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Tandem

Tandem, originally uploaded by fixedgear.

there are at least 2 (at LEAST) wonderful things about this photo:

1. a tandem bicycle is the material antithesis of loneliness
2. public nudity

Silverton, Oregon elects a new mayor who may be the first openly transgender mayor in history

Ain't no haters in the Bonnie-verse. Be what you want. Be transgender. Be a mayor. Be a transgendered mayor. We'll accept you, and if you're a good mayor, we'll elect you.

That wasn't so hard now, was it?

speaking of vonnegut....

i try very hard to adhere to this philosophy. this whole entire blog is based on this passage:
"but you do have a peaceful planet here"
"today we do. on other days we have wars as horrible as any you've ever seen or read about. there isn't anything we can do about them, so we simply don't look at them. we ignore them. we spend eternity looking at pleasant moments--like today at the zoo. isn't this a nice moment?"
"yes"
"that's one thing earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough. ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones."
"um," said Billy Pilgrim.

random messages

this vonnegut quote (also a large part of the BV) was spray painted on the side of a building in tuscaloosa, alabama.

Random messages

i see this written in the sidewalk on my way home from the metro. public expression of meaningfulness and encouragement run rampant in the bonnie-verse.

Whooping Cranes By Jack Bird

Whooping Cranes By Jack Bird, originally uploaded by madisonbirds.

"In 1939 the number of whooping cranes (Grus americana) in the United States had declined to 18. Thanks to captive breeding, today there are over 300 whooping cranes, with 180 living in the wild. In an astounding effort, humans piloting ultralight aircraft taught a novice flock how to migrate from Florida to Wisconsin."
-Stephen Meyer, End of the Wild

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