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Corey

coreythecourier

About Me

Fuzzy thinker. Bicycle messenger. Bicycle Mechanic. Creator of the "Tap out" rule in bicycle polo.

My Interests

An empty lane in the pool, the sauna, a hearty breakfast, naps, road trips and bicycles

I'd like to meet:

Good luck

Television:

With astounding ratings at the time of its cancellation, this show never should have left regular weekly programming.

Books:

The Old Man and the Sea, Atlas Shrugged, Don Quixote, On the Road, The Iliad, The Odessey, War and Peace, Anna Karennena, Plato's Republic, The Prince, Hagakure, Bhagava Gita, Siddhartha, Tibetan Book of the Dead, The Glass Bead Game, The Power of One, The Great Yogi Milarepa, Into Thin Air, The Koran, The Conference of Birds, Essential Rumi, Tales of Dervishes, Sufism, The Bible, The Apocrypha, Calvin and Hobbes, The Bluest Eye, The Price of a Child, Other Sheep I Have, Merle's Door, Eagle in the Snow, Attila the Hun, Kite Runner, The Red Tent, A Stranger in a Strange Land, Cook for Your Type, Food Your Miracle Medicine, The Hobbit, Tao Te Ching, The Tao of Pooh, The Art of War, The Art of Peace, The Analects of Confuscius, Menscius, Golden Wind, The Sound of Water, The Wandering Toaist, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Tarfuffe, The Doll House, Hamlet, The Playboy's Handbook, Geek Love, The Wrong Men, Lady Chatterly's Lover, The Death of Ivan Illyich, The Tale of Two Cities, Hard Times, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Fireside Book of Chess, How Karpov Wins, Metamorphasis, The Great Gatsby, Trail of the Hawk, Of Mice and Men, Decembers Child, The Painted Bird, Animal Farm, 1984, The Immortal Class, The Alchemist, The Da Vinci Code, Poltergeist, Pet Cemetary, Ride or Die, If Beale Street Could Talk, Breaking the Chain, The Devil Finds Work, Diary of a Madman...

Heroes:

Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents. Without a prison, there can be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves. When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth. We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians, therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another. We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society. John (Fire) Lame Deer Sioux Lakota - 1903-1976

My Blog

My new friendly

neighborhood hardware store is Home Depot. My latent talents from watching many, many episodes of This Old House will come alive in the creation of a cozy domicile.For those who have wondered where I'...
Posted by Corey on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:32:00 PST

The Hudson River was full...

...the cargo ships were docked and so the sailboats and speed boats cruised up the East River yesterday. The clouds took the day off. There was nothing but clear blue skies for the second day of the r...
Posted by Corey on Tue, 27 May 2008 07:14:00 PST

Biking in NYC

http://www.propagandaphoto.com/index3.html
Posted by Corey on Fri, 23 May 2008 05:49:00 PST

A fresh breath of air

Sometimes I often wonder why I do anything. Why bother getting up when the blanket and pillow are so comfortable. F*k work and f*k working out, sleep is so much more pleasant.Then this morning after t...
Posted by Corey on Wed, 14 May 2008 05:53:00 PST

Runs with scissors

While doing a delivery to 3rd & 49th yesterday, the woman in the messenger center had her attention fixed to a live radio broadcast about the protests happening across NYC. All over the city groups we...
Posted by Corey on Thu, 08 May 2008 07:11:00 PST

My life as a snail

When I was a child I alway enjoyed watching the fish swimming around the aquarium. One day I saw snails crawling around the tank in my cousin's tank. I learned that while not as stimulating to the eye...
Posted by Corey on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:24:00 PST

Pre-polo tournament playoff pep talk

Play the ball!We are not here to beat any particular player.We are not here to beat any random team.We are not here to beat any specific city.The ball has a natural place where it wants to be.Our job ...
Posted by Corey on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:33:00 PST

Is it wrong?

In the middle of a hectic day of rushing around Manhattan there are always a hundred jaywalkers at any given intersection. I rarely stop for the masses, threading a line through the crowds.While cruis...
Posted by Corey on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:56:00 PST

Is that right?

After work I went to Punjabi, an Indian take-out spot on the Lower East Side. There was a haggard looking old man with grey dread locks smoking a cigarette and sitting on the steps near to my bike. Wh...
Posted by Corey on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:33:00 PST

Why do women wear make-up and perfume?

They're ugly and smell bad.
Posted by Corey on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:25:00 PST