— never followed much of the guy's musing, but could not escape the fan-base/employees from lauding the guy.

but, yes, the snippets I have seen are mid-life crisis adjacent at worst... trying to join the arseholery boys in tech.

— well, 6 posts, and I am tired.

I will not reach the goal of surpassing him. he has more stamina than I do, or a lot more to say than I do.

he wins. thanks for your attention on this matter.

— as you know, European cities are quite nice for biking, though I see much less action on the bike side here in Madrid. Paris was getting very aggressive with bike lanes additions. not so much here (yet).

like with Paris, the biggest threat I see to bikers/pedestrians come from motorcycles.

— in essence, yes. (I know, rhetorical.)

editorially, it’s just missing quite a few curse words.

— isn’t?

and it’s not like it’s a phenomenon of the last few years that needs to go through the motions.

I guess it had to be done at the time of The New Deal. I’m not sure this go around will cause any changes, given the reversals of DJ Trump needed, and all others (guns etc)

— it would be cool if it comes in foam form, then spray it all over it, and set it alight.

— I could not go through all the photos. it hurt my eye and brain.

can it sell without a blast of explosives? or do the owners take all the kitschy (moveable) stuff?

— but you went ahead and did it anyway. how did that make him feel? he may never give advice again.

I do always think if there’s a nice reply that involves the Oscar Wilde quote about the only use for good advice is to pass it on.