A recent run-in with the pavement got me thinking about bikes and bike riding in Vancouver, indeed anywhere in which the car is king on the roads.
From all accounts ‘douchebag’ became commonplace in the 1960’s and referred to a contemptible fellow (note: most always a man) or someone for whom the speaker wished to deprecate. How pervasive ‘douchebag’ was in this era is not clear. Merriam-Webster dictionary dates it to 1963 but the word seldom appears in pop culture (i.e. TV shows, written media or literature) – at least as far as I can tell.
The Daily Gumboot is but one example of people working to create connection and community and fingers crossed we’ll all grow old playing bridge together.
I’ve been watching news reports with shock and sadness over the last week but have also been amazed by the extent to which social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have not only enabled family and friends to contact each other but have also been conduits for millions of dollars donated to a devastated Haiti.
