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Comment on Why Americans Don’t Ride Bikes by Sara

Sara — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:21:56 +0000

@Ryan thanks for the comment!
@Joel @Miro “what is he thinking?” I’m sure I don’t really have to answer that.

Comment on Why Americans Don’t Ride Bikes by sharon Miro

sharon Miro — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:15:07 +0000

Amen to that Sara. I mean, what is he thinking? Obviously not thinking. I myself have a perfectly wondrous bike–of course, I don’t ride it–why that would be un Amurcan ( miss-spelling for emphasis) but I do own one.

Comment on Why Americans Don’t Ride Bikes by Joel

Joel — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:36:09 +0000

Brilliant. As a spandex wearing pansie, I enjoyed every word. And oddly reminiscent of a post I wrote today about soccer (coming soon to a blog near you).

Hopefully your British friend (*koff, koff*) got the point. But knowing him, I doubt it.

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Comment on Why Americans Don’t Ride Bikes by Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:49:27 +0000

Sara,
Hilarious post - I was just a minute ago thinking that I haven’t seen anything from you in a long time.. And I was also just on Feltbicycles.com looking for a new ride… What a crazy afternoon.

Ryan

Comment on Anger by Jason L.

Jason L. — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:33:00 +0000

I have to agree with Ariella. I know for my part anger comes in the form, most often, in being confused, frustrated or hurt emotionally. Anger also seems to be a “safety blanket” for a large portion of the male race as a whole. It is ok to feel angry cause that is a “manly” emotion. You can’t reveal your weekness or inadequacy, you hide behind your anger.

Comment on Anger by Kim D

Kim D — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:29:33 +0000

You’re a brave girl Sara! Not a topic many are willing to approach, let alone confront and dissect as you have here.
Anger and fear are indeed the issue of the day, I agree. We can point the finger anywhere and everywhere else (at a president or country or institution) - and why not? It’s much easier to judge someone or something else rather than look in the mirror. The internet has only made a long-standing problem bigger and louder and harder to ignore. Maybe this is a good thing? We’ll see, won’t we?
My hope is that more people become willing to open their eyes and their hearts; to stop venting at others and take a good hard look within; and ask “why am I so angry and afraid?”. The deep dark places inside us are where the answers lie..and where the healing begins. In my humble opinion.
Thanks again for the thoughtful post.

Comment on Anger by Sara

Sara — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:37:18 +0000

Thanks for the comments, everyone.

Will respond more adequately later on, time to start my day.

Comment on Anger by Amy D

Amy D — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:58:34 +0000

Wow, what a great piece Sara.
Fear and anger go hand in hand. We become afraid of what we don’t understand and for those folks not accustomed to feeling fear, well, that’s not a good place.

I think anger is also hyper-focusing, not being able to look beyond a moment.

And as for anger on the internet, that’s a whole other platform because we’re not held as accountable, people can’t see our facial expressions and body language and misinterpret as we do the same to them. Very easy to sling remarks when all you have to do is hit send.
Imagine if we all had to be seen when on the internet? Our mugs on the screen to own up to the comment?