Naked bicycling!

If you're in Australia this weekend (and why wouldn't you be?), why not join the Australian leg of the World Naked Bike Ride? I mean, you don't have anything better to do, right?

There's a lot of information out there about the World Naked Bike Ride. The best page is probably the FAQ page, which includes such important ones such as "Isn't riding naked uncomfortable," "Is it legal to be naked in public," "Won't it hurt my genitals," and the all-important "What if I'm not conventionally attractive?" Of course, most of the people riding in this aren't "conventionally attractive," as a quick glance at some of the photos at the site will attest. Brad Pitt and supermodels don't ride their bikes naked, people. You've been warned!

Perhaps not surprisingly, there are no naked rides near me (Arizona is fairly conservative). There's one in Eugene this weekend, however, so if you're in the Pacific Northwest, head there! Maybe there will be cute coeds! Probably not, though. I'm not sure why the only people who want to get naked in public probably shouldn't. This is known as "That Seinfeld episode on the train" phenomenon, when the fat dude stripped down on the way to Coney Island. Nobody wants to see that!

There really should be more naked protesting

This photo showed up in today's Arizona Republic. It shows two PETA volunteers (named Cassandra and Chelsea) showering in downtown Phoenix. Two things are strange about this photo (okay, more than two things, but I'm going to stick with two): this is supposed to represent that one pound of meat uses six months of shower water, but I'm not sure what the point of that is. Should we stop eating meat now because cows drink water? I'm not sure. It seems a kind of weak reason to go vegetarian. The second thing is: these ladies are from Florida. What the heck are they doing in Phoenix? Are they just traveling around the country showering in downtowns? Beats me.

They look young, too. Remember when you had nothing better to do with your time than shower out in the open in the middle of a city? Good times.