…One Less Scene

Ghost Ride the News.

…One Less Scene header image 4

Entries from July 2008

My Dad is an Anti-War Hero, Part 2

July 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

I recently saw a documentary called “Commune”, that was about a group of people that inhabit a piece of land in a remote spot in California called Black Bear Ranch. The community was (and is) a radical collective of misfits, complete with activists on the run from the FBI, nudists, poets, farmers, and children. In [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: My Dad is an Anti-War Hero

Critical Mass is Weird.

July 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I had pretty mixed reactions when I heard about the Critical Mass ride that “erupted in violence” on Friday; bike messengers by default hate Seattle Critical Mass rides these days, but it wasn’t always that way. There was a time when messengers actually had a presence in the rides, but that was back when we [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Local News · Mechanical Husbandry

My Dad is an Anti-War Hero

July 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

My Dad recently moved to the Phillipines to work on a farm with his girlfriend. Before he left, we sat down and had a few beers while I asked him about what it was like to evade the Vietnam draft. As always, he made it seem like no big deal, but his refusal to obey [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: My Dad is an Anti-War Hero