On snow and humor

First I should note that all to often my readers to get to see me lash out at Toronto drivers. In my defense, Toronto drivers are appallingly incompetent, but sometimes someone does something really courteous and makes me feel like a total jerk for bitching. Anyway the story is, I’m riding to work on Thursday and I get to a street car (to Europeans you would call them a tram), and by law I am not allowed to pass when the doors are open, thus preventing a collision with a pedestrian. Well as the street car slows down people start walking onto the street as is the norm to board, and I slow down. But then wouldn’t you know, the driver does not actually open the door until I pass. It was a really nice thing to do, sure on a road bike, either Erin or the Coppi I could whip past just as soon as the doors shut and catch up with the next street car just a couple blocks further down, but on the old mountain bike Brian gave me, it’s a different story, passing a street car is no trivial exercise when you are not clipped in and your bottom bracket is making unsettling noises.

I noticed someone from Iowa hit my little blog. Hello out there, hope you enjoyed the jokes. :) Actually they were Googling the pattern: “geez, i didn't think they'd get this @%#*^ing mad." ( stephen harper, december 2008 ). So like I said I hope they enjoyed the jokes. :) I guess for American’s we ought to change the line to be geez, I didn't think they'd get this @%#*^ing mad." ( George Bush, December 2008 after the Iraqi press conference).

Its snowing really hard today, it was predicted, 15cm, that's six inches, and lots of wind. Did I ever bitch about the weather? Well walking to work sucks! Best of all, when Lesley woke up she drove, had I waited for her I could have arrived at the same time without being cold and wet. I hate winter, oh well, 103 days until April 1, lets just hope there is no snow by then!