Comments for Meetzorp! http://meetzorp.com "If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" - Florence King Thu, 15 May 2008 11:37:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Bike to work week by Gwen http://meetzorp.com/2008/05/07/bike-to-work-week/#comment-1025 Gwen Tue, 13 May 2008 15:59:03 +0000 http://meetzorp.wordpress.com/?p=868#comment-1025 I'm in the same boat - or maybe, on the same bike. I don't have a driver's license at all, and I love biking. It's always been my preferred mode of getting around, for lots of different reasons. I lived in Holland for a couple years, where I felt more liberated - in short, more LIKE AN ADULT - than ever before. NOT like a second-class citizen. It was hard to get back on a bike when I returned to the US, because cycling here is so <del>sucky</del> different. I still ride like I'm entitled to make a (legal and properly-signalled) left turn. And it's strange to be in a place where cycling itself is considered strange, or novel, or somehow 'cute'. I’m in the same boat - or maybe, on the same bike.

I don’t have a driver’s license at all, and I love biking. It’s always been my preferred mode of getting around, for lots of different reasons.

I lived in Holland for a couple years, where I felt more liberated - in short, more LIKE AN ADULT - than ever before. NOT like a second-class citizen.

It was hard to get back on a bike when I returned to the US, because cycling here is so sucky different. I still ride like I’m entitled to make a (legal and properly-signalled) left turn. And it’s strange to be in a place where cycling itself is considered strange, or novel, or somehow ‘cute’.

]]> Comment on Bike to work week by wipeout http://meetzorp.com/2008/05/07/bike-to-work-week/#comment-1016 wipeout Thu, 08 May 2008 11:58:30 +0000 http://meetzorp.wordpress.com/?p=868#comment-1016 Oh, right - Bike to Work Week. We have that here too, I think, though I never pay attention to when it is. I sometimes wonder if anyone other than people who always bike to work take part. I feel similar to you - *every* week is bike to work week! (Except for when there's heavy snow and ice, in my case.) I feel like if I cram myself on some transit, that time belongs to work, but if I bike, that time belongs to me. It reclaims some of my day for myself. After living here for ten years, I have noticed that more people bike to work in general now than they did when I first moved here. It makes me happy to see all sorts of people, in all sorts of dress, on all sorts of bicycles. Oh, right - Bike to Work Week. We have that here too, I think, though I never pay attention to when it is. I sometimes wonder if anyone other than people who always bike to work take part. I feel similar to you - *every* week is bike to work week! (Except for when there’s heavy snow and ice, in my case.)

I feel like if I cram myself on some transit, that time belongs to work, but if I bike, that time belongs to me. It reclaims some of my day for myself.

After living here for ten years, I have noticed that more people bike to work in general now than they did when I first moved here. It makes me happy to see all sorts of people, in all sorts of dress, on all sorts of bicycles.

]]> Comment on A recipe for surprisingly spectacular cookies by Meetzorp! http://meetzorp.com/2008/01/31/a-recipe-for-surprisingly-spectacular-cookies/#comment-1005 Meetzorp! Thu, 01 May 2008 02:53:36 +0000 http://meetzorp.wordpress.com/?p=826#comment-1005 [...] his famous dolma and I made a great big salad. Earlier in the day I’d made a bunch of the chocolate-orange-spice cookies, but because I was kind of gronked out on cold medicine, I forgot to put in the baking powder. They [...] [...] his famous dolma and I made a great big salad. Earlier in the day I’d made a bunch of the chocolate-orange-spice cookies, but because I was kind of gronked out on cold medicine, I forgot to put in the baking powder. They [...]

]]> Comment on Flint Hills & Prairie Chickens by The Stars Come Out at Dirty Kanza - Kansas Cycling News http://meetzorp.com/2008/04/16/flint-hills-prairie-chickens/#comment-989 The Stars Come Out at Dirty Kanza - Kansas Cycling News Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:57:05 +0000 http://meetzorp.wordpress.com/?p=864#comment-989 [...] local cyclists attempting the Dirty Kanza include Micah at Hiawatha Cyclist, Michelle at Meetzorp, and Lelan at The Life of LeLan, who also offers a great video preview of the [...] [...] local cyclists attempting the Dirty Kanza include Micah at Hiawatha Cyclist, Michelle at Meetzorp, and Lelan at The Life of LeLan, who also offers a great video preview of the [...]

