Crazy Idea.....We are all too serious

How about this for a silly idea.....

An organized, sing along, karaoke bike ride.

I am a big supporter of biking and walking. I think we should do more to remind drivers that bikes belong on the road, save gas, reduce global warming, drive less, etc. I like events like Critical Mass, which I participated in a few times in Chicago. All this driving is killing our people (40,000 people each year in the US!) and our planet.

I also like a more fun way to take back our roads, and love the Madison event, Ride the Drive. Feels so great to ride down our big streets with 1000s of other bikes without fear that a big noisy truck is going to run me over.

How about this, on a nice Saturday, a large group would ride around Madison or any city, slowly singing songs. Somehow you would rig up a sound system on trailer that people on side of road could hear and riders could hear and the group would sing along. Could actually do this during the Ride the Drive or any time. No words to read, that would not be safe. Just songs people know, people can get music/ lyrics in advance if they want. What do you think?

Brave Awesome Super Mom

Facebook friend sent out link to this blog I had not seen before, Nerdy Apple Bottom, about her son's halloween costume.

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I voted

Went to vote this morning at 7:30. I was #93 at my polling station a church and christian school. Kids were running the traditonal bake sale. There was no line really. Took about 2 minutes to get a ballot and then had to wait another 2 min for a free place to cast the ballot. The guy taking my name was hard of hearing but found me after not too long. Saw a few parents with kids voting, my daughter did not want to join me this morning. Maybe we can get her over there this PM with my wife. There were 2 election monitors standing behind the table where you get your ballots. One was a tall young guy with blond hair and he looked very tired. The other was shorter guy older with gottee. Both had ties on. They were just standing there. No glitches or problems.