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Silly Site o' the Day

I've often said that one of the best things about my present job is the commute. While I feel guilty about driving a car and probably always will (I spent almost 25 years getting by perfectly well 99% of the time using NYC public transit), the present Westchester County location of our offices means a half-hour drive door-to-door on roads not heavily travelled by most commuters, as opposed to an hour and a half to two hours by bus and/or train. I did the bus/train thing this morning, though, as I'll be meeting Robin in Manhattan after work and I Do Not Drive Into Manhattan. While the afternoon sojourn will be fine as it's only 25 minutes into Grand Central, the morning's a bit trickier as it involves a 10-minute walk to the local bus, then a half hour on said bus to the Fordham Metro-North station, then waiting time for the train which timing I always screw up, and today was no different. I got a much earlier bus than I needed and wound up waiting on the train platform in the mugginess for almost half an hour. No, I do not for one minute take my nice air-conditioned automobile for granted! Maybe if I had my FedEx clock with me (via Hanan Levin) things would have been differ-- nah, who'm I kidding?...