...and then
I didn't look at Facebook.
I'll probably forget people I shouldn't anyway.
I created a Facebook account to keep up with the Brew52 group. Soon after, I started getting friend requests.
Labels: life's mysteries
Today an old man boarded my bus.
Labels: bus
Yesterday morning, as I drove by WCCO on the Nicollet Mall, I saw the MIC ON and ON AIR signs. The anchors sit with their back toward the mall when they do some of their broadcasts.
Labels: bus, life's mysteries
Finnegans Irish Amber:
So, ridership is up, we're told we're doing a great job, but all the signs point to an offer with no significant raise again this contract.
Labels: MT
Yesterday on the 11:
Labels: bus
When I checked in with the dispatcher the other day, he gave me a note to see my manager. There are always two sheets of paper. The first has my name, my manager's name, etc. and the reason for the note.
I kind of miss the 2. But I drive the 24 twice a week now, and it goes down Franklin Avenue, so I get a small taste of what I'm missing.
Labels: bus
I took a quick trip to Wausau (WI) Friday night.
Labels: family
It's been quite a few picks since I drove the 21. I think. Maybe it hasn't been all that long, but it feels like it.
Labels: bus
When I got my bus assignment this morning, I thought to myself the same thing that I've been thinking for the last week or two every time I see a 23XX bus. Shouldn't that pile of junk be in the bus graveyard? The 2300s are fourteen years old, and as far as I know, the goal is to get rid of the buses by the time they're twelve.
Labels: bus
It wouldn't be an early Wednesday morning if the fire trucks didn't show up, would it?
Labels: 'hood
It's common for passengers to ask me what the fare is upon boarding the bus.
Labels: bus
When I got to the garage this morning, I was met by the smell of a lovely breakfast spread and the sound of everybody's favorite upper-management-type guy. It was employee appreciation day (driver appreciation day? whatever...)
Labels: MT
C | Joe Mauer , Min C |
C | Carlos Ruiz , Phi C |
1B | Carlos Pena , TB 1B |
2B | Ian Kinsler , Tex 2B |
3B | Mike Lowell , Bos 3B |
SS | Jhonny Peralta , Cle SS |
2B/SS | Yuniesky Betancourt , Sea SS |
1B/3B | Casey Kotchman , LAA 1B |
OF | Aaron Rowand , SF OF |
OF | Jose Guillen , KC OF |
OF | Kosuke Fukudome , ChC OF |
OF | Coco Crisp , Bos OF |
OF | Felix Pie , ChC OF |
UTIL | David Ortiz , Bos DH |
P | C.C. Sabathia , Cle SP |
P | Joe Nathan , Min RP |
P | Javier Vazquez , CWS SP |
P | Brad Penny , LAD SP |
P | Oliver Perez , NYM SP |
P | Mark Buehrle , CWS SP |
P | David Weathers , Cin RP |
P | Orlando Hernandez , NYM SP |
P | Carlos Silva , Sea SP |
Bench | Marlon Byrd , Tex OF |
Bench | Wandy Rodriguez , Hou SP |
Bench | Shannon Stewart , Tor OF |
Bench | Reggie Willits , LAA OF |
Bench | Tom Glavine , Atl SP |
My very early Wednesdays are always pretty quiet. People aren't inclined to talk very loudly at 5:00 in the morning, I guess. I like that, because I'm already annoyed that I got up at 4:00 and I'm often in just-don't-hit-anything mode.
Labels: bus
Lake Superior Special Ale:
Brau Brothers Frame Straightener: