The Grist List, 03 Oct 2008

From Goldilocks to the Three Bears 3

  1. Hedwig and the extra inch

    Blondes have more fun -- if you call not being creamed by a truck fun. Which we do.

  2. Fore minutes to save the world

    Justin Timberlake's got some summer love for golf, and his new course is n'sync with LEED certification. He'll put those sticks in a box and go clubbin' -- but can he bring sexy back to golf pants?

    Photo: WireImage

  3. Poking fun

    Quote of the week: "A lot of people talk about loving the earth. But how many of them actually penetrate it?"

  4. Paging a Mr. Godwin

    Some claim that Nazis, like high fructose corn syrup, are "fine in moderation." Especially when it's the Soup Nazi. No meat for you!

  5. Trouble a-bruin

    Fast living, early pregnancy, fatal car crashes, trashy hookups. The plotline of the new 90210? No -- the unbearable plight of these urbanites.

Holly Richmond is a Seattle-based freelance writer and editor, and was previously Grist’s editorial intern and marketing assistant.

Sarah K. Burkhalter is Grist’s assistant managing editor.

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  1. human power Posted 3:20 pm
    03 Oct 2008

    About those wigs...Quite by accident, my partner and I found that the steel wheelchairs give us a lot more space when we carry large garden tools in our hands while we cycle. Admittedly, this is a little inconvenient, but they would give us more than two meters of space rather than the usual 10-40 cm.
    We hypothesize that the reason they give us more space when we are carrying something that could be used as a weapon is that it causes us to break through their sensory filters. That is, they don't crowd us when we are without tools because of any malevolence, they crowd us because they aren't paying attention to things that don't pose any threat. If anyone has a less depressing explanation, I'd love to hear it.

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    Pangolin Posted 4:55 pm
    03 Oct 2008

    Javelins? Maybe if bikes carried the equivalent of a lance or javelin they could get some respect. Perhaps a length of bamboo with a pennant and a steel fleur-de-lis on the end. More functional would be a ditchbank but riding along with a foot of sharp, double-edged steel might be problematic.

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  3. Mfox Posted 3:02 am
    06 Oct 2008

    Bike helmet study aint "new"It's from over two years

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