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  • Adam Cavill 4:38 pm on July 31, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Hello I am USA! I Hate You Bicycle Man! 

    Bike, School Bus, Hummer by Adam Cavill

    What is wrong with the people here that seem to actively hate bicycles and cyclists? Did they never learn how to ride? Did a cyclist cut them off in their SUV when they were going to Linen’N'Things? Do they think bicycles are anti-American? Seriously, I seem to get some kind of shit every other day from somebody because of my bike.

    Well in terms of motorized vehicle vs bike I’m going to lose every time. They are faster, bigger and more dangerous than I will ever be. The thing is though, I’m not destroying the environment or killing people in accidents.

    Shouldn’t people LIKE cyclists? Shouldn’t I get a badge or something instead of a shitty attitude and a dirty look?

    EDIT: Further insight into the sad state of transportation here in the Greater NYC area. The Mayor is seen to be pro public transport. Seen to be

     
    • Tigerlili Cavill 8:37 am on August 1, 2007 Permalink | Reply

      Well I see at least seven or eight giant road hogging SUV’s every day, and sitting in them is normally one anorexic girl clutching the wheel with bony claws, hair scraped back in the tightest ponytail, gabbing away on her mobile. Sometimes it is not a starving girl but a fat man. The adverts on television here push SUV’s like crack. If the television tells you what to do, why think for yourself?

    • Sinan 6:51 am on August 6, 2007 Permalink | Reply

      Its funny you should say that, we are now proud owners of two bikes, a fold away and a diamond back mid range mountain bike.

      What is a SUV?

      Can we blow some up?

      Love

    • sheky 1:00 am on August 13, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      We are starting to have big problems here in the city i live, I myself can’t stand bikers, every run in with them has been a bad one, I used to be so tolerant of cyclists, but I have yet to see one stop for a red light or stop sign, they hog the road, hold up traffic all that fun stuff, and to this conclusion I have come, after several bird shots given to me, I don’t know why, being late for work because of pack bikers., etc I have even been tempted to see how close i can get to the assholes, so bikers please keep whining and dis obeying traffic rules, and bitching about vehicles ya can’t afford love ya!!!!

    • Adam Cavill 3:59 pm on August 13, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      See fellow cyclists? You make people mad when you run lights. People like Sheky.

      When I cycle I follow every rule. Maybe we can learn to share. Maybe we should all be more careful.

    • Jim W 9:37 am on August 14, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Not concerned about you’re own safty? Leaving your family without a father or mother for your own principles, then keep riding so close to the in road until the tragidy happens. Well, I guess you can say in heaven that I did what I know were my rights.

      I’m more than willing to give you biclclist space but, use common sinse. You can’t win when it come to a 2000 pound car or 4000 pound truck.

    • Adam Cavill 9:41 am on August 14, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      I agree Jim. Common sense should be exercised. Cyclists and motorized vehicles need to be very carful around each other. A little common courtesy never hurt any one.

    • Jim W 10:28 am on August 14, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Adam

      Yesterday as I was leaving work and cyclist was riding the line eventhough he had 5 feet of paved shoulder. It was extreamly busy with cars. When I saw the truck in front of me swirve to miss the cyclist I had only four choses. Hit the car beside of me, slam on my breaks and cause the car behind me to hit me, hit the bike or try to get through. I choose to drive through. Luckly, for me and the cyclist I made it but, the cyclist got so pissed off. I pulled over on the shoulder and waited for him to catch up with me. He never stopped but rode by me yelling obsentities at me. I drove up next to him and pulled down my window on the passengers side. He said I didn’t give him any room. I told him he had 5 feet of payment and he didn’t give me any choice. Well, this didn’t get anywhere so I left. In Illinois they have more rights than I. I would have been automaticilly at faught it I had hit him. This sucks!

    • Jim 7:20 pm on April 3, 2011 Permalink | Reply

      You are correct. If you hit a cyclist by passing him illegally, you are at fault; not just in Illinois, but in every state. You will likely injure him in a way from which he will not recover. You will break his bones so that he can’t walk. Maybe break his spine so that he is in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Possibly cause a head injury so that his life is over. You will likely be responsible for his medical damages, lost wages, possibly even do some jail time if you were negligent or the incident was deemed to be intentional. These are people… your neighbors… your teachers… your children… your wife… riding on bicycles. Operating your car is a responsibility that requires a level of maturity. Next time slow down your car and pass safely so that you don’t injure someone in a way that will change your life and their life forever.

  • Adam Cavill 12:40 pm on July 31, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    The Zombies 

    Time of the Season.

     
  • Adam Cavill 12:32 pm on July 31, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Los Bravos 

    Black is Black. It’s the looks on their faces that keep me laughing.

     
  • Adam Cavill 9:35 am on July 30, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Overheard on the Train 

    NJ Transit Rail Ticket by Adam Cavill

    Two strangers, a man and woman both in their 50′s almost bumped heads on the train this morning. The woman chuckled, ” I thought you were going to kiss me or something.”

    A good natured question back, “Is that an option?”

    “Always” was the reply in a slightly darker tone, “Life is too short.”

    As they exited the train the man said, “That would have been a great way to start the day.”

    And it was, even without a kiss.

