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I'm listening to Jonathan and Tim rehearse "Shadows and Perspective" for their show tomorrow night at The Shop. It so complements the thoughts I've been pondering these last 2 days about life, death, love, pain, and the billions of individual realities that simultaneously exist on this tiny planet in this tiny corner of this small little galaxy. ( Read more... ) -
Missed Opportunities
Humanity will never realize its true potential so long as it is busy pursuing money, power, and fame (yes, even on a small, everyday-guy scale ( Read more... ) -
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The world is full of beautiful and artistic souls, and most of the extraordinary ones never see the limelight. I take pleasure each time I stumble across a little piece of magnificence, hidden among the crags and crannies of the everyday world. And, I know that what I find magnificent may be mediocre to my neighbor, and their beloved prodigy may be ( Read more... ) -
Not now, tragedy
I was driving along in his car - knees spread around the steering column, bent sharply so as to reach the pedals below - far closer than they should have been, because he is shorter than me and I didn't want to adjust the driver's seat of his car for one short trip. Cloudy blue sky looked on from above, and a wide, urban canyon spanned out between ( Read more... ) -
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I had a dream that I left my bike locked up somewhere all day long. I came back and the lock, wheels, and brakes were gone - but the bike was still there. It was kind of wedged up under the hump of the bike rack (that upside down U type), but I was easily able to free the bike with a little downward force ( Read more... ) -
Worthless bike lanes are worthless
I hate the bike lanes in downtown Spokane. They are almost entirely in the door zone. The place to ride out of it is on the line between the car lane and the bike lane. That means cars pass you too close... so really the only safe place to ride is IN the car lane ( Read more... ) -
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Good quote on communication:
"Avoiding topics just allows people to use their imaginations."
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This is so who I am right now
Ride home on my bike. Pull out the lawn mower, my Klean Kanteen full of water, and a bottle of Hoegaarden. Pull up Marian Call on my iPhone and turn it up really loud so I can hear it over the lawn mower, and start mowing while I rock out ( Read more... ) -
Fun at the lake
We had a good time up at Priest Lake yesterday. Kallisti had a blast playing on the beach: throwing sand, splashing water, digging, pouring, swimming, running, etc. She also especially loved that she got to do a lot of this playing with her aunt. Her parents enjoyed this too, and took some time to relax and chat with family and work on their crafts ( Read more... ) -
I recently found myself struck by a car
As you may know, I ride my bike to work, year-round. I've been doing it for the last 2 years, almost every day. I have my route all figured out... down the street I live on, over to Howard, south, into Rivefront Park, across the river, out onto Howard again, left on Main, a few more turns, and I'm at work. Every day, that's how I go - an optimal ( Read more... )