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Re: How to be a skater girl in New York City:

BradyDale — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:02:52 -0000

I started skating this year, a little Trouble is my home is too far from anything I can skate to. It is totally fun, tho, I just wish I had a fellow commuter skater to persuade me to do more of it.

& yes... you are a total bad ass if you skate. Especially if you do it dressed really well.

Re: Guns Don't Kill People--Art About Guns Kills People - philadelphia weekly online

BradyDale — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:11:20 -0000

I was there last night and took some photos of the covered art work. Check it out:
http://www.thistoowillpass.com/bradydale/wordpr...

Re: My Friend Hilary is an Awesome Writer

BradyDale — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:49:07 -0000

It could just be that emails to her friends are her own art, you know? Like, if she felt a responsibility to a blog her whole mojo would change.
Still, blogging is fun. She should try it. This is good stuff. Slice o' life. Those blogs are tough, though, because you start to lose track of what's bloggable and what isn't.

"Today I had a good sandwich..."
oh, wait...

Re: Don’t Worry, Ma, This is Just a Joke

BradyDale — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:02:24 -0000

OMG! Nunchuks! God, this could almost convince me to support the guy. I'm such a sucker for nunchuks. I think I'm probably still an 11 year old boy.

Wow. Now that I actually write that it feels a lot less like a joke all the sudden.

Umm, wow... yeah, that would kind of explain a lot.

I need to be alone for a little bit.

Re: A View of the Park

BradyDale — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:36:27 -0000

This is a really intense story... but I have to tell you what my real takeaway from this is... what the hell? We're virtually neighbors! Okay, not really that close, but I drive right by your neighborhood all the time. I bought a house up here, too, only I'm at Franklin and Lehigh.

Re: Man Swims the Length of the Amazon

BradyDale — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:10:03 -0000

This is the most messed up thing ever. I wrote about it a while back. This guy is a nut.

Re: i will not bore you - Printed story available in the anthology titled...

BradyDale — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:08:12 -0000

I am very scared that you were filming this while driving in the snow, and I used to drive in Ithaca New York and Madison Wisconsin. I can tell he's very sad, but I don't think someone who was happy to build a house with his family would be so morose to want to touch everything in which he was going to live so that no one else would have a history with his family.

Re: Survey: Does PETA's Campaign Exploit Women?

BradyDale — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:51:32 -0000

Your voting options are terrible. Where's the "This ad is great. Go PETA" option? I'm not willing to call it outrageous at all.

Re: Un-TreeHugger: The TowelSpa

BradyDale — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:21:23 -0000

The worst thing about it is that this is the sort of thing a person uses twice, thinks "oh, that's nice," then never touches again, it gathers dust and then ends up in a landfill.

Re: Commuter Bike Competition Winner Raises Interesting Questions

BradyDale — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:18:16 -0000

I don't buy this at all. People expect a bike to be a bike and that roof wouldn't do anything in rain. It's silly to think it would and no one would be silly enough to think it would.

It will cost more. Be more cumbersome when you're getting off it and I don't see how they heck you lock it up. Locking a bike is already the most aggravating part of the process.

This would also suck on any sort of hill (even worse than regular recumbents, as it will be heavier and top heavy.

This design does nothing for me. I don't think any significant group would want it.

Re: Sexy Superbowl Ad Banned: Lingerie-Clad Vegetarians Have Better Sex

BradyDale — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:44:18 -0000

Go PETA!

Vegetarianism is more important.

Do whatever it takes.

Re: Survey: Are There Limits To what You Will Recycle?

BradyDale — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:07:08 -0000

There are dirty things and not-dirty things. Dirty things become not-dirty when cleaned. The idea that "gross things happen in subways so old subway seats are gross" is pretty much as rational as not wanting to live in a house that a murder occurred in because you think there might be ghosts.

Re: Cool Green Job Watch: Serious Materials Reopens Factory

BradyDale — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:46:27 -0000

Why does TreeHugger so often fail to include links to the people they are writing about? I'm guessing Serious Windows has a website, right? Why wouldn't you include a link to that site? This is the sort of thing that's often missing from your posts and half the time the link is just back to some old TH post that only sort of speaks to the issue at hand, not directly to the source.

