IIDD, Dec 5th

It is my belief that the writer, the free-lance author, should be and must be a critic of the society in which he lives. It is easy enough, and always profitable, to rail away at national enemies beyond the sea, at foreign powers beyond our borders who question the prevailing order. But the moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home; to be a critic of his own community, his own country, his own culture. If the writer is unwilling to fill this part, then the writer should abandon pretense and find another line of work: become a shoe repairman, a brain surgeon, a janitor, a cowboy, a nuclear physicist, a bus driver. -Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989) 

Is anyone interested in a ride late morning on Tuesday? 

Ruby Tuesday Riders!

Hi Lads!

I'm keen for a jaunt domani. For my part, I'd like to head out to UBC as I have been "ordered" by The Sisterhood that I need to have a haircut and could then continue on down 41st to Arbutus to have my ears lowered. I will probably do a Stanley Park circumcycle before rendezvous, (Macdonald/Point Grey? When?), as I'd like to log 64.33K to celebrate my 64th! However, being the ultra flexible individual you all know me to be, I'm open to other routes and distances as long ad they terminate in the mystic number ".33"! Cheers, Patrizio, The Aging Conduttore!

Barbarossa - Attached, please find my first kick at it. Let me know if this suffices or if there is anything else they require. -A.

 Hi Flash!

First kick is absolutely poifect! Thanks so much from everyone at The Island Inn! Will see you a week today. Cheers, Patrizio!