some random musings

1) I was driving about last Thursday, and I took a look at the sky, and noticed something....

...The season had changed...

At the risk of sounding like one of those cranky old men who say things like 'yeeah; I remember the summer of '37; what a wild one that was!', I notice these things. It's a subtle thing: the blue is a little paler, the clouds are a muddy grey instead of bright white, and there's just this sense of twilight in the air even at noon. So Fall is upon us, even if the calendar says August, which is only in keeping with this years Weather of Weirdness (tm).

2) On my hotmail webpage I get a lot of banner ads. most of them are merely irritating, but some really annoy me. Like the ads for 'True' dating site, with the 'random' (yeah, right) cute single woman who just 'happens' to be on the site, and has the whole 'cute-and-perky' thing going on.

Yes, I know; these are professional ACTRESSES. That bugs me most of all. I've been on some of these dating sites in the past, and the vast majority of women (and men FTM) aren't nearly as attractive (truth to say, myself included: Adonis I ain't) as these models, but somehow we're supposed to think that we'll magically meet/look like/have sex with one of these people?

Please; I'm not that stupid. I don't blame the models for acting like that: that's their job. It's the site owner who knowingly puts this crap out there that I want up against the wall when the revolution comes. Right next to the guy who came up with the 'office dancers' who are 'accidentially' caught dancing and have this unbelievably fake look of surprise on their face, and just down the wall from the producers of the 'live links' ads. We, the people no longer tolerate being treated as if we're just stupid and gullable, so please kindly PULL THIS CRAP OFF THE AIR!!!!

End of rant; enjoy the rest of the summer y'all.

wisdom from cap'n reynolds

Found this on Facebook:

Washington DC fantasy metros:

Couple of folks got really crazy for these maps:



















Version 1:























Version 2; I'm not sure which one I like better, and again, I've got my own notion which I will post soon.

Chicago fantasy metros

I've posted one before; now I want to post both together:

--This is the first version I found





















--This is version two; I believe this is what the CTA is actually proposing to build.






















--And version 3. Eventually I will get around to posting my version, but it's pretty rough at the moment and I'd like it to look a little bit more professional.

More fantasy metros

See what I've found of late:















--San francisco






















Columbus, Ohio (Yes, Columbus; transit lovers are everywhere apparently)




















St. Louis, Missouri. Note: most of the red line and part of the green line (to Shrewsbury) are already built.






















Boston; if Boston had this metro it would be a fun city to live in.


As always, these are not my creations (you'd think I would have saved the link; I was just happy to find them). someone else did the hard work; I just assembled the images into one convenient spot.

"Live moved slower when the trains moved faster."