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Monday

OC Transpo: Still a few bugs in the system

Baseline Station 5:29PM

RNDP: Phoning It In

I'm just too tired for a proper post this week. I've got most of the cleaning up done from yesterday's shit shower but still some to go. Yes, if you've gone through something challenging, you call it a shitstorm, but if you've actually been sprayed by raw sewage, no need to exaggerate.

So here's a picture of Elgin Street. Police cars and ambulance down near whatever they're calling the Penguin Café these days, just after midnight on Saturday. Nothing to do with my troubles. Just a picture.

While I'm about as out of it as the little boy who went to the dentist and so can't help those of you looking for a revolutionary new dating paradigm, there are still plenty of others with creativity, energy and insights to help you along the way. Here is a roundup of this week's scholarship in the field:

XKCD has created a brilliant graphic that explains the baseball code.
Researchers in Indiana have confirmed that it is damned hard to tell if a gal likes a guy she's on a first date with. If you think they are mistaken, you can prove them wrong by participating in the online version of their study.
Snopes busted the urban legend that most Americans marry their high school sweethearts.
Laura at NoGoodForMe.com has developed a set of outfits women going on dates with 6 different types of men. She suggests she'll be making "For a Date With" a regular feature.

p.s. Word is the Emergency Meeting might take place before the end of the month. Any agenda items?

Friday

The InterTubes According to Google

The Internet...*

...is a Series of Tubes.
...is no 21st century boob tube.
...is Never Gonna Give Rick Astley Up.
...is mainly for complaining.
...is an internet based on the Internet Protocol suite.
...is broken.
...is different.
...is almost full.
...is missing.
...is the enemy.
...is an Orgy.
...is an Ogre.
...is a copy machine.
...is a prime news source.
...is not a truck.
...is a good thing because it is unregulatable.
...is shit. It is vitally important that we all realize this and move on.

* With (sincerely faked) apologies to the Fourth Dwarf for being either too busy or too lazy to be original, and totally ripping off his Google Poem thing instead.

* Opinions expressed are the views of their authors and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of the ESI Editorial Board. But they might.

Tuesday

OCTranspo: A streetcar named disaster

Back in the day, we knew how to rebound from a transit disruption [read more]

Newspaper item: New York Times, July 19, 1919; Photo: Wikimedia

Balls!

Dwarfie dropped by tonight and found me knitting...

"Wow, Woodsy, you sure have big wool balls!"

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