There IS a “Try”
“Do or do not. There is no try.” Ever since that damned Muppet, poor “try” has gotten a bad rap. I happen to like “trying” and I’ll tell you why. I can certainly understand where the Yoda sentiment came from. Too often we are told by people “I’ll try”, when what they really mean is... [Read more...]
Bike Sales Surpass Car Sales!1Qtr 2009
Woohoo! I love it.Badass! I’m sure that you all saw my post from before? www.mylittlepail.com/on-being-a-bicyclist so you can imagine my happiness about hearing stats that our automotive market is starting to show clear signs of it’s un-usefulness in our culture. Frankly, if it doesn’t serve us as a whole, then I think we should... [Read more...]
Babymania
So. I’m in love with a girl. She’s about 4 weeks old now, and I can’t stop staring and singing to her. Has this happened to you? I went up to visit Best Friend and new baby, and it was a TOTAL. personal. revelation. I should stop and mention here that I’ve never been much of a baby person. Pregnancy is hard for me to get into,... [Read more...]
Tom Robbins-how he warms my cockles so
Tom Robbins has been the guiding force of my literary imagination for as long as back as I can reme…..well, to be specific I was 19. I can’t recall how I came by a copy of Another Roadside Attraction, but I did, and it blew my tiny mind, to put it mildly. It was then, and remains now, the oldest, most worn out, rattiest, cover duct-taped,... [Read more...]
A memento, a testament to dating in the Modern Age
I forgot to give this to you guys a few weeks ago.. It’s a memento from the NorCal Grilled Cheese Invitational. I fought long and hard to get this! One of the ballots I was counting had a seductive little note on it for one of the cooks. It reads, “Nice Cheese. Let’s do it again sometime.” With a phone number. Now that’s... [Read more...]
