Pragmatik » jack yates http://www.pragmatik.org/blog Being of use to the world since 1979. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:54:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 First three bikes there. http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2009/11/first-three-bikes-there/ http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2009/11/first-three-bikes-there/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:54:17 +0000 Johnny http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/?p=2300 threebikes1109
Barry’s, Dan’s and mine. We were first to the Memorial Ride (read more here.)
Photo Friday: Three.

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Happy because he’s heading to the Tour de Greater Homewood/Jack Yates Memorial Ride on a beautiful Sunday. MORE INFO HERE! You should come, too!

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It gives me no pleasure whatsoever to write this. More photos here. Baltimore Sun article here.

]]> http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2009/08/baltimores-first-ghost-bike/feed/ 3 Where I’ve been. http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2009/08/where-ive-been/ http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/2009/08/where-ive-been/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:35:34 +0000 Johnny http://www.pragmatik.org/blog/?p=2031 bikestand0809Mourning and covering the coverage of the recent cycling fatality in Baltimore.  In case you don’t live here and have no way of knowing, a cyclist was killed by a truck Tuesday.  The truck and driver haven’t been found.

Aside from being a cyclist, aside from the fact that this cyclist was on his way to the university where I work, aside from my own use of that intersection, aside from my wife knowing him from her old job — why am I so personally upset about this?  (As is the violent loss of life isn’t enough?)

I saw him.  Lying on the ground.  Not five minutes after it happened.  I don’t want to think through the details too much or share them.  But what I saw was…disturbing.  I’m not a person who sees a lot of dead bodies, especially not of people who died a terrible way.  Combined with being sick and having things to do for work even though I’m technically on vacation, I’ve not been myself this week.

Read more here and here.

There’s a memorial Sunday at 6pm.  Stay tuned to NBBB for more details.

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