man, this should have been my proposal at the mabra annual meeting.  all cyclists in a given field are required to shake hands before an event if a handshake is offered.

and as roy indicated to me earlier today, you really must see the finish to know that justice was served

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4402

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/wijk/games/short01.htm

      'There is a God. And he is not Bulgarian!'. 

priceless

-sg

yesterday afternoon, i got an email from a teammate about his use, in the gym, of the smith machine and how much weight he was lifting and how he was lifting it.  helplessly, as though i were in some trance, like a zombie, i abandoned my office responsibilities, and watched from a distance, a virtual out of body experience, as my mindless-body headed to the basement gym where i basically doubled my weights and did many, many, many sets of squats with waaayyyy too much weight.  And then I went home and passed out in bed in my clothes, where I slept until comrade randers-pehrson called and woke me this morning.  i believe i have some sort of pathology related to competitiveness.  i am leaving washington dc for the hinterlands of tibet and nepal to spend some time with the monks and cleanse myself of this cursed aggressiveness and seek peace.  and drink lots of yak milk.  i've heard that's good for calming the inner self.

aloha,

scott

an excellent example of reframing an issue and finding common ground. 

again, they come to us in terms of ideas.  we've been right, all along, and it's just dawning on them.  don't flip off the pickup trucks that cut you off.  speak to them as brothers.  bring them to the realization that we are all in this together.  don't mention that part about us having been right all along.  let them think they are living a beer ad.  i frankly don't care why they do it, but they must do it.  consider this yet another tool in your proselytizing toolbox.  spread the word.  bring the change.

when it comes to communciating the will of the people, i don't usually have much tolerance for dissent.  the will of the people is what it is.  and it's not what it's not.  that much is totally clear.  and it's also clear you can't have everyone running around, willy-nilly, expressing all sorts of opinions.  we've already accepted the fact that the people's will is what it is.  so i don't usually cotton to the idea of all sorts of different people telling me what the people's movement should be doing.  that said, there are some people who have earned, through thought and action, the right to speak out.  comrade heinz is one such person.  his recent work is very impressive.  certain lurkers on this blog who dislike authors such as chompsky may favor heinz as he tends to discuss things in direct economic terms.  a nice interview can be found here:

http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/15236

as i sat quietly in the administrative offices of the ministry of outreach and public affairs, taking in equal portions of the people's breakfast and the briefing on social unrest and class struggle in various locales around the globe, i was jolted abruptly by the following news:

http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080109/tbs-autoshow-india-tatamotors-02c71ef.html

Tata Motors, which will be unveiling its new "People's Car" priced at about $2,500 on Thursday, will sell the new generation Indica, the latest version of its best-selling hatchback, from the latter part of 2008, Chairman Ratan Tata said at an auto show.

hell no.  let me tell you something.  when you've been struggling and striving for years to bring about the glorious revolution in cycling and the social order, you don't roll over everytime the yugo manufacturer of the moment announces some new populist conveyance.  this is the people's portal and until further notice, you'll find out what the people think here.  to divine the will of the people from some hack who aspires to be the next henry ford or andrew carnegie: laughable. 

normal operations must now resume.  support the words of your brothers and sisters.  support the wheels of your brothers and sisters.  support the cause of your brothers and sisters.

-posted by scott