Roanoke, VA. The Roanoke Weiner Stand has been serving chili dogs one pot of chili at a time since 1916.

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Think of an awesome kid in your life today and celebrate what makes them a rockstar. Are they smart?? Are they funny?? Are they quiet and thoughtful?? Are they experts at karate-chopping the air?? Whatever it is that makes them awesome, celebrate it!!!

Story to follow… Brewer’s guilds, indie distilleries, craft beers, rebuilding communities, indie record stores and free music festivals, steak for breakfast, Walmart phone inquiries and a desolate plain where once stood a proud nation;  3k miles w/ Poker Face and El Camino.  

This article is a bit long, but a great read if you have a chance.  A good history of aspects of the bicycling industry as well as of shifting business models and global branding. 

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Visionary designers, anti-union politics, city planning, logistics that take a back seat… The changing of the guard, and time moves on with a very short memory. I wonder what ever happened to those “flying buses of the future”?  

Stumbled upon this page this morning, and had to keep going back to it.  From one simple request at the end of a man’s life… to a government program and an engineering piece of genius a century ahead of its time.  Kinda makes you rethink the amount of time you spend worrying about what everyone else is up to and what you could be capable of with a little less white noise and a little more focus, huh… I know it does for me.  

Dr. Ron Purcell, 1932-2011.