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TITLE: Felix v2.0 [a portrait of a friend] ARTIST: Alex Vega MEDIUM: Spray paint, acrylic and sharpie on canvas. STATEMENT: I was once told that people cannot be truly happy unless they are doing what they said they wanted to do as a child. When I was little, I wanted to be an artist. My family always encouraged me to draw, advocated my work and displayed it high and proud on the refrigerator. I am grown now, a commissioned illustrator and designer, and I am honestly happy.
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Geddy Lee. Apologies. Other than that, we had one call inquiring whether it was a good thing for an establishment’s bar staff to be described by BW as “snarky.” We tend to think so. And we had one comment on our Web site about the winner, 4-E’s Bar: Erik “Howlin’ Houndog” 4-A, owner of Vagrant Records of Seattle, said: “Love this bar. It has the coolest name on the planet next to mine! I’d come back and play there any day!”
home on the Greenbelt shouting, “On your left, on your left,” without slowing down for kids, I’m writing in response stroller moms or old folks, to Dave Fotsch’s opinyou may think you’re super ion piece (BW, Opinion, cool, but you’re really just “Bikes vs. Cars,” July 1, a dumb ass. 2009) and the statement Cruisers: If you’re “Fixed Gear Bikes: You riding your multi-colored may think you’re super cruiser sporting front bascool, but you’re really just ket and mini-dog on the a dumb ass.” Rather than sidewalk, while talking on targeting a specific biking your cell phone as people group, maybe the bigotry jump out of your way, you should be spread around. may think you’re super Road bikes: If you’re cool, but you’re really just riding a $2,000 bike in a dumb ass. a pack on Boise Avenue Get it? Every group has and vehicles cannot safely its dumb asses. It seems pass your group, you may to me that most fixies think you’re super cool, have some type of braking but you’re really just a system, so let’s not single dumb ass. out fixed-gear riders. I’ve Racing bikes: If you’re never felt threatened or riding two abreast on unsafe around the fixedHighway 21 to Idaho City gear crowd, but the other wearing logo-covered Lycra egomaniacs sure make me and nobody can get around nervous. Let the kids have you, you may think you’re some fun. super cool, but you’re re—David Nagel, ally just a dumb ass. Boise Mountain bikes: If COLDEST BEER you’re crashing downhill over rocks and roots at 20 REDUX We didn’t hear much mph past hikers and dogs, here at BW HQ about then fly ass-over-applecart breaking your collar bone, last week’s Coldest Beer you may think you’re super issue. Typically, the list of corrections in the week cool, but you’re really just following Coldest Beer is a a dumb ass. laundry list of minor mea Commuter bikes: If you’re wearing a lime green culpas. This week we have one: stupidly, we misspelled vest and helmet speeding
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WHAT YOU’RE MISSING ON FACEBOOK Everybody had something to say about a one-liner we re-Tweeted from CNN on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stepping down: I am a big fan of Palin! We need some people in D.C. that will blow the whistle on government corruption no matter what party they are in! —Pam Westover Pugmire The political pundits said that she needed to get away from Alaska if she wanted to be a serious candidate in ’12. With the Republican Party imploding upon itself on an hourly basis, Mrs. Palin
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