Through the magic of algorithms and nestled in-between many internet ads for printer ink (I recently bought some at Office Depot) I am now connected to the New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens on Facebook. It is a moderated collection of transit-oriented humor and commentary, mixed in with reports around the world about various issues surrounding mass transit. You don't have to be a teen to belong or should I say the algorithm is not savvy enough to determine that I am not a teen anymore (does immaturity count?). Still I consider myself interested in alternative transportation despite discontinuing the daily slog to work.
Since New Urbanist Memes is thematically similar to my Down & Outbound website, I recently cannibalized some of my previous work on Smart Cones from Down & Outbound: A Mass Transit Satire and made a submission. After it posted, I received about 100 comments, mostly centered around my misspelling of "gauge." This reponse exceeded the entire viewer traffic to the Down & Outbound blog since its inception in 2017. New Urbanist Memes gave me a brief sense of validation and belonging.
Book Selling Note
Copies of the book Down & Outbound will be on sale at the Destination: Books popup book stall on Saturday, March 7th and again on Saturday, April 4th at the Freedom Farmer's Market at the Carter Center here in Atlanta. Destination: Books will be carrying many books on organic gardening and sustainability as well as a few others relating to transportation.
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