San Francisco is gorgeous. It's what a real city should be. There is so much intensity in such a small space (it's the second-densest city in the country), yet it feels so relaxed at the same time. Cities are all about the feeling of being so relatively insignificant that you have complete license to act and to be however you want without raising ( Read more... )

After a particularly stressful day at work involving way too many wheelchairs, I found myself with a bit of a stomach ache when I got home. I assumed that this was a stress-induced stomach ache, the result of my workday, and the it could be cured with a nice, fat Chipotle burrito enjoyed while spinning records with Laura. After about half an hour, ( Read more... )

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Seriously, fuck this heat. How is it still 90 at ten pm? This is not "Minnesota" hot. This is the "campground in southern Illinois in July" hot that I witnessed a few weeks ago. This house is like a sauna, and I'm roasting here on the second floor where it's hotter inside than it is out. By mid afternoon, I was desperately looking forward to going ( Read more... )

Two funny work stories in two days? Oh me, oh my!

Every morning on the 790, I pick up the sheriff of Hennepin County. He is very friendly, especially considering I pick him up at 7 am. He calls me "partner", and even has a kitchy star-shaped badge that he shows me to get free rides. This morning, I was pulling up to his stop, and I noticed a beer ( Read more... )

So today on the 3, a group of 15 or so drunken frat boy types got on at 15th and Como. When we got the the East Bank stop, I announced on the mic: "East Bank. U of M . . . . goBadgers. This resulted in a chorus of angry muttering about whether the bus driver actually just said that.

I amuse myself.

Hah!

Nick, get your 20-year-old Discman, we have business.

I'm exhausted. What a draining weekend this has been! Through the magic of Independence Day and a well-placed requested day off from work, I ended up with a 5-day weekend (Friday-Tuesday) that coincided with Underground Sound, a 3-day outdoor Blueshift-type event in Illinois. I got a ride down with Kristin and Timmy, the original plan being to ( Read more... )

Oh wow! Oh wow! Oh wow!

Best news ever. Thanks to Erin for the tip.

Looks like my grueling hunger strike outside of Fox's headquarters dressed like Zapp Brannigan finally paid off.

Another update on my life in the fast-paced world of the transit industry ( Read more... )