Re: ZenLight LED: Japanese Tradition with Photo and Motion Sensors (Video)

BradyDale — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:47:51 -0000

Well, I don't know that I'm crazy excited, but I think I do want one. I wonder if it will ignore my cats. My cats would hate it if the place were lit up all the time. I think they prefer the dark for going nutbaggy in.

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

BradyDale — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:17:39 -0000

Folks don't get it... PETA just doesn't care about any of the other issues. In fact, they don't even care about public health. They just don't want you to eat animals. And they will do anything,

anything at all,

to get you to quit.

I disagree with the poster that PETA loves offending the right. They've been offending the Left for years, too. They'll tick off anyone if they think it might push the ball a little closer to being veggie.

I admire their focus. I wish progressive groups had anything like it.

Re: T. Boone Pickens Gets Into The Texas Wind: 4,000 Mega-Watts Worth

BradyDale — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:26:22 -0000

Great follow up this week in The Economist. I love the part where he basically says he's too old and too rich to be doing this for profit. Ha!

Re: BuyGreen: Laptop Computers

BradyDale — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:08:11 -0000

I have an X-O. It's a lovely little thing but heart breakingly slow. You also just really can't do any real work on it to speak of. You could, of course, do work on it via Google Docs, but that's only if you have net access.

And mine doesn't have the pull cord thing. I think they discontinued that idea. Anyway, it's cute... but I wish I'd bought an Asus. Especially since my good laptop's screen just broke and I could buy a new laptop for the price to fix it. God.

Re: Driver of Flintstonemobile Charged, Gets Day in Court

BradyDale — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:30:34 -0000

I don't know about Canada, but in the states something that size would need some of those slow moving vehicles tags. Get some of those and I'd be all for it. It is unsafe to have something that's that big and looks like it would behave like a car without some kind of indicia to warn people that it won't behave to expectations.

Re: Young Environmentalists Protest Anti-Bicycle Policy At Their High School

BradyDale — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:15:06 -0000

I can't even begin to articulate how infuriated I am about this. It's so awful. I wouldn't be surprised if the road really isn't that dangerous anyway. I never cease to be amazed at how chicken people who don't ride bikes are. I hope the students don't stop.

The principle probably just doesn't like cyclists on the road and is using this issue as a way to make an issue of it. I've never heard of a school without a bike rack.

Re: The Post Office Honors Bike Day in New York

BradyDale — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:37:20 -0000

Every morning as I ride into my office in Philadelphia, there's this one car that parks on the bike lane as the road passes through one of the PHA housing developments here. On the other side of the street, where cars are supposed to park, there is always endless empty space at that time, but this one car is almost always there, parking on the wrong side just to save about 15 feet of walking. It's really unbelievable how consistent it is.

If I weren't always late I'd start leaving notes.

Re: Great News for Californians

BradyDale — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:34:27 -0000

There is still so much unspoiled space in this country. It's hard to believe it with all the terrible sprawl that happens but this place is huge and that's why it's so exciting when something like this happens.

I wish someone would just pass a law saying that we can't pave one more square inch of unpaved land. If you need more, then build up!

Re: Op-Ed Piece Argues That Cyclists Should Get Off the Road

BradyDale — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:43:21 -0000

"All cyclists must know the rules of the road and follow them. Period."

I vehemently disagree. I know it's the PC position for bicycle advocates, but it's wrongheaded. We're all safer when cyclists disobey traffic lights with care and courtesy. It gets bikes out of the general flow.

Bikes don't need rules as serious as cars because they aren't as dangerous.

Reckless, daredevil cyclists are bad. But bike commuters that pause at a red light then pass through, pop on the odd sidewalk or even do a block in the wrong direction on a one-way street are a-okay.

It's not a position that people who "just like rules" agree with but if you really look at how the flow works, it makes sense.

