When I was in college, I had the opportunity to hear Al Young read from his book, Something about the blues: an unlikely collection of poetry. All my life, I’d only heard Thelonious Monk (middle name Sphere) as instrumental. And Al just read his poetry with a nice beat and no ‘singing’ and suddenly I realized how art was ever evolving and transforming and taking old and putting new on it.
Which is probably a strange thought to carry in when I tell you I’m going to be talking about the latest WordPress release. Continue reading →
It’s Bike to Work Week in Chicago and that means it’s time to give a couple shout outs.
First to Rapid Transit Cycles, for being cool and smart and polite. I chatted with one of the owners today, and I highly recommend them for … well anything. They helped me attach non-regulation baskets to the bike (phone support!) and were my source for new helmets. Now that they have an outpost near my office, I’ll be hitting up that instead of Kozys. Nothing against Kozys, mind you! But RTC is that down-home feeling.
Second is to a good web-resource, BikeCommuters.com. The reason I pimp them is that when you’re new to this whole Bike to Work thing, it’s hard to sort out what you need and what you don’t. Finding people who are doing it, same as you, and face the same issues (showers, smelling good, weather, etc) is a gold mine.
By the way, the official Chicago site is at the ActiveTrans website, which has a remarkable ability to crash or just be unavailable on many occasions. They need a better host/server.
Okay, I biked it. Here’s me, lookin’ silly. And yes, my tires are tiny as all get out, so by biking 15 miles, I pedaled 30. Which makes me a bad ass.
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I suck at purses. I have a ‘wallet on a string’ that doesn’t really even qualify as a murse, which I like, but it’s getting to be too small and not ‘dressy’ enough. What I want is something that can fit a magazine (preferably vertical, not sideways), and a SMALL handful of other things. I figure a bag that’s 9″ x 12″ x 3″ (width x height x depth) with a couple pockets would be perfect. So why is it so hard to find this elusive bag? Continue reading →
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I’ve been in Chicago for over a decade, but I’ve never done Bike the Drive. Until now.
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