance cyclist. Not a great one. Nor a fast one. Just an average one -- who had a ball every time my wheels were spinning.

When I lived in Florida, I would ride 20 to 60 miles several times a week, a few Century rides (100 miles) each year, and on many weekends I would pack up my lightweight camping gear and participate in 2-day cycling events.

I did several bike tours and biking trips. My most challenging cycling event was a 3-day 300-mile bike ride from Orlando to Miami. I did it 2 years in a row and had the time of my life. (And made a lot of great friends.)

Truth is, I've never enjoyed life quite as much as those days when I was cycling regularly.

Fast-forward to today. And even though I've biked a bit around here since we moved to Tennessee, as I kept getting busier and busier, I kept pushing my bike farther and farther into the corner of our garage.  

According to a couple of online typing tests I tried, I type in the 100 words per minute range. (That's with no errors.)

When I used to work in administrative jobs, my typing speed was "really good" (according to my employers). I went from 60 wpm to 80 wpm in no time from all the time spent at the computer. Now, after all these years of being self-employed as a full-time writer and editor, I'm at 100 wpm.

That's pretty good, but still not great. If you try out your own typing speed at the following online typing sites, you'll see that the fastest typists tend to type in the 120-150 range.

Try 'em out... they're FUN!

Next time you're in Toronto, Canada one thing you've got to do while you're there is:

Go see Evil Dead: The Musical at the Diesel Playhouse downtown.

It's one heck of a bloody, gory, splattering mess of a musical. It is a trip!

Oh yeah, and it's funny, too.

It's not cheap... $50 a ticket! But it's worth every penny.

Music Catch is a simple online game that's put to music. It's quite relaxing, while challenging at the same time.

Hoping to take Cornhole from the Midwest (Cincinnati to be exact, where it first became popular) all across the country, they've created a movie centered around the game of Cornhole.

Have you seen it yet?

Me neither. In fact, I don't think it's been released yet. But I'm looking forward to it!

Here's the inside scoop about Cornhole: The Movie...

Decoupage is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cut-outs onto it.  Each layer of paper is sealed with a glue or varnish before adding another new layer. 

You can use the decoupage technique to create a beautiful votive candle holder.

Actress Sean Young is the last person you might expect to see singing country music in Nashville, Tennessee. But she came prepared... and she dressed the part, too!

Here are photos of Sean Young performing at the Wildhorse Saloon for the final taping of Gone Country 2.