]]> Comment on Flint Hills & Prairie Chickens by Bill Smith http://meetzorp.com/2008/04/16/flint-hills-prairie-chickens/#comment-976 Bill Smith Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:42:16 +0000 http://meetzorp.wordpress.com/?p=864#comment-976 I really enjoy my Google Alert for Blogs on "Kansas Flint Hills!" Yours came up! Our 22 county Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Inc. promotes visits to the Kansas Flint Hills – the website is: http://www.kansasflinthills.travel/ Hard to believe it has been over a year now since the 22 page color photo spread in National Geographic's April 2007 Issue on the Kansas Flint Hills, as a distinctive landscape. We are now working to get the Kansas Flint Hills designated as a National Heritage Area. We would appreciate a link from your site, to ours, if you are willing to do so. THANKS! Best wishes! Dr. Bill ;-) Personal Blog: http://flinthillsofkansas.blogspot.com/ I really enjoy my Google Alert for Blogs on “Kansas Flint Hills!”
Yours came up!
Our 22 county Flint Hills Tourism Coalition, Inc. promotes visits to the Kansas Flint Hills – the website is: http://www.kansasflinthills.travel/
Hard to believe it has been over a year now since the 22 page color photo spread in National Geographic’s April 2007 Issue on the Kansas Flint Hills, as a distinctive landscape. We are now working to get the Kansas Flint Hills designated as a National Heritage Area.

We would appreciate a link from your site, to ours, if you are willing to do so. THANKS!
Best wishes!

Dr. Bill ;-)

Personal Blog: http://flinthillsofkansas.blogspot.com/

]]> Comment on Flint Hills & Prairie Chickens by mixte http://meetzorp.com/2008/04/16/flint-hills-prairie-chickens/#comment-975 mixte Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:18:27 +0000 http://meetzorp.wordpress.com/?p=864#comment-975 I think the Western Meadowlark and Eastern Meadowlark have slightly different songs. You can listen to their songs on the website that you linked to. Thanks for that link by the way- now I can identify the call of the Red-bellied Woodpeckers in our yard and I figured out that a bird I heard last night is a Common Nighthawk. I hope you get to see the Prairie Chickens! I think the Western Meadowlark and Eastern Meadowlark have slightly different songs. You can listen to their songs on the website that you linked to. Thanks for that link by the way- now I can identify the call of the Red-bellied Woodpeckers in our yard and I figured out that a bird I heard last night is a Common Nighthawk. I hope you get to see the Prairie Chickens!

]]> Comment on Flint Hills & Prairie Chickens by Kathy http://meetzorp.com/2008/04/16/flint-hills-prairie-chickens/#comment-973 Kathy Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:05:28 +0000 http://meetzorp.wordpress.com/?p=864#comment-973 Egads... two weeks ago my inlaws went down to the South Texas reserve for the VERY SAME prairie chickens. Freaky! Egads… two weeks ago my inlaws went down to the South Texas reserve for the VERY SAME prairie chickens. Freaky!

]]> Comment on Customer Service is communication/Communication is customer service by mixte http://meetzorp.com/2008/04/07/customer-service-is-communicationcommunication-is-customer-service/#comment-971 mixte Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:07:56 +0000 http://meetzorp.wordpress.com/?p=859#comment-971 I feel like just about every transaction I've had to deal with in the last week or so has been full of bad customer service, from minor rudeness (the lady at the CUSTOMER SERVICE desk at Target) to major inconvenience and BS (the cable company). The worst part is, there is really nothing you can do about it! I feel like just about every transaction I’ve had to deal with in the last week or so has been full of bad customer service, from minor rudeness (the lady at the CUSTOMER SERVICE desk at Target) to major inconvenience and BS (the cable company). The worst part is, there is really nothing you can do about it!

]]> Comment on A ride to Leavenworth by Julie Stark http://meetzorp.com/2008/04/14/a-ride-to-leavenworth/#comment-953 Julie Stark Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:46:32 +0000 http://meetzorp.wordpress.com/?p=862#comment-953 Hey Michelle - I hope the Kwanza is a challenging and rewarding experience for you. Sorry you had to deal with those auto a-holes. Hey Michelle -
I hope the Kwanza is a challenging and rewarding experience for you. Sorry you had to deal with those auto a-holes.

]]> Comment on A ride to Leavenworth by Saxfire http://meetzorp.com/2008/04/14/a-ride-to-leavenworth/#comment-946 Saxfire Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:05:11 +0000 http://meetzorp.wordpress.com/?p=862#comment-946 It's not a huge group - maybe 2-300 max and when you are spread out among the Flint Hills it's quite comfortable. They have GREAT SAGs too. There is that whole sleeping in a gym thing, but it's really not too bad since it's only 2 overnights and they are in the same gym. Food is decent and the ride is challenging and beautiful. I stilll have "daymares" about a couple of those hills, but also daydreams about flying down the other side of them! It’s not a huge group - maybe 2-300 max and when you are spread out among the Flint Hills it’s quite comfortable. They have GREAT SAGs too. There is that whole sleeping in a gym thing, but it’s really not too bad since it’s only 2 overnights and they are in the same gym. Food is decent and the ride is challenging and beautiful. I stilll have “daymares” about a couple of those hills, but also daydreams about flying down the other side of them!

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