And this is why I like sharrows and not bike lanes:

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So my old pink horns finally gave up the ghost a couple of months ago, and I didn't get around to putting my new (bedazzled!) ones on my helmet until the beginning of this month. And it really does make such a difference! Cars are more polite when I'm wearing a ridiculous outfit. Also, they shout ( Read more... )

I have no idea why I had this open in a tab for a week, but it's pretty great.

Alright so love right

we already know it makes people do some pretty wild shit
but who could have suspected
that the wildest shit of all
would be done by a couple of thirteen year olds
with ready access to swords and poison
oh that's right
EVERYBODY

My bike? The one people ask about all the time because it's so weird? It was already used when I bought it off of USENET. You know, before Craigslist. I don't know why that kept making me giggle last night, but there you go.