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Smile and Wave

Posted in I'm Taking the Bus on November 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »

If you absolutely, positively have to participate in the shopping frenzy known as Black Friday then save your sanity by avoiding congested off ramps and parking lots.  Use public transit instead.
Short North: The best urban shopping in Columbus and the most accessible with public transit.  Served from all directions shoppers can arrive on COTA routes [...]

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Transit Redundancy Keeps City Moving

Posted in I'm Taking the Train on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A overnight snowfall of 30 cm (12”) has delayed the morning commute in Helsinki. Local trains were delayed by as much as an hour, though the long-distance trains were only delayed by 15 minutes. The 10:09 high-speed train to Turku was cancelled.
While Helsinki may be more adept than Columbus at handling 12” of [...]

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Smoke and Mirrors

Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“Is there really any difference”, she asked “to being addicted to nicotine gum than to being addicted to cigarettes?”
“Yes there is,” I told her. “I can chew the gum in the shower.” It had never occurred to me to combine these two morning tasks – washing up and taking care of my addiction [...]

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Premium(s)

Posted in Think on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’d been putting it off for several months.  It’s not because I don’t like going to the dentist, its because I wanted to save up and pay cash for the services.  Last winter’s furnace repair, the new water heater and the new roof this spring tapped out the finances fairly well.  It was just one [...]

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Auto Response

Posted in Think on November 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »

The current hot button appears to be whether US automakers should get a bailout package from the Feds.  The debate starts with the fact that the Feds doled out cash to the banks for the sake of keeping the economy afloat.  The debate continues with some saying that the automobile industry is so much apart [...]

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Bagged

Posted in See on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s a fresh take on a not-so-pleasant late-night event in New York.   It seems that the Jack Spade store was broken into, not once, but twice by the same man.  The folks at Jack Spade have captured the action and put it up for viewing on their web site, complete with animated “post” storyboard.   If [...]

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Beer: No – Scrabble: Yes

Posted in I'm Taking the Bus, See on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

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Election Day in Columbus, Ohio

Posted in Experience, Listen, See, Think on November 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The city seems alive today.  More alive than on most Tuesdays.  After a study of the morning news I was out on the streets, first down Bruck Street to pick up some things from my printer, then to the post office on Parsons to send them off.
I caught the #4 downtown and transfered to the [...]

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