I occurred to me as I sat in the midst of a mile-long traffic jam yesterday - I really haven't done a lot of commuting lately.
I live in the Midway, halfway between the two downtowns. Which is great, except that for years, most of the high-tech (non-defense-industry) jobs were growing up in the western suburbs. So for years after I left radio and went into software, I commuted. And commuted. And commuted some more.
From 2003 on, my various commutes - with the number of miles/major chokepoints included - were:
So yowsa, I'm out of shape! I've forgotten the shortcuts, and I've really forgotten the patience needed to survive as I slug through my drive to the northwest suburbs; half an hour if I'm lucky, and hour if I'm not.
Like yesterday.
You know who you are, woman in the Bronco. All I can say is, I suspect you must be guilty of some horrid crime in your past, which is why you have abandoned as irrelevant the concepts and strictures of conventional morality.
I have no better explanation.
Note to Governor Pawlenty: You need to build a toll skyway from, say, 55 and 100, directly to 94 and 280. You will once again be my hero.
Posted by Mitch at September 16, 2005 12:44 PM | TrackBack
I like books on CD. SOmehow it's better than the radio.
Posted by: dwb at September 16, 2005 03:01 PMMitch, Welcome to my life. 3 years straight of gridlock. On the plus side that is how I found Hugh Hewitt. Bumper to bumper became a lot easier after that.
Posted by: Uncle Ben at September 17, 2005 01:34 AMSince the Northern Alliance still doesn't offer the show in downloadable MP3s, I have acquired a taste for listening to commercial-free Coast to Coast AM shows that I download and burn to CDs. Of course, I would MUCH prefer to listen to NARN. ;-)
Posted by: Michael at September 17, 2005 09:50 AM