Monthly Archives: January 2010

Goodbye, Howard Zinn

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Hoag

American Radical

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Martin Luther King Day

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Hoag

FS Rd. #5510

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Tacoma Speed Freaks

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Hoag

Ron Brown about to set a land speed record on a 1950 BMW single I rode down to Tacoma at 6:30 this morning to have breakfast with Ron Brown and some of his friends at a grungy little diner called … Continue reading →

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Obama Taps George W. Bush for Haitian Relief Effort

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Hoag

A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free- Elliott Smith Ruston Way Waterfront In my day, “tap that ass” referred to having sex. Apparently, someone in the white house has taken this phrase literally, because the Obama administration … Continue reading →

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Buy a Dank Bag

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Hoag

Bike Messengers are disappearing quicker than icecaps, and pretty soon all that will be left are those Jimmy Johns delivery dudes, and Mark Pilder’s fantastic cornucopia of photos spanning 10 years of athletic-alcoholics in Seattle. We should all go buy … Continue reading →

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Hunter S. Thompson

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Hoag

Hoag, circa 1979 “It was only then, after exhausting all other means of demoralizing the public, that he turned seriously to writing. Several years earlier he had given up bikes “because of the stigma.” After a long stint as a … Continue reading →

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DIY Berkeley Paradise

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Hoag

While I sit in my garage, obsessing about broken down old machines and listening to Paul Simon, my brother and his friends are living the good life in Berkeley, California. As I look at these photos of their backyard beehive, … Continue reading →

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Magic Ball

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Hoag

I’m at the age when I can freely admit the things that I will never be good at, or even slightly capable. Basketball is one of those things. When I watch this clip, it’s so alien to me that I … Continue reading →

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