I discovered a new danger of riding a bike. BEES! A bee stung my lip while riding. I was lucky I didn’t crash or swallow the little fucker.
Archive for July, 2011
Riding is dangerous
Saturday, July 30th, 2011Random Images
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Piano Stairs
Monday, July 18th, 2011I LOVE stuff like this. When we use our minds and creativity to get people to do what they should do anyway.
I found it on an interesting website: http://moxieloveandpizzazz.blogspot.com Check it out.
A letter of protest over the Jarvis bike lanes
Friday, July 15th, 2011I am very disappointed by the recent vote to remove the Jarvis bike lanes. I find it mind-boggling that Rob Ford and his minions think removing bike lanes reduces congestion. Bike lanes encourage people to bike, the more people bike the less they are driving. The less they are driving the lower the congestion. I sent my councillor an email to protest her decision to vote yes.
Dear Councillor Mary-Margaret,As my councillor and someone I voted for, I am incredibly disappointed by your decision to vote in favour of removing the bike lanes on Jarvis. Toronto as a city needs to be increasing the bike network, not decreasing it. And increasing it means increasing it to places people want and need to go. Rob Ford and his ilk are catering to their constituent bases in the suburbs so it makes sense that they would want to scrap anything that impedes their SUVs, but you represent people who live in the city. Many of us don’t even own cars.Bike lanes need to be on smooth roads, not ones that the city has stopped repairing. They need to be straight and connected. Having to constantly ride blocks out of my way to get to the next bike lane is a waste of time and effort. And a bike lane that is only a few blocks is useless, it would be the equivalent of having a 200 meter highway. And lastly a cyclist, bike lanes need to be clearly marked, policed, and respected. My safety shouldn’t be compromised so people can drive faster.I hope in the future you will consider the needs of all of your constituents.RegardsDave Hamel
No response yet, but given it’s Toronto and I am a cyclist, I only half expect one.
Random Images
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Def Poetry – Mark Gonzales – As With Most Men
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011Wow this is incredible.
Google+: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the social networks
Monday, July 11th, 2011
TTC sells off naming rights cheaply
Thursday, July 7th, 2011The CBC reported that the TTC has sold the advertising rights, including the naming rights for the subway stations to Pattison advertising for 324 million dollars for the next 12 years.
This reflects very poor judgement on the part of the TTC who have grossly undervalued the advertising properties of our transit system. The TTC itself reports it’s ridership to be approaching 500 million per year.
With the $324 million being divided over the next 12 years that averages to only $27 million per year. This means Pattison advertising is only paying about $0.06 per rider/per year to bombard a captive audience with ads. Google can’t even beat that rate!
To put this into a little perspective; the operating budget for the TTC is 1.4 billion a year. Twenty seven million dollars is a drop in the bucket and means the advertising sales will contribute less than 2% of the over-all operating budget not including the expenses they incur.
The naming of stations by corporations not withstanding, this would suggest either very poor judgement or some form of corruption.
Love Songs
Monday, July 4th, 2011Choosing a song to dance to at your wedding is hard. Here is what I got so far.
Bright Eyes – “First Day of My Life”
Jack Johnson – “Better Together”
Joe Cocker - “You are so beautiful”
Ray LaMontagne - “You Are The Best Thing”
