Jalex Briggs (He/Him)

I didn't think I had any toxic masculine traits until my wife pointed out to her family that I don't own any jackets with hoods.

When my brother in law asked what I did when it rained I said: "Get wet like a cool person."

I know! I cackled along with everyone else! But the stretch where Alex' sweet home life was replaced with alternating absent and violent parents hit PRETTY CLOSE TO HOME.

I have a lot of feelings about that movie! Mostly it just made me SO SAD.

My children have a bunch of Imaginext Superheroes, and always put Captain Atom in with the bad guys, proving that even 3 year olds can predict the ending of Armageddon 2001.

Real ones know

I have been in the civil service for so long now that I'm not even sure how much of what I write in any given things IS jargon. Definitely a lot. Maybe more than half? Tough to say.

Giant sloth! Ultimate friend shaped animal.

An underrated thing about Star Trek is that they all write in their little diaries everyday. Very mindful space behavior.

When I think about how easy it would have been for me to become a rock-a-billy guy if my social circle in high school had just been SLIGHTLY different a chill runs down my spine.

This is my favourite William Carlos Williams poem.

Oooh, I'll check that out.

Thank you guys so much!

Lete add a detail or two: I live in a Dublin suburb, with medium good cycle infrastructure. The eldest can cycle a K or 2 at a go, but no farther, and most extra curriculars are farther.

I have a Babboe City acoustic, and am comfortable with a fair bit of bike wrenching.

Sorry, I might have missed a step: BBSHD?

Money definitely is a factor, but it can be flexible.

That could definitely work. I'm on a Babboe City acoustic, so I might need to diy it.

That's true, but I live in Ireland. The eldest can cycle to school, but not as far as to music class or football or barbershop. I'm looking for a solution that bridges the gap.

Kids are getting a little big to be sitting next to each other in the cargo bike. Also, an acoustic cargo bike is fairly limited in range that I can take them, as it's heavy fully loaded.

What are the good larger box cargo bikes? Should I look at using an ebike conversion kit on my current bike?

Among the greatest promotional photos of all time are these for the 1990 television movie of IT, where it looks like a prestige legal drama about a firm of hot young lawyers and one associate who likes to dress up like a clown.

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Same vibe

We currently have a Babboe city that I use for school runs and general moving kids around. We're in Ireland too, so having the rain cover to help them stay dry in the winter is pretty necessary.

It turns out I passed with Distinction! Hooray for me!

What did you do when your kids started getting a bit big to ride in the cargo bike together?

The 7 year old can go lots of places on his own, but definitely not everywhere. 3yo still needs to ride with me.

I'm flirting with getting a bigger cargo ebike. Thoughts? #bikesky #cargobike

"There's no machine known that is more efficient than a human on a bicycle. Bowl of oatmeal, thirty miles. You can't come close to that."

—Not surprising that Bill Nye, the Science Guy, has known about the efficiency of the bicycle for a long time.

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I once saw Dylan Moran eating in a Greek Restaurant I was walking past. He saw me notice him and nodded while not stopping talking to the people he was dining with.

Me to my nearly 3 year old: "You're going to learn how to use the big boy potty!"

*Whispers to my 7 year old*: "And you're going to learn how to use the GIANT boy potty."

yeah i love waymo, way mo immigrants coming to my city

I know some yinzers who might be interested in this information.

Will, probably: "Flyers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your shoes."

You are truly history's greatest monster.

That seems like a kind and temperate punishment. Two years of smelling a randomly chosen strangers socks at every mealtime would work for me too.