Followup to previous entries
I found the problem with my rear tire; an ad-hoc repair got me to the bike shop and back and now i have a freshly installed pair of Schwalbe Marathon tires.
I played a game of Lords of Midnight. I lost Xajorkith, having only sent an under-powered collection of second-rank lords to defend it, but captured Ushgarak using most of the top row and a scattering of minor fey and some heroes. Took about 60 game days, could probably have done it a bit quicker in retrospect.