Spoken

Posted by Daniel Sun, 29 Oct 2006 14:28:00 GMT

Momentum is your friend is a recounting of the summer Joe Kurmaskie spent pulling his sons across the US on a bike and trailer set up. If you like travelogues you will enjoy this one. It inspires me to try a longer trip with my son than I would have considered before, but it’ll be years before I could consider a trip longer than a few hours. But I wasn’t considering even a few hours before, at least until Noah could ride on his own.

Two quotes really caught me as I read it: “Either you glide over the road or you wear it.” Pithy. I’ve often found that to be true.

A page later Joe quotes Rick Reynolds, a comedian “of the highest order”. “He likes to stumble around Costco trying to spot people with real problems. It’s easy: ‘The more crap in your heart, the more stuff in your cart.’ ”

Can I get an Amen? Costco, in case you’re not familiar is one of those big box stores, that sells the huge size of everything in the name of savings (rarely true), massive consumption (always true), and fewer trips to the store (I don’t see this to be the case.)