http://www.jeremykroeker.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:01:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I was a motorcycle instructor... actually, I still AM a motorcycle instructor. (My license expires in three months, though.) Anyway, when I was a motorcycle instructor, I preached the importance of maintaining a proper following distance. A good following distance is four seconds (which always bugged me as a ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/following-distance/ I can't remember if I ever posted this. The following is an interview I conducted for "The Jerusalem Post." Well, OK. I conducted the interview for my own personal interest. Ahed is my friend. But I nearly sold the interview to "The Jerusalem Post." The reason they didn't buy it ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/ahed-al-hendi/ For the second time this winter, I've had to cancel a ride into the arctic at the last minute. The first time was not my fault. That one is a long story. This time, however, I dropped the ball and let down a friend. Whenever people ask me (and they often ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/best-laid-plans/ Deadlines. I have some. One of them is for another draft of my book by March 1, 2010. Now, I know that I once claimed to have completed the first draft, but I think I'll recant that. I'll say instead that I finished my ROUGH draft. In March, I'll have ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/deadline/ How quickly things change. Just a few days ago, I posted that I was headed North with my motorcycle this February to conduct a test ride for something bigger. That February trip was supposed to be with an organized group as a way to safely gain experience on ice roads. ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/change-of-plan-2/ Since announcing last month that I had completed the first draft of my manuscript, people have been asking me when they might expect to see the book. Fair enough. But what most people don't realize is that the first draft of something is far from a finished product. Sometimes it ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/promise/ More to follow, but yeah... my first draft is done! (Thus the Talisker.) Unfortunately, I have at least a year of work ahead of me before I can open a bottle of Lagavulin. http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/step-one-put-your-m-s-in-a-box/ A word about ransoms - speaking about them publicly is foolish. In the case of Amanda Lindhout, the damage may have already been done. Just two hours after her release, following 15 months of captivity and mistreatment, someone put a microphone in her face to conduct the first interview. In ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/ransom/ Relief. That's the predominate emotion when I think about recent developments in the Amanda Lindhout epic. At last, after 15 months of captivity in Somalia, she is free and reunited with her family. She has a potentially long road of recovery ahead of her. She has been beaten, tortured and deprived ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/relief/ I was skeptical at first. It's just that there have been so may unfounded rumours surrounding my friend's abduction in Somalia. But finally, after 15 months of captivity in one of the world's most dangerous countries, Amanda Lindhout is free. She's not out of the woods yet. First she has ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/amanda-lindhout-freed-at-last/