just before reading this, copied this quote from moderoom literary quotes on my iGoogle page….

“Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.” –Andre Gide

have been attempting to develop the same sort of habit when it comes to the “drivers” who harass me and other cyclists as they pass, bellowing things like “get on the sidewalk!” or “get off the road!” or “what are you, crazy?”

the first reaction, learned from driving (once did that daily is to bellow back, but it’s much more useful to note their plate number

then, when you catch up to the cretin at the next light, you’ve got a handle to address them with, one that they know very well leads to the police, and there’s a chance at “education”

if they were really dangerous about it, you can remember it to put on the list

the other night it was a guy in a Ford Escape who thought bellowing “get off the road!” would be enhanced by holding up his leather badge holder with its really real looking badge attached

did bellow back “you don’t even know the law!” at that one, at which point he high-tailed it, showing his plate number as he receded into the distance

though surely if was to do anything with it, in this current state would have been labeled the ‘perp’ for my trouble

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