~Tuesday~ Stagnant Driver opened the doors to the mobile pressure cooker between 8:25 and 8:30, a little behind schedule. There were a couple of windows open, which helped to let off a little steam—literally and figuratively. I took a seat behind a person whose hair was a maze of tangles, or amazingly tangled, and whose … Read more
~Friday~ I caught the 8:15 city bus, and Stagnant Driver drove up in the mobile steamer. At a subsequent stop, a girl got on and when she slid her fare card in the machine, it said, “Please pay fare shown.” She held her hand above the screen to block the sun to try and see … Read more
~Tuesday~ I was up at 5:15 this morning, and out of the house by 5:30. I picked up Joe at his house at 5:45 and dropped him off in the Delta Airlines area at about 6:05 for his trip to Key West. Lucky bugger. I was back in my bed by 6:30, and although I … Read more
~Friday~ Stagnant Driver pulled up in her 40-foot mobile oven this morning, and left it on bake my entire trip, searing her buscapade character name into time immemorial. What is wrong with her? I wish she were menopausal, although she doesn’t appear to be any where near old enough to be. It didn’t occur to … Read more
~Thursday~ She’s out to get me. She did it again. Stagnant Driver arrived with the A/C on. Library Man was on board this morning, and I purposefully took a seat behind him so I could see what he was reading. No hometown newspaper with color photos in it today, but instead a paper magazine called … Read more
~Wednesday~ Stagnant Driver dragged her 8:15 bus up to my stop at 8:25. Watch. Now that I’ve named her, she’ll have the A/C on all the time. I haven’t mentioned that I’ve seen Madonna—of Madonna-and-Genetically-Beautiful-Daughter buscapade character name fame—a couple of times over the past week or two. Only one time was she with said … Read more
~Tuesday~ Hooray for today, as the university fall Wolfline schedule went into effect, which means four times more buses running about three times more often than over the summer. With that said, I didn’t take a Wolfline bus into work this morning. I was rushed, however, to get to the city bus stop by 8:15, … Read more
~Friday~ At the bus stop this morning, my BlackBerry notified me that “Miss Wood” had confirmed our friendship on Facebook. Miss Wood (who is now very Mrs. Wood, complete with children and grandchildren) was one of my high school math teachers, and my friend Mike Manuel from high school “recommended” that I friend her a … Read more
~Thursday~ I waited in anticipation for the 40-foot air-conditioner-on-wheels to rescue me from the 92% humidity at 7:15 in the morning. Shortly before the bus arrived, 70% Geek / 30% Military arrived and said good morning before diving into his latest book, the title of which I couldn’t see. (And you know I tried to.) … Read more
~Wednesday~ You’ve heard of the fork in the road, but how about the: I stepped over that walking to my bus stop this morning. That driver was back, but mercifully, she actually had on the air-conditioning. The Kanki Guy (officially named now) got on at the McDonald’s stop at Western/Gorman, and I’ve officially deemed that … Read more