tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85530486549729740.post9213664422287989796..comments2024-03-26T10:54:59.476-07:00Comments on spoke'n'scene: The crotchety old battle of the sexes: it's no walk in the park.babble onhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08895102832912891306noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85530486549729740.post-81559678626576942592013-02-28T16:38:12.995-08:002013-02-28T16:38:12.995-08:00I thought you and BGW might find this interesting....I thought you and BGW might find this interesting. From today's Writer's Almanac: <br /><br />"It's the birthday of novelist Colum McCann (books by this author), born in Dublin, Ireland (1965). He's the author of Let the Great World Spin (2009), which won the 2009 National Book Award. His fiction has been translated into 30 languages.<br /><br />He grew up in suburban middle-class Dublin in a house full of books and majored in journalism. At age 21, he moved to the United States, intent on writing the great American novel that summer. He didn't get very far. He decided he needed to go see America, so he hopped on a 15-speed Schwinn and bicycled around the country. He cycled 12,000 miles, winding through 40 states, collecting stories all along the way — stories that still make their way into his fiction a couple of decades later."<br /><br />P.S. Great to see how far you get those kids to ride.pjtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85530486549729740.post-70597265083789029062013-02-27T15:45:04.253-08:002013-02-27T15:45:04.253-08:00...no, my friend...i left 'cuz i was young, ad......no, my friend...i left 'cuz i was young, adventuous, a bit foolhardy & familial situations made life look bleak in canada & yet, here, the center of the known universe of that era (the late '60's) beckoned...<br /><br />...i've had the opportunity here in marin to learn, grow, evolve & become a man...in developing wonderful friendships, i've never regreted my choice but deep in my heart, i'll always carry a pride for my canadian roots...<br /><br />...yet, i thank you for being one in particular to open my eyes to the many realities of my old home...unfortunately, the alternatives, when closely examined, are always products of their own "messes"... <br /><br />...that's one reason why you are important in this life, babble, no matter where you are...sometimes, people needs be made to face their realities so that they might address & hopefully change them, despite how uncomfortable that makes them feel...<br /><br />...as i've said before, you remind me of someone else who was strongly influential as a humanitarian in my life...<br /><br />...thank you...bikesgonewildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01489983012589939600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85530486549729740.post-21185102279552258412013-02-27T07:05:47.084-08:002013-02-27T07:05:47.084-08:00I get it, sunshine.
This country is MESSED up in s...I get it, sunshine.<br />This country is MESSED up in so many ways... it's no wonder you left.babble onhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895102832912891306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85530486549729740.post-35108119439929395902013-02-27T07:03:56.203-08:002013-02-27T07:03:56.203-08:00Heh heh. Yeah, and it will take the jaws of life ...Heh heh. Yeah, and it will take the jaws of life to get it out again...<br /><br />Good thinking.babble onhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895102832912891306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85530486549729740.post-82353469410437079772013-02-26T22:30:25.110-08:002013-02-26T22:30:25.110-08:00I know of a place where they could shove that monu...I know of a place where they could shove that monument, but it might take the grin off Robs Fords chops.Johann Rissikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09349081901796675434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85530486549729740.post-74042635756519980982013-02-26T18:25:33.311-08:002013-02-26T18:25:33.311-08:00...read "...smarmy..."...pardon my spell......read <i>"...smarmy..."</i>...pardon my spelling mistake...<br /><br />...i was incensed when i wrote that & now, hours later, even after a ride, not so much different...<br />bikesgonewildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01489983012589939600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85530486549729740.post-76472259598780578202013-02-26T14:28:48.452-08:002013-02-26T14:28:48.452-08:00...wow...my initial interpretation & this hasn......wow...my initial interpretation & this hasn't changed, is that the <i>'marker of change'</i> in thornton park definitely needs be left to stand alone in tribute to those women who lost their lives to fatal violence by men...<br /><br />...i do find it both disturbing & tasteless that van's 'parks board' would even consider adding anything, never mind what's proposed, particularly when it had been identified with another location...<br /><br />...okay, that didn't work out but find somewhere proper to place it, don't dump it insensitivly in the middle (essentially) of a meaningful tribute...<br /><br />...in following the informational link to understand more, i found myself not simply disturbed but disgusted by the smary, moronic, gender polarized viewpoints of both sides...<br /><br />...we're human beings, born of women, born of mothers but it seems more important here with an issue at hand to vilify the opposite sex to make a point...& for what reason ???...<br /><br />...my little rant has nothing to do with your comments, babble, 'cuz you know i usually chuckle along with your double entendred humor but right now i find nothing funny here...i'm pissed & disgusted by the comments of these fucking assclown canadians who don't "get" what this park is about...<br /><br />...i'm not a feminist type, i'm not an 'anything' type but i am a man of passion, i am a man who cares & i'm a man who knows where he came from...<br /><br />...leave the fucking park alone as a tribute & just as importantly, keep your attitude off the fucking grass...bikesgonewildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01489983012589939600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85530486549729740.post-59435285259055873302013-02-26T06:41:03.970-08:002013-02-26T06:41:03.970-08:00Looks like it was a great party!
Wish I wasn't...Looks like it was a great party!<br />Wish I wasn't stuck at work, I'd like to go for a ride right now...dcee604https://www.blogger.com/profile/00800890715292415943noreply@blogger.com