Nick's present

Bussin' aint easy

Okay well it pretty much is. I've been bussing it for the past two weeks, except for one or two days when I needed to run errands after work.

 

It's not so bad.

 

I mean there's a bit of a psychological barrier leaving to walk two blocks instead of just right out front and in the car. But once you get over that it's not a bad thing, it's a bit liberating actually. I can walk where I want instead of where the road tells me I can. I notice a lot more now as well. There's houses around that aren't well kept, people who leave at the same time every day, dogs let out and well I'm just sounding creepy now.

 

The same people are on the bus each day. There's the creepy old lady, the Scottish immigrant with his Asian immigrant side kick. The gangster girl who landed a decent job and makes appointments on her Blackberry all morning. The ratty school age girl who listens to Justin Timberlake declare he's bringing sexy back all too loud

 

It takes about 20 minutes longer, but I catch up on my email on the way. I get what work I can done on the way and I catch up with other early birds through SMS.

 

Gas consumption has dropped signifigantly. Where I was putting in $35-$40 a week, now I'm popping in maybe $20 a payday. And I've switched it to pleasure insurance saving about $240 a month. Add in $75 for the monthly pass, $64 after the tax credit, its a bit of a savings.

 

It's nice being able to meet up with Sarah and hang out after work, it's cool running into people.

 

Bus for the win.

As seen at Cityplace

Checkered flag snowmobile jackets

Decidedly rural. Similar to SunIce in the 80's. That is all.

Handyman fixes bathtub faucet

Office Chairs at Revy!

Just $35.

Paint with Moss

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/how-to-paint-moss-designs-in-your-garden-077167

Mix some live de-rocked moss, beer or milk or yogurt and some sugar
and you get moss paint.

Fun for the whole family!

Shazam for torrents

I'd like an app that Shazams the song then queues up a torrent
containing that song automagically!

Revolution

The revolution will not be televised. It will be financial. As the
government has more weapons and allies than we can ever hope to
defeat, the only way to revolt will be to bankrupt it after it has
destroyed it's credit.

Animal face-off! Who would win in a fight between a eight tiny reindeer and 10 lords a-leaping?

Eight tiny reindeer have precisely 32 sharp hooves and 16 sets of
antlers. 10 lords a-leaping might have some dueling pistols. So I
guess the thing you have to ask is how big is the arena? Advantage
lords if they have enough range. Advantage reindeer if they're close
enough to toss some hooves and antlers around.

Then you have to take into account that the fat man will probably be
dropping some damage from the side lines, waking up the lords the
night before since he knows when you're sleeping and can ninja into
your house through your chimney. We all know that lords have chimneys.

I'd have to give this fight to the reindeer.