April 29, 2008
Dexter Road westbound is closed near Maple Road. Maple Road is down to two lanes, one each direction. This is supposed to last a week or so.
There are a few other restrictions:
Going Eastbound on Dexter: You may not turn left onto northbound Maple. You can go straight or turn right.
Going Westbound on Dexter: You must turn.
Northbound Maple is backing up heavily at rush hour due to merging down to one lane. Eastbound Dexter doesn't look too bad; I think people are avoiding it completely.
The AATA #9 is picking up and dropping off on the west side of Maple, just south of Dexter (the Plum Market stop).
Now ...
April 22, 2008
I have a theory: a few decades ago, if the scientists who noticed that the planet was getting warmer chose a different phrase than 'global warming' to rally public support for their cause, serious work on the problem would have begun much earlier.
The problem with the phrase 'global warming' is that it's a scientist's point of view, not a citizen's point of view. Yes, the planet as a whole may be getting warmer, but most people don't grasp that - they see that they've had a unusually cold winter and laugh at the idea that their world is getting warmer. Why should they believe a scientist who says something they can clearly see is not true? The scientists were ...
April 20, 2008
I need a new Sunday. Sundays should have a pleasurable routine, a few simple, comforting delights to bring the week to a close.
For much of my life, Sundays were church. When I was young, it was off to church in the morning, back home for a big dinner at lunch and then a simple supper. Lots of little favorite things in there: afternoons driving in the country, cinnamon rolls, goofing at church with my friends and that apple pie pancake thing for supper.
In college, Sundays were either hangover days or omg-must-finish-this-project days. Best skipped over, I think.
There were more recent church Sundays. I sang in the choir, I brought the kids. I don't really remember a lot about those days. ...
April 14, 2008
musings on Twitter, spam, following and blocking
I like Twitter. The main two reasons I use it are keeping up with local people and getting interesting ideas and opinions from a wider circle of interesting people. Another reason I like it is that spam is kept to a minimum by virtue of the way the system is set up. Because you decide who to follow (ie. listen to), it's impossible for someone to send you unsolicited messages. So it's not very easy for spammers to get any traction.
That doesn't mean they won't try, though. The chief way spammers seem to be trying to get their message out is to follow a ton of people. When you follow someone, the system generates ...
April 8, 2008
The boys are in bed, probably not asleep. Keith is playing Oblivion and I'm sitting on the couch, unable to face another minute of year-end accounting.
There is a little constellation of potential jobs circling around me right now (and a couple which have escaped orbit to pursue other trajectories), but none seem quite ready to make their way onto my to-do list. Which is okay with me right now. A little business-like star-gazing is good for one now and then.
Cans of spray paint are somewhere in Illinois, making their way to me. They're transparent colors and I'm very excited about trying them out for some new paintings. I'm cutting some new stencils in anticipation.
Got me a Mega Millions ticket tonight ...
