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Old 04-13-08 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by chephy
Today I was exposed to the world's stupidity and sadness. Nothing directed at me (other than a totally ignorable honk by some idiot), just depressing stuff. Kids dumping trash out of a car, a road rage incident, a homeless guy in diarrhea-soaked pants (I know, forgive me the graphical details, but at least you didn't have to smell it...) So despite sunny skies I was kind of down. Maybe it's not the commute's fault though; maybe just my general mood.
Being on a bicycle does get a person out of their insular little car-world and outside with the elements (human and otherwise). I've seen things, both good and bad, that I would have never seen in a car.
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