check out the museum of vancouver at vanier park. its new display documents the development of cultural and political aspects of bicycle transportation and infrastructure. the fossilosopher is part of the velorution and is on the poster.

the dog had just chewed the ear off my teddy bear. my mother made a big deal about it and moved teddys arms to the top of his head so he looked like a dog or a rabbit. she made new arms out of holey socks. after she died a few years ago i realised teddy was dead too and i cremated him in the fireplace.

note the costume. i still hate shirts and pant legs. other pictures of the budding foss show him shirtless on a trike with a chariot, or playing a tambourine on the trike.

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thrift is an old word that has changed its meaning. it used to mean abundance, not stinginess. the british wildflower is called thrift because of its abundant blooms. the word is derived from the verb "thrive" in the same way as "drift" is derived from "drive" or "shrift" and "rift" are from "shrive" and "rive."

this is etymology for a recession. it is hard to have a sense of abundance and thriving when we have to cut back our expenditures. i think the consumeristic culture we are soaked i... read more

this is my hereditary sign. the hand holding a star and moon is like the cosmological alignment that i do, and the motto means that virtue alone is the source of nobility, which represented a very modern ideology when it first appeared in the renaissance. i take it to mean that right livelihood and stoking sustainability brings personal empowerment. the belt means that i am a commoner. my ancestors were peasants and protestant clergy.

local celebration is like the 100 mile diet of sustainability stokers.

i am delighted to live in a vibrant cascadian community full of artists and artisans in which there are opportunities to share fun in our neigbourhood as part of developing the local sustainable economy. celebrations of local people in their geographic community are a fun damental expression of green economics and even spirituality.

so even a house party in january can be a cabaret of class acts and i can walk there... read more