This morning’s buscapade evoked two thoughts: There’s no eating, smoking, drinking, or profanity on the CAT bus. Frances Conroy‘s character Ruth Fisher on HBO’s Six Feet Under, “Language!” A man got on the bus on his cell phone, taking a seat maybe two rows behind me. He was in the midst of heated (read: screaming) discussion … Read more
29 years ago today, I walked into New Employee Orientation at International Business Machines, where I enjoyed a 28-year career that ended on my own terms on September 12, 2008. I read more of Dewey on the bus on the way in. Each driver seems to have a different idea of exactly where the bus should … Read more
I was heads down in my book, Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, on the bus today, so didn’t notice much. I did notice that the short and stout lady with whom I don’t compete to pull the stop cord was not on today. For the second time in as many months, … Read more
Today, which seemed rather arbitrary, the bus turned left on Hillsborough Street where it never had before, totally bypassing my stop. Right before this happened, I heard the bus driver saying something to someone, which I couldn’t understand, but I saw her pointing ahead. This made me suspicious enough to go ahead and get off … Read more
I looked out of my bedroom window this morning at 7:30, surprised to find my car in my parking spot. My first thought was, “Casey has overslept.” After checking in with him, though, I found out that he was totally cognizant of what he was doing, which was (in his words): “Being lazy this morning. … Read more
It’s been a while since and indexed blog entry has really struck me. Today’s did: Thank You for Being a Friend I’ve received this from a couple of different places now, so I imagine “it’s going around the Internet.” Aging celebs: Arnold Schwarzenegger Clint Eastwood Richard Gere Pierce Brosnan Rod Stewart Roger Moore Russell Crowe … Read more
At the bus stop today—after an earlier morning rain—I thought there’d surely be fauna about the wet ground. Nada. Yesterday neither. I guess the show on Monday was special entertainment just for me. Thanks, universe. Just before my departing stop today, the road was very bumpy, and I noticed the bus driver’s seat just a-bouncing … Read more
This morning I did two things at the bus stop that I’ve never done since beginning to ride in mid-September: I “missed” the bus, and I looked down. I have never missed the bus whenever I’ve been at the stop within five minutes of its leaving time at its origin, which is about five minutes … Read more
I was in the office today from 1:00 until 10:30, and I got an absolute ton of work done. Yay! Someone tweeted a pointer to this article: 15 Unusual and Creative Bus Stops. Being the veteran bus rider of over six months that I now am, it of course caught my attention. Click on the above … Read more
John was a dull boy today. I worked for about seven hours, but at least it was work that I like, and the time just flew by. At times, I was in what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi would called “flow.” Since not too much happened today, I’m going to take advantage of this cyber real estate, and … Read more