Axoplasm / Blog / 2009

dec

Last Post of the Decade♥

2009-12-31

I don't know anyone who says anything other than “good riddance” to the first decade of the 21st century.

Time isn’t Holding Us

2009-12-01

If a really strange kidnapper ever asked me at gunpoint to name my favorite song, I think I’d say “Once in a Lifetime”Everyone knows this...

sep

And motorists wonder why cyclists are so combative...

2009-09-18

So this morning a guy yelled at me for signalling a legal lane change. I made a (signalled, legal) lane change into the far right...

Most People Don’t Know How To Drive

2009-09-01

By which I mean: they don't understand basic principles of operating a motor vehicle.This has been a painful realization for me. For most of my...

aug

An open letter to Patrick Appel (writing on Andrew Sullivan's blog about cars and bikes).

2009-08-10

Responding to Ryan Avent on the subject of cars, pedestrians, and cyclists, Patrick tosses out this old chestnut:but the roads for bikes wouldn't exist without...

jun

Things my Bikes Say

2009-06-26

My mountain bike says “Explore.”My ’cross bike says “Let’s have fun.”My commuter bike says “Let’s stop for donuts.”My road bike says “You ain’t tired yet.”

Don’t Ride Your Bike on the Sidewalk (A Public Service Announcement)

2009-06-04

Yesterday saw a dad with trailer in tow on the sidewalk (presumably b/c the bike lane is “unsafe” i.e. near cars). I’m thinking to myself:...

may

Indoors, teenage boy with mullet, wearing graduation gown and mortarboard

A Young Friend is Graduating High School This Week

2009-05-28

Which occasioned me to reflect that this year is my twenty year high school reunion. The year I graduated from college: The big summer movies...

The shocking thing about the non-profit biz

2009-05-27

The shocking thing about the non-profit biz is that we have to fight the same battles as for-profit businesses, but with both hands tied behind...

Mercy Corps’ Four-Quarter Full-Court Marketing Press

2009-05-13

Crossposted from the new Mercy Corps Blog. In a recent New Yorker article, Malcolm Gladwell wonders why more basketball teams don’t employ a full-court press....

apr

No Fooling

2009-04-01

We just launched the redesign of MercyCorps.org. Like half an hour ago. I've been itching for this change since I started ... 18 months. The...

mar

“I cannot be a liberal:” An open letter to Andrew Sullivan

2009-03-12

“I do not have liberalism’s confidence in government activism, I do not share its collectivist instincts, I find its interest groups unappealing.” — Andrew Sullivan,...