"Undermining my electoral viability since 2001."

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You know who's dangerous out there on the road? The "Intelligent Transportation" bus-limo motherfucker. That guy drives a decked-out short-bus, but handles it like a NYC taxi cab. The extra-wide side mirrors are just about at head-height for me on the Cobra. But I appreciate a good adversary.

What I really want to do though is get a little odometer/spedometer so I can start taking some data from my rides. I was in rare form along the Embarcaderro tonight, but i wonder just how much faster that means I went. Might be fun to graph!

In general news it's been a solid week of 10 hour days in the office, with after-hours wheeling and dealing to follow. End of the year means it's time to Glen Garry up; Always Be Closing, sucka.

Next week it'll be back up to the HC for the week, xmas party (gotta work on my talent show piece), and then things should start to decompress. I'm not sure yet what the plan is for the holidays. New Years in Portland seems like the default, but maybe a wild hare will strike. I feel like getting off the grid a bit, but really that just means ditching my laptop for a week.

I also want to get myself a camera for christmas and start fooling around w/that too.

Here comes the train.

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Quick hits from Embarcaderro:

  • I didn't catch tonight's debate, but I will tell you what I thought of last week's VP contest: less exciting than expected, though Palin's sex appeal remains a great unexplored aspect of the race.
  • Gay marriage question was interesting. People I know are unhappy w/Biden's answer, but I found the framing of constitutional rights to be ok. Civil unions for everyone, including breeders. Leave the magic "marriage" word up to the church. In another decade it won't matter though.
  • SF is pretty beautiful, and I'm hells-all busy as per usual. Secret plans which will be revealed in time.

Here comes the train. Wish I hadn't left my headphones in the HC. Anyone got any book recommendations?

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