saturday night special

live from the wal*mart in the sprawling east suburbs of urbana, ohio, i'm bringing you the update on all the small-town happenings. 1) there's a car show, and the attached photo shows my favorite entry of the show. see rule #7 from cuteoverload.com - any thing, accompanied by a smaller version of that thing, is doubly cute. this antique truck and model truck demonstate that. 2) there was a hot-air balloon show AND an art show today as well. this joint is hoppin'. 3) chris r@dford is married. i repeat, married. i'm not shocked, because his biological clock was ticking. but still. he met some chick and married her 4 months later. so yeah, we don't like him at all. oops that's probably a little mean, but i'm still hitting send on this puppy.

fun thing from rachel, erin style

Fun Band for a Lifetime: Choose a band/artist and answer ONLY in titles of their songs.

I chose Prince. He's covered an amazing range of musical styles in his career. Plus, he's one hot little man. Obviously, with these questions and his song titles, this could have gone way south, but I tried to keep it [somewhat] clean.

1. Are you male or female? And God Created Woman
2. Describe yourself: Baby I'm a Star
3. How do some people feel about you? Sexy M. F.
4. How do you feel about yourself? Hot Thing
5. Describe your ex: Nothing Compares 2 U
6. Describe your current significant other: There is Lonely
7. Describe where you want to be: Alphabet St.
8. Describe how you live: Play in the Sunshine
9. Describe how you love: Strange Relationship
10. What would you ask for if you had just one wish? Kiss
11. Share a few words of wisdom: Sometimes it Snows in April
12. Now say goodbye: Take Me With U

retrospection

From the 2002 files...

 

http://www.cincypost.com/2002/11/06/atransit110602.html

 

"Voters derailed a proposed $2.6 billion light rail system for Hamilton County Tuesday, overwhelmingly defeating a half-cent sales tax that backers hailed as a bold step toward a world-class transit system for Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky but that opponents castigated as a costly boondoggle.

By a 68 percent to 32 percent vote, countywide voters turned back Issue 7, which proposed to use a half-cent sales tax to build a light rail system that could have ultimately stretched from Northern Kentucky to Paramount's Kings Island, as well as fund $112 million in expanded bus service throughout the region."

I was thinking about the missing light rail system today as I drove to work and lamenting the fact that so many of my fellow Cincinnatians haven't gotten on board with this. Oh, how I wish that there would be a train that traveled the I-71 corridor. I would take the train every day just so I wouldn't have to drive. I have to think that all the folks coming from Mason into downtown could benefit from this. Because every day, I see them, sitting still on the other side of the highway, waiting for it to be time for them to inch forward ever closer to downtown. That would drive me over the edge.

In my opinion, light rail into and out of downtown is a no-brainer. It works in so many other cities. Why can't we make this work?

Internet wishes

Since some of my Internet wishes have come true, I'm going to try again.

 

I wish that I could go to the Poison/Cinderella show tomorrow night.

 

I love hair bands.

 

 

is it too soon to drop out of the race?

the human race, that is.

 

I decided to take a spin around the internet while I dine at my desk, and it looks like more of us have been up to no good:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11_July_2006_Mumbai_train_bombings#_note-11

 

this makes me both sad, and mad. but mostly, it makes me want to cash in my chips and become a cat, or a butterfly, or anything that doesn't blow up a bunch of its own species in order to prove some sort of point. it doesn't matter to me where the blowing up happens, it's always sad. but when it's just a bunch of folks minding their own business and going to work, well, that's the worst.

 

 

pondering

If you find sleep in your eyes AFTER you get to work, does that mean that you were asleep on the drive in?

Close to 40

Not me. The price to fill my gas tank. $38.84, to be exact. This is probably far less than most of you are already paying, but I drive a Chevy Cavalier, for pete's sake. It only holds 13 gallons, total. I suspect that the next time I fill up, I will hit the $40 mark.