Came across a good article on A List Apart about survival stories solicited from web designers. This generation of people from about 20-30 years old have an entirely new way of looking at the world of work. They're much more flexible, and mostly determined to do the kind of work they like and not what they must do to earn a living.

The Post has an interesting article on the relationship of obesity to living in the suburbs where there are few sidewalks or places to which to walk. It's amazing to me how little people around my neighborhood walk. There are stores within about a quarter mile, but almost no one walks there.

Later today I'm meeting with a group of residents who are fighting the installation of a trail by the department of transportation as part of a road "improvement" project. The engineers want to build the biggest, fastest road possible while the residents want a slow safe one. They also think that putting in a trail will destroy too many trees. While I agree to some extent, they are the same people who will probably complain later about the lack of trails in their area.
posted by Bruce Wright at 1:18 PM #