<img width="93" height="120" align="left" src="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/images/articles/20050815232254346_1.jpg" alt="">"That's the worst I've ever seen it," - Frank TognottiOk, you are in a conversation where people are spewing a bunch of anti-bike comments, not too sure how to respond? I ran across this that I thought was a good quip:
For me art is an important part of life and the environment and this transforms a mundane cityscape into something quite marvelous. Anyway the intro from the web page:
http://betsydevine.weblogger.com/2005/04/07#a2231
Making trouble today for a better tomorrow...
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Happiness is a Dutch
bicycle
On page 32 of his new book, Happiness: Lessons from a New Science, Richard Layard charts happiness versus per capita income of various countries. The country with the highest percent who are "Happy" or "Satisfied"? The Netherlands, by a good bit.
Why? Dutch bicycles, if you want my opinion. Holland has no monopoly on Layard's big seven -- family relationships, financial situation, work, community and friends, health, personal freedom, and personal values -- factors he claims can account for much of happiness. Here's why the Dutch norm of bicycling everywhere creates more happiness: C.D.C. Team Investigates an Outbreak of Obesity
New York TimesBy GINA KOLATA Published: June 3, 2005 For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a team of specialists into a state, West Virginia, to study an outbreak of obesity in the same way it studies an outbreak of an infectious disease. |