     
    • Roi 11:00 am on July 30, 2007 Permalink | Reply

      I quite agree. I think they should have, though!

    • Sinan 7:17 am on August 6, 2007 Permalink | Reply

      I think its sick when older people talk about sex.

    • Adam Cavill 8:58 am on August 6, 2007 Permalink | Reply

      Sinan you are right. Initially I thought it was a charming mini flirt. Now, I see it for what it is: a vile old crone and a dessicated perv bantering about sex for money.

  • Tigerlili Cavill 10:10 pm on July 27, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Post Harry Potter Depression Syndrome Symptom Checklist 

    Give now, save a life

    If you check more than one of these symptoms, you have PHPDS. You need specific help*

    Wearing HP T-Shirt / Hogwarts School Uniform / Mad-Eye Moody’s fake eye since Friday, even though by now it smells very, very bad.

    Conducting Funerals for the characters that have died.

    Uncontrollable crying moments.

    Hugging the book in bed at night.

    Tummy ache.

    Toothache.

    Measles.

    Mumps.

    Throwing up slugs.

    Feeling empty, standing, desolate in corners of the room, letting out big sighs.

    Flaming people from Scotland on Sunday for giving the book a bad review.

    Carving a wand out of ‘found’ wood. Developing large red callous on thumb after carving sessions, carrying on regardless, whilst trying to summon up a Patronus through the tears of pain.

    Going to the “Mythology of Harry Potter” talk.

    Giving the “Mythology of Harry Potter” talk.

    Wishing JK Rowling a restful nights sleep after finishing reading the last page. The last ever page, ever ever. I’m so glad I was alive to read this.

    Wishing JK Rowling was your mother.

    *C.S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, Beatrix Potter, Enid Blyton, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.M. Barrie, Lemony Snicket, Philip Pullman, Dianna Wynne-Jones, Ursula K. LeGuin, A.A. Milne et al.

     
  • Adam Cavill 9:06 am on July 26, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Turkish “Star Wars” 

    Türkçe “Star Wars” by Adam Cavill

    They took the space scenes film and made Turkish with it…

    Write good script not confusing at all!

    Let’s do whatever you want!

    Fight against injustice!

    Sifr won’t let me use special chars: Türkçe “Star Wars” more correctly. Or even more correctly Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam , The Man Who Saved the World. Also if you have 1.5 hours you will be rewarded with some of the funniest subtitles you will ever see. Read about this film on Wikipedia

    Wait! NO WAIT! A Sequel?

     
  • Adam Cavill 11:30 am on July 25, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Offices. 8 hours a day. 

    Adam’s Office at 343 Thornall Street, Edison New Jersey

    I have a pretty nice office. I don’t have to share with anyone. Its a bit weird after working with design teams in big open studios. But there ya go, I ‘m a one man band at the moment.

    I found this site, Officesnapshots, and thought it had a good premise. Most of us work in offices after all. I found the frisson between the WWW sterlity of the facebook interface and the real world premises interesting. There are a few other examples, Twitter, Craigslist.

    4.5 hours to go….

     
  • Adam Cavill 8:41 am on July 24, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    12 Kinds of Ads 

    Do you work in advertising? Do you know how simple the work you do actually is? Is it possible you pretend that it’s something more complicated? Well anyhoo.

    In case you have ever worked with me and have doubted me when I say:

    It’s very straightforward, this marketing communications malarkey.

    Here is some proof:

    ONLY 12 KINDS OF ADS

    via digg, via slate

    12 kinds of ads

     
  • Tigerlili Cavill 2:23 am on July 24, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    Missing Girl 

    Please take a quick look at the picture of this little girl, Madeleine McCann, who went missing in Portugal in May.

    She has an unusual eye. It is suspected that she has been abducted. The police are looking for people who have been on holiday in Portugal between in the two weeks leading up to her disappearance on Thursday 3 May to upload their photographs of crowd scenes so that they can try to piece together her abduction. Tell anyone you know who may have been to Portugal during that time.

    More information about her here and here

    Dear Unknown Spammer,

    To my great disappointment we are now getting blog SPAM for highly inappropriate Portugese content, especially considering the nature of this post. I’d like to thank you for lessening my faith in the human race, by thank I mean the opposite BTW. If there is a hell, don’t you think you are in danger of going there?

    Worst Regards,

    Adam Cavill

     
  • Tigerlili Cavill 12:09 am on July 21, 2007 Permalink | Reply  

    HP midnight… 

    Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Cover

    1.00 AM Page 20

    The person next to me on the train was on page 34.

    It’s now 1am and we just got back from the midnight Harry Potter event. I have a cup of tea and we are listening to Classic FM which was just playing Buckbeak’s Journey by John Williams.

    4.00 AM Page 250

    Uk has massive flooding. It’s a little early to ring people to see if they are ok.
    In the Wizarding world, things are definitely not ok.

    3.00 PM Sunday

    It’s all over. (sniff) Over. All over.

    Does anyone else out there have any experience dealing with PHPDS? It’s a serious illness that will strike many people this week. Some may think it trivial, made-up, even a non-valid excuse for missing work. But Post Harry Potter Depression Syndrome may be the mental health disaster of the early 21st century. Any insight or advice please contact Eminent Literary Psychologist Adam Cavill

    Post Harry Potter Depression Syndrome

     
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