Erik Stabile

Any prediction how the mainstream media with cover the 7th Anniversary?

I went for a long bike ride this morning. I followed the river to center st., hung a left and shot for UNR. I had some things to do and some people to talk to, but most importantly--I had to register my bike.

This was the first time standing in the line at the parking services building with a grin on my face, while everyone around me had the same downcast expression, looking at there bill with the reflection of $300 in there eyes--while my eyes say, “Garsh, I don’t have to pay a dime to park my… Continue

Friday mornings are now devoted to a morning bike ride. The destination is never planned out, so my arrival is always uncertain. I share the road with steel obstacles. My bike weaves dangerously through intersection where bike lanes don't exist. A car honks in anger as my bike struggles to keep up with traffic, so I hug the right shoulder, barely missing sign posts. Rather than passing me, the car rides behind me. I'm nervous and angry. I'm angry but defiant. Without disregard for the driver beh… Continue

7/28/08

Full Circuit

Tonight I lie in my tent with a piercing back ache and sore hands, yet I continue to write, all the while my flashlight flutters in and out of a full circuit--in and out of an electronic pseudo consciousness if you will. By this point in my day my mind should be winding down, but it continues to turn, or rather spin in a horizontal spiral. I flash back 15 hours prior: the spokes on my bicycle revolve at an alarming rate in perfect unison with the crankarms, which in turn a… Continue