12 Responses to “HOPE, RIDE”

• Croupier says:
  

  Oh man… I’m about to go nuts with this…

  Posted on 1.22.09 at 1:58 pm
• Michael(the wife:)) says:
  

  Very cool! :D

  Posted on 1.22.09 at 2:42 pm
• Tim Guthrie says:
  

  I agree with Croupier… and that is all I can say or Alan will ban me.

  Posted on 1.22.09 at 3:03 pm
• ksteinhoff says:
  

  I would like to play with it, but it wants Flash 10; that hoses up my WordPress media imports. I had to drop back to Flash 9 to make it work.

  I debated long and hard about writing about the inauguration. I figured that everyone, including me, would OD on it by the end of the day. A couple of friends pushed me over the edge, though, and got me to thinking about how far we’ve come since I was a kid and my grandfather lived in a Sundown Town, I had never touched a person of another color until I was in my early pre-teens, at how I’ve always tried not to let race consciousness influence how I deal with folks, but how it’s still there.

  And then, I realized how much more enlightened my kid brother is, who’s only 10 years younger than me. What was most pleasing was realizing that my son once described a photographer who worked for me as “that tall, skinny guy who was really funny,” not by starting out by identifying his as Black.

  Here are my full thoughts:

  http://www.pbbt.org/2009/01/20/obama-what-just-a-few-generations-will-do/

  Hope.

  That’s where I am. My biggest hope is that our new president makes it through his term/s safely. As someone who lived through JFK, Malcolm X, RFK, MLK and the assassination attempts on Presidents Ford and Reagan, I kept waiting for something awful to happen the night he stepped on stage in Chicago and at the Inauguration.

  Hope.

  Posted on 1.22.09 at 5:11 pm
• Alan says:
  

  I “hope” no one takes this TOO seriously (Tim, I’m talking to you.. ;-)).

  Really, I was just having fun playing around with Shepard Fairey’s pop culture icon and liked how these turned out. And anyway, what could be more hopeful than a woman riding a utility bicycle? If anything is going to save the world, it’s that grandest of inventions, the bicycle… :-)

  Posted on 1.22.09 at 5:21 pm
• Alan says:
  

  @ksteinhoff

  Very nice, Ken. Thanks for sharing…

  Posted on 1.22.09 at 8:11 pm
• Tim Guthrie says:
  

  Alan,

  Stop baiting me, really.
  ” If anything is going to save the world”

  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  My normally healthy blood pressure is going up, I better get back to work.

  I would agree that a anyone on a bike is a fine site, and a lovely woman on a fine bicycle even more so. You are blessed.

  Bicycles are a fine tool to fight oil costs, car costs, obesity, heart disease, etc., and have fun, experience GOD’s creation and relieve stress.

  You know how much I appreciate your site/blog /community you have created, and am so happy about your growing sponsor list. Keep up the great work and site.

  Tim

  Posted on 1.23.09 at 9:15 am
• Alan says:
  

  If anything is going to save the world… “Stop baiting me, really.”

  Tim, seriously, you are the MOST LITERAL person I’ve ever known. And I mean that (or do I?)…LOL.

  “A figure of speech, sometimes termed a rhetoric, or locution, is a word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language. Figures of speech are often used and crafted for emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity.”

  Have an awesome day… :-)

  Posted on 1.23.09 at 9:28 am
• Obama / Oma « Let’s Go Ride a Bike says:
  

  [...] saw this on EcoVelo and had to make one of my own. Fun procrastination when I’m supposed to be working! You can [...]

  Posted on 1.24.09 at 1:49 pm
• Dottie says:
  

  Fun!! I couldn’t figure out how to send it to you through the contact page, but I totally copied your idea for my page :)

  Posted on 1.24.09 at 1:51 pm
• Alan says:
  

  Vik, the Lazy Randonneur, sent me this Tikit icon…

  

  Posted on 1.26.09 at 3:00 pm
• Alan says:
  

  Here’s another from Dave B. It’s a Flevo Alleweder Velomobile! ZOOM indeed!!

  

  Posted on 2.13.09 at 7:27 pm