Changing Blog Format

Hello world,

Of course it takes a bit of marketing to get someone OTHER than me to actually read these posts... that starts TODAY.

I am changing the format for this blog.  It's going from "testing to see how this Blog thingy works" to "Inspiring World Peace."

I realize, of course that it is a BIG leap... but I myself was inspired by ONE fool's crazy idea to change the world, Jeremy Gilley's Peace One Day.

please visit http://www.peaceoneday.org for a little change of your own.

From the site comes the following quote:

"192 member states of the United Nations unanimously adopted 21 September as an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace. We call that day Peace Day."

September 21st.  Maybe it's because it's ONLY two days after my birthday, but I feel its actually something that is not important. It's paramount to our survival as a species.  Put aside global warming and potential asteroids crashing onto the Earth's crust.  It's all for NONE if WE can't stop fighting among ourselves.  

SURE it's easy for me to stand on my golden, privileged pedestal and preach to the millions facing the gun barrels everyday of their lives... But all I can do is what I can do... NOW... one step at a time people.   Just think.  We have the potential to take over 6 BILLION steps all at once.  All we need is for EVERYONE to simply BE, non-violently.  

Put down the weapon.  Lower your arm.  Hold your tongue.  DON'T push the button. 

ONE DAY!... at first... who knows!?!? It may ACTUALLY WORK!  Think of THAT, cynics!

The inspiration came from this film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egqJctPZunw

Peacefully,

Breeze

Scan Life Code

I don't know exactly how this is going to make life different, better, sexier... but it's sort of a cool idea.

Tandem Bike Project, day two

And on the second day he said: "let there be wheels free from rust, new brake pads, cables and housing (the tube through which the brake cables run), TWO new chains (one regular size and one extra large length, which is made of two chains spliced together) and new tires.
And what do you know! It actually worked!  HA!  I was a bit surprised myself, I mean... I was SURE at least a couple of trips back to the bike shop for some help would be necessary... or in the least a couple more parts that I may or may not have broken in the process... NAY!  It all went pretty smooth.
Well... almost everything.
I DID splice a cable housing a bit short and now I have a gear shifter that doesn't shift.  MINOR STUFF.  I just had to improvise a bit and "lock" a comfortable gear in place for the time being.  I was still, mind you, able to ride the bike to the beach and back home with NO problems, AT ALL! I even got a friend of mine to "volunteer" to ride with me to make sure the passenger seat didn't fall off or anything.
SUCCESS!
So... day three will be another makeover, trying to get more of the rust off some new spots, and making the wheels shine even better.  Also, I plan on completing the gear shift conundrum, AND getting a new cable for the passenger brake (there are two brakes on the back wheel, one for the front rider and one for the passenger, and right now only the driver has control of the brakes).

Tandem Bike Project

I decided that instead of a road trip to Sequoya National Park that I would invest a bit on a project I've been wanting to do for a while now, refurbishing a bicycle.

Also, I've been keeping my eye open for a good, cheap tandem bike... and those just don't exist anymore (not since the $100 gem I found at GoodWill many years back... argh! wish I kept that beauty!)... So I've combined those two ideas into REFURBISHING A TANDEM BIKE. Away I go!

Tandem Bike Project

Aloha on Kauai

Aloha everyone.
I love Kauai. There. I've said it.
Saki and I just spent 7 LOVELY days on the island (5 of which we were joined by our best Santa Cruz buds, David, Terri and Delilah). What a pleasure it was.  Hiking, snorkeling, driving, walking and yes, even biking and hitch hiking (when I managed the amazing feat of 3 flat tires on the bike I was renting... a story for another post perhaps).
I will now attempt my most impressive trick of the evening: attaching an image to this post.
Peace, love and MUCH aloha.
Me

Thoughts on Bloggin'

I would like to start sharing my experiences on a regular basis.

SURE, I've had a WONDERFUL site for a while now (alohadance.com), but this seems to be the way to go... as far as being able to updated from my phone and/or ANY computer... anywhere.

Sounds a bit stockish, but hey! "Everybody is doing it!" And I'm SURE not about to start chirping, or tweeting, or whatever! I want my OWN dog-on-blog, dagnabit!

So.  Here it is. From my computer for now, but soon from a cell text message near you.  Well.  Probably NOT near you, but... you know what I mean.

Peace, love and much aloha

Me