latter day bohemian

Do Bike Helmet Laws Do More Harm Than Good?

Do Bike Helmet Laws Do More Harm Than Good?: I’m not sure what I think about this.  If public health laws are intended to sacrifice the good of the few for the good of the many, then I suppose it makes sense – but I also am unconvinced that a few (or a lot, actually) people need to have their heads split open to encourage cycling amongst the many.

Continue Reading Add comment April 29th, 2009

IM transcript of the day

(5:26:21 PM) gelmaninfo@meebo.org/Home: what is your topic?
(5:26:35 PM) Patron: cow sharing in Maryland

[snip]

(5:32:29 PM) gelmaninfo@meebo.org/Home: is there a synonym for ‘sharing’ that is used in the farm business?
(5:33:21 PM) Patron: i am not certain
(5:33:25 PM) Patron: its like buying cow stocks
(5:33:35 PM) Patron: not a stock but buying like the “shares” to a cow
(5:33:45 PM) gelmaninfo@meebo.org/Home: right.  I know they do that in PA with horses
(5:33:56 PM) Patron: really??
(5:34:01 PM) Patron: whats the purpose of that?
(5:34:21 PM) Patron: like the purpose of using cow shares is to get around the law that sales of raw milk are illegal.
(5:34:55 PM) gelmaninfo@meebo.org/Home: oh, my dentist just likes to ride a horse but can’t afford to own one alone… different!

Continue Reading Add comment April 27th, 2009

And the winner is…

Best Sweet:  Elizabeth
Best Savory: Debbie G.
Best Filling-to-Crust Ratio: Dolsy
Best Presentation: Ann
Best Crust: Tina
Best Overall: Elizabeth

Except that on pi/e day (observed), everyone’s a winner.

Continue Reading Add comment April 15th, 2009

Oh ho ho! What’s in my oven? nutmeg-maple cream pie |…

Oh ho ho! What’s in my oven?

nutmeg-maple cream pie | smitten kitchen

Tomorrow is pi/e day observed, after all!  3.14159265

Continue Reading Add comment April 14th, 2009

Stuff I’m digging

Hey there Internet!  I don’t have much to say tonight, but I thought I would share with you a few sites I’ve been enjoying with the hopes that they will give you inspiration and/or spice up your feed reader of choice:

• Artificial Owl, which is a blog about abandoned man-made structures.  The photos are eerie and beautiful.  It’s maybe my favorite thing on the Internet right now – except for, of course, you friendos out there.
• Holga, which is a Tumblr dedicated to “Art, literature, music and film from creative wonders around the world.”
• 30 Bucks a Week, a blog kept by a Brooklyn couple who are trying to eat on $30 per week.  That $30 doesn’t include booze, meals out, or non-food items usually purchased while grocery shopping – but technicalities aside, I’ve found it pretty inspiring.
• Letter from Hen Waller, which I just started reading recently, though I’ve been Flickr-spying on this couple for a while.  Their dedication to sustainable urban agriculture and urban living is what I hope to aspire to someday.
• Pete Bakes!, which is a new discovery by way of my friend Stephen.  It is, as you might imagine, about baking, and is written by a 20-something dude who lives in DC.
• Zooborns.  I know some of you don’t enjoy images of cute animals, but I do, and Zooborns does it best – perhaps even better than Cute Overload.  Yeah, I said it.

If you’ll excuse me, I’m off to bed in my hotel room 143 miles away from home.  Let me know what you think if you check out any of the above – and also if there are wonderful things I should be reading.

2 comments April 5th, 2009

epitaph: yourmonkeycalled: American Merchant Mariners’…

epitaph:

yourmonkeycalled:

American Merchant Mariners’ Memorial

The awesome Scouting NY blog has more photos of the memorial: “two men are desperately crying for help while a third tries to pull a victim from the water. I can’t tell you how moving this is at high tide, when the water laps at the man.”

This is really moving me today.

Continue Reading Add comment April 3rd, 2009