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Tuesday, September 16, 2003

COMMENTS FEATURE FIXED

Hmph. Dont know if anyone out there was trying to make comments on the site, but I went back to test it and found out it wasn't working. Went in and moved some code around, and now it should be fixed. So please leave a comment so we can test it out and see if it is working. Or send me an email to franklenblog(at)fastmail(dot)fm to let me know if it aint.

// posted by franklen @ 6:05 PM

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FEATURE POST

Monday, February 09, 2004

A HALLUCINATING TRIP

Its cold and wet out as I ride into work, my head down and my thoughts numb, my intent forward and my path clear. Rolling onto the Walnut St. ped bridge I glance up and the way ahead is untraveled. One walker only, and on the cement paved sidewalk at that. My knobbies make a low rumbling vibration as I travel over the open metal grating that makes the travelling base of the bridge. Dark metal openings letting the view of the blue ice through and I meditate on the frozen river momentarily. Suddenly one of the stone column piers that support the bridge begins to enter my view. First the base as it meets the icy river, then as I move forward the stone pier looms more into my full field of vision. Head still down, soon the column takes up my field of vision absent of the river anymore. Soon the top of the column will meet the bridge itself and I will pass over the column and begin moving towards the next. I know that my way ahead is free, that the rise of the column stops underneath the bridge travelling surface, but my mind suddenly tells me different... Read the rest here