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Briefly for April 23, 2007

Happy alleged birthday, William Shakespeare! You bane of high school students everywhere, you steward of the English language!
Central City Opinion asks:
does that mean people who choose to live in the central city and maintain a walkable community should have to accomodate those who do not ? Isnt it time that they “swallow that pill [...]

Getting back into it.

Today, I did something I haven’t done since at least December, and probably November. I walked home from work. I’ve been taking light rail pretty consistently since late fall but have decided to get back into walking, now that the weather is really getting good.
My goal is to walk home from [...]

Walking meetings.

A few days ago, Carl suggested that we (as in society) should embrace the concept of walking meetings. Okay, he said they should exist. I’m the one that wants to get jiggy with that idea.
In my decade and a half of working life, I could probably count on one hand the number of [...]

How to expand your walking distance.

In my “100 things about me,” I mention that “my idea of walking distance is probably three times yours.” I don’t really know what most people think “walking distance” is, but many seem incredulous that I walk the 2.5 miles between work and home on a semi-frequent basis.
It takes me less than an hour, [...]