MAIL ACTION: My friend Ezra of Fast Boy Cycles has only a few more months to live

My friend Ezra of Fast Boy Cycles has only a few more months to live. I know how much he appreciated the kind words you had for him in the September 2008 issue of The Derailleur. Would you consider sending him another postcard, card, letter, or care package or leave a comment on his blog?

Mail should go to:

EZRA CALDWELL

545 MANHATTAN AVE

NY, NY 10027-5215

Thank you!

P.S. You can make postcards out of cardstock by simply chopping an 8-1/2"x11" piece of cardstock in half one way and in half the other way. This will give you lots of room for drawing/painting/collage/writing on one whole side of the postcard and half of the other side of the postcard. Examples of previous postcard campaigns (for a different friend) are here and here.

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1zt7hr8qm0y90Permalink Reply by 1zt7hr8qm0y90 on February 12, 2013 at 1:07pm
I have always had a problem with the aspect of longevity. No matter how long we live, wheather rich or poor, happy or sad once we die we will never know that we ever existed, ie, a rock. So it's a moot point which is why God was invented.
Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on February 12, 2013 at 1:25pm

I'm into celebrating life instead of evangelizing atheism.

1zt7hr8qm0y90Permalink Reply by 1zt7hr8qm0y90 on February 12, 2013 at 3:30pm
I'm not an athiest. I'm agnostic. It would be equally unrealistic to say that God exists or doesn't and either way it can not be proven, at least not in life. Just because something can't be seen doesn't mean it doesn't exist. To say that Uranus is the last planet at the time seemed reasonable until Clyde Tombough discovered Pluto in 1930 which existed before it was discovered. Having formally studied cosmology (I even met Steven Hawking) and learning that matter, virtual particles, can and do come into existence from a quantum vacuum, ie from nothing and that only stars can create elements heavier than helium meaning that we and everything we see and touch is nothing more than the waste particles synthesized by stars that exploded and that the big bang created space/time meaning that there is no such thing as before the big bang, at least in this universe I came to the realization, as most scientists do that not only is a creator not necessary but doesn't fit in with what has been proven. I feel for the impending loss of this person because he/she/they do but for me it's all happenstance.
Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on February 12, 2013 at 3:42pm

I'd read that Einstein believed in god, but not one that intervened in daily life, rather an entity that created the laws that allowed the universe to exist. I happened to run into that while researching his theory of special relativity, which he said he came up with while riding a bike.

We're still left with the question as to what preceded the big bang. Maybe the LHC will shed some light on this question. 

I apologize for veering this discussion further off topic. 

Douglas Iverson said:

I'm not an athiest. I'm agnostic. It would be equally unrealistic to say that God exists or doesn't and either way it can not be proven, at least not in life. Just because something can't be seen doesn't mean it doesn't exist. To say that Uranus is the last planet at the time seemed reasonable until Clyde Tombough discovered Pluto in 1930 which existed before it was discovered. Having formally studied cosmology (I even met Steven Hawking) and learning that matter, virtual particles, can and do come into existence from a quantum vacuum, ie from nothing and that only stars can create elements heavier than helium meaning that we and everything we see and touch is nothing more than the waste particles synthesized by stars that exploded and that the big bang created space/time meaning that there is no such thing as before the big bang, at least in this universe I came to the realization, as most scientists do that not only is a creator not necessary but doesn't fit in with what has been proven. I feel for the impending loss of this person because he/she/they do but for me it's all happenstance.
Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on February 12, 2013 at 3:52pm

Why is this thread more about you than Ezra?  Meanwhile, I found a nice card for Ezra and put it in the mailbox.  Why don't we all?  Great idea, CCC

Douglas Iverson said:

I'm not an athiest. I'm agnostic.
Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on February 12, 2013 at 9:21pm

You people are assholes.

Stop having any kind of discussion about religion or personal beliefs and start paying attention to the life that is ending.

Permalink Reply by dan brown on February 13, 2013 at 4:35am

+1.

way to hijack a thread that had a very noble and worthwhile intent.

no one here really cares about your thoughts on God (god), etc.

why don't you go and discuss with the crazy homeless guy on the corner, he'll be interested I'm sure.

notoriousDUG said:

You people are assholes.

Stop having any kind of discussion about religion or personal beliefs and start paying attention to the life that is ending.

Permalink Reply by dan brown on February 13, 2013 at 4:36am

+1.

Juan Primo said:

Why is this thread more about you than Ezra?  Meanwhile, I found a nice card for Ezra and put it in the mailbox.  Why don't we all?  Great idea, CCC

Douglas Iverson said:

I'm not an athiest. I'm agnostic.
Permalink Reply by bk (aka: Dr. Mambohead) on February 13, 2013 at 5:33am
hey!....
crafty?...


if there was any doubt?.....


you f-ing rock

ps: to "invented" who can see beyond death.... that misplaced evangelism?... whether spiritual or atheistic? is _equally_ annoying to those attempting to live in the now!....

but? bonus points for picking an outstanding thread to grind your ax.
Permalink Reply by bk (aka: Dr. Mambohead) on February 13, 2013 at 5:35am
right on d!!!!!!

you rock




notoriousDUG said:

You people are assholes.

Stop having any kind of discussion about religion or personal beliefs and start paying attention to the life that is ending.

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on February 13, 2013 at 3:55pm
Ezra,
May your days have sunshine and smiles. Good news is that wherever you decide your final home will be, that's where it will be.
Me, I'm looking to ride with my wife in the clouds over the rainbow bridge where we'll pick up the adopted doggies we've had along the way.
I picture tires that never go flat, chains that never rust, no wind, slight downhill incline wherever you go, everlasting sunshine, and enough Ranger IPA to keep you comfortably numb but not in trouble with the sky police.
Permalink Reply by ilter on February 20, 2013 at 2:35pm

And he just finished making another bike, the UTA:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fastboy/8493602740

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