I Am A Cyclist!!

December 30, 2009
I am a person who likes to ride bicycles. I am a confident road users who pose very little danger to others, and only rarely am I seriously hurt myself.  I am confident in my cycling skills and predictable in my cycling habits. I wear a helmet because they are a form of cheap insurance to protect against the rare head injury (and to keep my wife happy), but I don’t get too worked up if others don’t wear them, it is an individual choice. I am a healthy and positive-minded individual because I get regular moderate exercise. I engage positively with my community, instead of sitting behind a self-imposed wall. I believe anyone can quickly learn to bike on our roads and be safe and confident in doing so. I work with others to offer a variety of fun and effective ways for people to do so. I work with others to make our public roads safer for everyone; pedestrians, motorists and especially children. I just want federal, state and local governments to treat me as a motorists with the same rights and responsibilities as all other drivers, and not as second-class citizens who is “in the way.”  Please come join me!


 

The long and winding road called 2009...

December 28, 2009
 As the year comes to a close in less than 4 days, I decided to reflect back on the year and look at things, both good and bad. There have been a number of events in my life this year that will be carrying on into the next year (and most likely beyond.)

  The first of which is the diagnosis, of what I already believed, that my mother suffers from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. In the beginning of the year it seemed that it was getting worse, but medical science has come up with a nu...
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Who the Hell Is John Tackett?


Self described computer geek, who works as a data analyst for a large multinational telecommunication company that has a death star like logo. When I am not at work, I can be found, running or cycling the streets of the Atlanta area. Sometimes I can be spotted at the Georgia Aquarium where I am a volunteer. And for one week out of the year, I am found at Dragon*Con, where I am the Director of Charity Events. I believe that PC stands for "personal computer" and not "politically correct" so sometimes I can say things that others don't agree with. I am an advocate for bicycling and strongly believe that the political powers in ATL are anti-bike and could not pedal their way out of a paper bag. I live with my wife in a community just south of Atlanta (but the City name starts with East, go figure) with my 2 dogs, Tiffie and QT, where the dogs and I plot the takeover of the Atlanta road infrastructure freeing it to pedestrians, runner, cyclists and dogs (on leashes of course.) And the dogs wanted me to say.. "woof, woof, bark, growl -stop for a butt sniff - woof" Apparently their dog friends will know what that means.


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