Archive for August, 2008
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
What event is this? The Chinese seem pretty good at it. This is actually an image of a woman being executed by the Chinese authorities. According to one site that I got these photos from, these are Tibetan protestors. I don’t speak or read any Chinese, so I can’t tell what the little placard says [...]
Filed: Sad | Tagged: china, democracy, execution, fail, freedom, human rights, olympics, People's Republic of China, tibet | 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
No matter what I happen to be doing at the time, whenever I hear Death Letter Blues my feet instinctively begin to tap and my head starts to bob. There’s something about this bluesy, down home song that always gets me going. Now, the version I hear most is by the White Stripes, and it’s [...]
Filed: Happy | Tagged: blues, death letter blues, mississippi delta, music, son house, white stripes | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
I spotted this vid over on The SIetch Blog, one of the many that keeps my reader pinging all day. The video production quality is super high (+) and the message is timely, if not a little bit of a downer. Take heed, world!
Filed: Mixed Feelings | Tagged: consumption, crops, families, food, fuel, future, gas, health, oil, politics, video, world | No Comments »
Monday, August 18th, 2008
So in the interest of keeping things “fresh” and just because I can, I recently flipped my rear wheel around to ride single speed instead of fixed. I’ve been on a fixie for the last like ten weeks or so, this was quite a change. The first thing I noticed was how much muscle memory I have [...]
Filed: Happy | Tagged: bicycle, bike, commute, fixed gear, fixie, single speed | No Comments »