The first poster I created for the Lakeshore Theater in Chicago.
Monthly Archive for September, 2007
…because I’m living here now and I think it might be a lie.
Cities build new bike paths. Will cyclists come?
(Christian Science Monitor - June 19, 2007)
•Dallas/Fort Worth has $900 million in bike trails planned. “Texas is reaching out to embrace biking like never before,” says Robin Stallins of the Texas Bicycle Coalition. “That says a lot about a shift of cultural values.”
What? Why is there no mention of this anywhere else on the internet? Wait. I’m not living in Bicycle City, am I?
If this is a real plan, I will need some more concrete evidence than a two line blurb on csmonitor.com. I moved back here for school but if North Texas can become some sort of cycling mecca during this time, I will be thrilled.
I wrecked my bike again on Saturday. I’m beginning to detect a trend. The trend: I wreck my bike. I collided with a dude’s hand while he was hailing a cab and I tumbled onto the pavement. No broken bones or major lacerations but I am really sore and bruised. My fork and front wheel are toast.
I took the bike to Cycle Smithy to get fitted with a new fork. As for the front wheel, I’ve been rolling on my old piece-of-shit road wheel but I just scored a great deal on a used Formula/Velocity DeepV wheelset from a guy I sort of know from internet cybersex.
Here’s a close approximation of how things will look once I set it up with the new wheels.
I’ll post an actual photo when I’m done but damn… it won’t be nearly as cool as this bike.
This bike isn’t for me though.
It’s for my Simpsons character below.
I’d head straight to the Squishee machine.
Slovenian megabrain Slavoj Žižek illustrates international ideological differences by comparing toilet design, Levi-Strauss’ culinary triangle, and art-school pubic hair styling.
Really intriguing stuff. You know, I’ve always said I’ve been able to do my best thinking on the john, but sadly my metaphors usually sink [rather than stay afloat].