What I’m asking here is, though the people come and go, can a feeling, a sentiment, or responses linger on? Of course it can, safe in the continuity of a civilization’s ethos. Much like the schoolyard game of telephone, where one child would say a short phrase into another’s ear, then that phrase would get […]
Continue reading →I had the opportunity to go on a ten day meditation retreat several years back. It wasn’t what you think–no cult, no deity worship, no fasting, no saints, no sinners, just a secular exploration of the vast expanse that is this human mind. Ten days, it turned out, without making eye contact, without speaking, without even acknowledging […]
Continue reading →Take the human out of the equation and you might just get something like this: “Where’re you going?” says the bicycle to the car. “Just for a spin up to the lake; why do you ask?” says the car. “You gotta take me with you! I’d give my front brake to know what 85 mph […]
Continue reading →Why do some motorists hate cyclists so? Is it because we slow you down? Maybe that’s not such a bad thing. Is it because we ride in groups and hog the road? It is a road after all… What about motorcycle clubs? They ride in the road in big groups and hog the road but […]
Continue reading →There are times however, when I’m on my bike, that I don’t feel welcomed by others on the road. Sometimes, it goes well beyond a feeling of being unwelcome, it feels like loathing or hatred even. It feels…well…horrible. Once, a while ago, someone threw a cup of tobacco spit at me from a car window. . . at that moment, I had some hatred myself. I […]
Continue reading →I enjoy cycling. I also enjoy my Ford F-150 FX4.Yup, Stock 18’s and a tow package. And my Honda VF-R 800makes me feel alive likelittle else. I usually get along fine with myself…Heck, we all usually get alongfine with ourselves…don’t we?
Continue reading →BLEVE (pronounced Blev-ee) is an acronym for Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion. I’m sure you’ve all seen one or two on the news, some amazing video caught on camera show, or YouTube at some point, but…just as an example, if someone takes a sealed can of any flammable liquid and throws it onto a campfire (this is […]
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