Comments by hmarcuse
Posted on July 13 at 1:47 p.m.
Great idea for a new column!
Maybe include photos next time? Web space is cheap...
Posted on June 29 at 4:52 p.m.
What's with the aggressive reactions by those first few commenters? Why don't you at least look at the book first before shooting from the hip.
Posted on April 15 at 2:20 p.m.
Nice one, Richard_S. One might also suggest that teens learn the basics of safe text, like not doing it while driving, and encasing it in a prophylactic rubber sheath to keep stray light pixels from escaping in public spaces, like the ones that annoyed Starshine at the theater. I do like dad's suggestion of abstinence in the presence of other human beings though.
Posted on February 16 at 11:09 a.m.
edhat has pictures of this one (UCSB) and the one at Trinity episcopal:
http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?...
http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?...
Posted on January 24 at 12:46 a.m.
Finally!!! It boils my blood when I see one of those carefree yackers blithely swerving on Goleta and IV streets, never mind the highway.
Posted on September 17 at 3:31 p.m.
Another cyclist chiming in about drivers who complain about bikes not stopping at stop signs, red lights, etc. Check out what Randy "the ethicist" Cohen says about it in this 4 min. clip:
http://www.streetfilms.org/biking-aro...
The part about the ethics of stopping is at about 3:20 into it, but it comes after a piece about riding the wrong way at 2:55.
Beyond that ethical argument that cyclists only need to stop when they would endanger themselves or others, just ride a bit and you'll see how our infrastructure is designed ONLY for cars--like the timing of sequential lights, or the magnetic triggers that let a traffic light know someone is waiting. The stop signs, lights etc. are almost always utterly unnecessary for slower-moving, non-cocooned 2-ft wide cyclists. We don't kill and maim people, you car drivers do. Massively.
Posted on August 11 at 3:23 p.m.
I'm glad to hear he'll be ok. I have to say that our bike paths ought to be better maintained--and designed. Has anyone noticed the horrific "improvements" they've made along El Colegio? They increased the car space to 6, yes SIX, lanes through this residential area, with on street bike paths that are ridiculous because there are long uncoordinated traffic lights every block. But they also NARROWED the existing separate bike path (designated California coastal route!) AND ADDED SHARP CURVES at every driveway. What a way to downgrade a nice bike route and make it unsafe.
Posted on March 26 at 10:31 a.m.
I don't see that such a tax would affect consumers much. A vast majority of the oil we use in the US comes from abroad, as well as from other domestic producers (Texas, Alaska, Gulf coast), not California.
And who pays for the clean-up when those oil companies screw up? Taxpayers of course. Let them put their share into the till, instead of into their executives & shareholders' pockets.
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Posted on August 5 at 10:59 a.m.
Right on! As long as the wealthy can siphon off wealth without contributing their proportionate share to our education and physical infrastructure, this state (and the US) is on its way down the tube.
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