Month: June 2009
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Mermaid Cafè, a Crown Jewel of the Eastside; Nay, of Madison; Better Yet, of Wisconsin
Mermaid Cafè’s supreme sandwiches & otherworldly espresso.
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Flat Flyover Country…INDEED! And How Bicycling Adds Juice to Any Economy
Flyover country ain’t so flat after all. And those wacky cyclist characters provide the turbo charge to any economic engine.
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James Hansen: The Saint of Our Age
This guy is amazing. I don’t know what the planned civil disobedience is, but I hope it is huge. Mountaintop removal is a barbaric act. [Update: I read in a tiny article safely tucked away on p. 7, that they got arrested for blocking the road to the mine. The arrestees included Hansen and Daryl…
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Highway Bloatitecture: A Cancer on the City Center
What do Brussels, Madison, Atlanta, and Little Rock have in common? Highway-scaped Bloatitecture in the middle of the city.
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It’s Official: NYT declares Obama a Protégé of Bush
Jesus H. Obama continues George W. Bush’s torture, rendition and war policies. Herbert rails on this in NYT today.
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Horribly Hilly’s Graveyard
This article is a hoot. Pay particular attention to Lehman’s quotes. What a character! I guess the Horribly Hilly 100 was particularly brutal this year, given all that tropical humidity. Maybe they should add another couple of ‘H’s’ in there: The Hot, Humid, Horribly Hilly Hundred.
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Guardian UK: Fair Weather Cyclists v. Bike Ragers
This article cracked me up. Apparently even the stiff-upper-lipped Brits get plenty irritated with clueless fair weather cyclists wandering all over the bike paths. Heh! Next up: Using one’s rights, not the sidewalk.
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Mayor Pave Hogwild For Highways
Mayor Pave’s continuing pursuit pork and a more perfect Schaumburg.
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Mayor Pave: Keeping up with the Schaumburgs
Yet another auto-centric pave over of our countryside.