Re: Climate Change? This Looks Like a Job for Captain Ozone, Environmental Hero

BradyDale — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:37:24 -0000

I mostly love it. Captain Ozone seems to be inspired by Super Barrio Man, once upon a time an organizing force in Mexico. He dressed up in a Luchadore outfit and showed up at protests, often wrestling other actors dressed up to symbolize the forces holding normal people down.

This kind of thing is almost always good for a movement. So I'm supportive. The two things I'd modify:

1) The pot references. No doubt, the opposition will make fun of Captain Ozone, but we do this sort of thing to galvanize our own troops, not to impress them. So who cares... but for a lot of serious environmentalists, pothead jokes are off-putting.

2) The tights. I'm also a longtime fan of superheroes. All you need to the iconic power of a superhero are some bold colors and a chest emblem. A mask isn't even essential (though often desirable for other reasons). You don't need to be in tights. And we don't need to see... you... in tights.

Still, I think it's cool. We definitely need more theater in our street fights.

Re: How to Go Green: Commuting

BradyDale — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:20:58 -0000

Have you guys ever addressed the scooter issue? I feel like scooters are good on fuel use but TERRIBLE on pollution, but any time I want to check the facts on that I can't seem to find anything all that clear. This seems like a good place to address that trade-off, if it is a real issue. Lots of people are moving to scooters.

Re: Calculate Your Carbon Footprint Just By Carrying Your Phone

BradyDale — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:48:36 -0000

What about bikes?

Re: Green at WIRED NextFest: Human-Electric Hybrid Vehicle by Humancar

BradyDale — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:29:15 -0000

The real question is if one person can do 15 mph.

Re: 321 Gigawatts of Wind Power Awaits Exploitation Off Michigan’s Shores

BradyDale — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:47:39 -0000

Sounds good, but my first question was: how bad is it for the habitat? Is it just a temporary disruption or does it really mess things up?

And can the turbines withstand it when the water goes crazy, like it does sometimes?

Re: Cornell U. Creates Climate Action Plan

BradyDale — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:05:38 -0000

As a Cornell Alum, this is awesome. Sadly, when the Lake Source Cooling project went in, a lot of the Left in Ithaca opposed it. There arguments never made a lot of sense (in fact, I went to a rally and videotaped some of them talking about it and it was pretty funny how poorly they could articulate it), but it was definitely one of those cases where they just didn't seem to like the idea of trading something with some impact for something with a lot more impact (I mean, it did change the chemistry/temp of part of the lake somewhat and probably also increased algae blooms. I don't know if any fish died or not).

Anyway, great to see they are going even further. It's a HUGE campus, so if they make serious progress it will be hard for other campuses not to deal with it.

They need to start by giving students more control over temps in dorm rooms. I can tell you that in the Spring we all had our windows open to release the excess heat that they were pumping into our rooms that made our lives totally sweltering but we couldn't shut off.

Re: Greenwash Watch: Pitney Bowes Chairman on the Benefits of Junk Mail

BradyDale — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:40:41 -0000

That trees comment strikes me as crazy. We don't have more trees than when the country was all virgin forest. Maybe we have more than in the total agrarian days, but not before Europeans settled here. No freaking way.

Re: Jargon Watch: Bikeism

BradyDale — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:30:30 -0000

I continue to maintain that the "Kum By Yah" attitude that most cycling advocates maintain (the main element being that we actually should not run red lights) is holding us back. Responsible disregard of traffic laws make sense. It's safer. It's more efficient. And there's no reason to have such draconian rules about traffic for people who aren't riding a half-ton lethal weapon.

I think there is an in-group/out-group identity problem, and, like so many other out-groups that have made progress, the first step is militancy.

Re: Seven Cheap and Cheerful Commuter Bikes

BradyDale — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:53:28 -0000

I like the 2nd list better than the first. I think the rider position is more up to the rider, though I can see why he might think seated high is a commuter position. Some commuters will want to ride aggressively, though, and that calls for a crouch. Especially if you're weaving traffic.

