Crossing over the Charles River, I got a lung-full of sea air, the
tang of salt combined with the downpour confused me for a bit.

A block later, I got a lung-full of earth/loam scent. It smelled like
someone had just put compost on their garden, but I was in the middle
of an expanse of concrete.
On Comm. Ave, just after crossing I-90, a storm ( Read more... )

After two separate conversations about 80's fashion this weekend, I was amused to see a female pedestrian wearing a white t-shirt with huge black printing on it, I think it said Run DMC ( Read more... )

Saw a robin as I was leaving the house, and a bumblebee bobbing along as I was stopped at a light.

Yesterday was so nuts, I only had a chance to jot down the mnemonics I was repeating to myself.

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Gah, I went over a big bump and my bike computer fell off this morning. I was able to rescue it before any cars smashed it, but it somehow managed to bounce in just the right way to reset *everything*. My odo was about to hit 9000 miles too. :/ I have to look up how to reset the wheel circumference when I get home, it's not reporting accurate ( Read more... )

Traffic was nuts this morning, the congestion points looked more like they do at rush hour than at my usual leave late to avoid it hour. Is Mem Drive or Storrow flooded or something? *dig dig dig* Storrow it is then, that would explain the traffic in Brighton/Allston.There was also quite a bit of water in our basement, but on the landlord's side ( Read more... )

I was feeling a bit sleepy this morning, and found myself counting cars as they passed me on my ride to work. Surprisingly, I didn't lose count all the way, so here are some numbers, mostly to remind myself that despite my being used to cars passing me, drivers freak out for a reason ( Read more... )

A delivery truck was double parked and the driver had just thrown up the roll door. A white mist was rolling out of the back of the truck, drifting into the road. As I went through it, a cold fog enveloped me, a tiny harbinger of winter ( Read more... )

I was in a pretty good mood this morning. My legs are getting ( Read more... )