On my morning commute I stopped to look at this beautiful field. I saw some trash so I picked it up. Further down the road there was some fallen tree limbs, so I pushed them aside so they wouldn’t get run over. Later on I went past a yard with some sprinklers on, so I rode through them to get a shower.
After my fantastic family vacation to Ferry Beach I’ve been thinking about day to day life. It’s been in the 90s, so I’ve been loving being outside, but it seems most people prefer artificial air.
You wake up in the morning in your bed box, take a deep breath of the artificial air coming our of your air conditioner box and feel thankful for the cold temperature in your house box. You get dressed and brave the out of doors for a few moments to get to your car box, where you quickly burn some dino leftovers to get your artificial air. Then you join your car boxes with all the other angry people in their car boxes on the highway box. After sitting in traffic and finally getting to work, you again brave the out of doors, holding your breath so as not to breath in any of the ozone or particulate matter floating around. You hustle from your car box to your office building box, loosen your collar because you are already sweating. Finally in the office you enjoy the sweet smell of artificial air, combination of air conditioning and a mix of perfume, shampoo, body wash and deodorant. You make it through the entrance where you can go sit in your cube box and start staring into your monitor box – then you make your living “thinking outside the box.”
I like biking to work. My tires are round. Ding ding.
I’ve been working on learning the song “Three Ways,” by Jakob Dylan/the Wallflowers. I think the song is really about making choices in life, and how one choice effects the next. This song really reflects what I’ve been thinking about my church recently, so I’ve been working on it and hope to sing [...]
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He recalled a snowstorm last winter, when many tractor-trailer trucks were stuck on Interstate 64 near his store. He pulled two of them back onto the highway and over an icy hill by hitching the cabs to the 1997 Hummer he drives.
“We were the only things moving,” he said. “I told them, ‘Next time somebody [...]
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During biking season I get asked quite frequently why I commute by bike. I usually give two reasons:
To save the planet. One person riding a bike won’t make that much difference directly. However, hopefully I’m spreading the word that getting around on your own power is possible, and perhaps other people will give it a [...]
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“In the past, almost everybody travelled on the left side of the road because that was the most sensible option for feudal, violent societies. Since most people are right-handed, swordsmen preferred to keep to the left in order to have their right arm nearer to an [...]
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First off I’d like to thank all of you for attending this very important discussion. Our goal today is to define the scope and approach of defining. The question has been raised that we should perhaps phase…
We need bunnies! With fur!
I like bunnies too. But first, we don’t like the ditch. [...]
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Looks like my two cars are good at avoiding tickets. My Mazda6 comes in at 34% the average, and minivans apparently are at the bottom of the list.
However, my dad and his Toyota Solara at 306%, better watch out!
Which cars draw the most tickets? – MSN Money
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The country’s new robots.txt file
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Ok kids, here’s the plan:
Go to bed earlier than 4am. Wake up at a respectable time, say 6:30am. Maybe go to work or something.
Get a bag.
Pick out your five favorite toys, put them in the bag.
Pick out your five favorite books, put them in the bag.
Pick out five days worth of clothing and [...]
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