Now that we are rapidly approaching winter here, I find that it is dark when I go to work and this makes it currently impossible for me to bike in, as I have no light and no reflectors. Soon the day will be so short that it will be dark when I go to work and dark when I leave. So I've been slowly acruing the gear I need for cold-and-dark bicycling.

While waiting around in Albuquerque for Nina's plane to show up on Saturday, I went by REI and bought a Cat's Eye blinkie tail light and they threw in a free front reflector. Unfortunately, when I got home, I found that the bar clasp on the reflector was too small for any part of my handlebars, and that the ratchet mechanism on the blinkie was busted. No Joy. Thanks, REI.