Archive for Geoff Livingston
New Motorcycle Helmet - Safety First
So my old helmet was more than five years old and had been dropped several times, making it unsafe. I have already totaled one bike in an incident that involved my head hitting the offending vehicle (see there was this minivan).
Because I had a full face helmet on (an HJC), I walked with a grade […]
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Returning to a Country Road Soon
Glad I didn’t sell this stuff on eBay! Of course, the return will be on a new bike, the Ducati SportsClasic GT 1000. It’s just a question of when now.
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Boycotting the 2008 Olympics
I’ve decided to boycott the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The Chinese governments continuing human rights violations, the country’s horrific environmental policies, and the ongoing oppression in Tibet have made this event unacceptable to me.
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The Battle of Chicago
Number 56 on the 101 Things I’d Like to Do Before I Die is done. Rage Against the Machine was outstanding last weekend at Lollapalooza.
Rage’s “The Battle of Chicago” performance opened with hard hitting numbers Testify and Bulls and Parade. The enthusiasm to see the once-broken up, and rarely together Rage Against the […]
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Lollapalooza Day 1: Radiohead Reigns Supreme
Radiohead is one of those bands that seems to defy finite descriptions. Alternative, yes? psychwdelic? Yes. Classicly trained musicians? Yes. Some more for you after last night’s performance: Loud? No. Beautiful and touching? Yes! Uncompromising? Yes.
Radihead didn’t kick ass (picture above). They demonstrated to an uncultured mass of alternative rock lovers what real music […]
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Five Big Moments In Time
Several conversations of late reminded me of significant moments in time. These events occurred in history and were so substantive that they left permanently etched memories. Most commonly cited are 9-11 (#1 moment in time for me) and the JFK assassination.
Here are five of those moments in my mind:
1) 9-11: Unbelievably awful, I was […]
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The Road
“The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, that I thought I was in a dream.”
- Jack Kerouac, On the Road
It’s going to be a middle America road trip this week. Later today I fly out to Colorado Spring for a conference that I’m speaking […]
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Time for a Road Bike: Busted in Bike Shorts!
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. So many of you know one of the keys to my weight loss (over 35 lbs now), has been long 25-30 mile rides. BTW, this type of consistent riding can hurt your ass as well as affect male fertility.
I was always one of those guys that […]
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A Twofer on the 101!
Today I accomplished not one, but two of the items on 101 Things I’d Like to Do Before I Die list.
The first — #21, sell my agency — was in the making for some time. Today, I agreed to be acquired by Maggie Fox’s Social Media Group. This is one of those brass […]
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Coffee Is For Closers!
Some recent conversations with that younger generation (Millennials, gawd!), has made me realize they have never been introduced to the ultimate Alec Baldwin scene. The 1992 movie was Glengarry Glen Ross, and the 7 minute scene is sick! Jack Lemon, Ed Harris and Kevin Spacey join Baldwin in this scene.
Any real salesperson loves […]
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