By Jack Szwergold
April 10, 2026

First real day of Spring and two achievements!

One, I finally caught the damned mouse. “Caught” is a polite way of saying I killed the mouse thanks to a classic Victor mouse trap. Set the trap in a cast iron pan in the kitchen; the one the mouse likes sniffing around in.

Also, I have set a new record for cycling from Bay Ridge to the Kos Kaffe in Park Slope: 21 minutes and 55 seconds! The lights were with me today and the double parking on 5th Avenue wasn’t that bad.