But giving people a heads up that they should really look for a complete fender set (I wish I had any) is a good show and recommending racks is also great guidance.

But a kickstand? That's never okay.

Re: Chicago Parking Meters Up To A Buck An Hour: Equivalent Of Congestion Tax?

BradyDale — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:12:00 -0000

I agree with those above. Parts of Philadelphia have done that for a long time. Heck, I think parts of Madison Wisconsin are that high.

Re: Just What We Needed Dept: A Car Powered by a Built-In-Gym

BradyDale — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:27:15 -0000

Better workout is relative. Sounds like this thing is built to draw power from your resistance training (at least in part) whereas bike riding is all cardio, and primarily the legs (yes it hits you everywhere, but it's mainly legs). So, it's sort of a different set of options. I love bikes and mainly commute that way, but sometimes you want to travel a little faster and you want to be enclosed most of the time (walking to the bus or the train in the rain still sucks compared to walking to your driveway or your street spot). If we can deliver an enclosed option that's green, it's kind of cool.

I've long wondered why someone doesn't build a gym where all the nautiluses and stuff are generating power.

Re: Heat Your Home With...IBM's Waste Heat?

BradyDale — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:58:15 -0000

In OUR ANGRY EARTH they describe a situation much like this in Europe. Can't remember where. That was many years ago.

any updates on this story besides the post today (which only links to it)??? Really fascinating and cool. I hope they pull it off.

Re: Un-TreeHugger: The TowelSpa

BradyDale — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:21:23 -0000

The worst thing about it is that this is the sort of thing a person uses twice, thinks "oh, that's nice," then never touches again, it gathers dust and then ends up in a landfill.

Re: Commuter Bike Competition Winner Raises Interesting Questions

BradyDale — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:18:16 -0000

I don't buy this at all. People expect a bike to be a bike and that roof wouldn't do anything in rain. It's silly to think it would and no one would be silly enough to think it would.

It will cost more. Be more cumbersome when you're getting off it and I don't see how they heck you lock it up. Locking a bike is already the most aggravating part of the process.

This would also suck on any sort of hill (even worse than regular recumbents, as it will be heavier and top heavy.

This design does nothing for me. I don't think any significant group would want it.

Re: Sexy Superbowl Ad Banned: Lingerie-Clad Vegetarians Have Better Sex

BradyDale — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:44:18 -0000

Go PETA!

Vegetarianism is more important.

Do whatever it takes.

Re: Survey: Does PETA's Campaign Exploit Women?

BradyDale — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:51:32 -0000

Your voting options are terrible. Where's the "This ad is great. Go PETA" option? I'm not willing to call it outrageous at all.

Re: Survey: Are There Limits To what You Will Recycle?

BradyDale — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:07:08 -0000

Re: Cool Green Job Watch: Serious Materials Reopens Factory

BradyDale — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:46:27 -0000

Re: ZenLight LED: Japanese Tradition with Photo and Motion Sensors (Video)

BradyDale — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:47:51 -0000

Re: Why is PETA Making Fun of Fat Women?

BradyDale — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:17:39 -0000

I admire their focus. I wish progressive groups had anything like it.

Re: Angry Green Girl Puts Boobs and Sex Appeal Front and Center to Sell a Green Message (Video)

BradyDale — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:42:25 -0000

She's super cute but her attempts at "biting sarcasm" are really tin eared. It was sort of painful to watch. "That's a lot of buffalo wings, my pasty little friends." Yeah, save it.

Hopefully, she gets better, tho. It's a great idea. I wonder who's backing it? There's definitely money behind this.

Re: Angry Green Girl Puts Boobs and Sex Appeal Front and Center to Sell a Green Message (Video)

BradyDale — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:20:10 -0000

If you go to their site, they have a video featuring "Can't Get Laid Guy."

Oh please.

Re: Lead Levels in Lipstick Much Higher Than Previously Reported, Says FDA

BradyDale — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:17:23 -0000

That's so messed up. My mom has always been obsessed with lipstick. Glad I got over that phase and quit wearing the stuff.