Hurried tidbits

I've been wanting to post about a few things. Rather than individual posts, I suppose I'll put them all here. Rushing off for the afternoon to Boulder, so this has to be quick.

RTD Scramble
I saw the best thing when I was riding light rail this week. As I mentioned, I've committed to taking the light rail and bus (public transit and/or walking) as much as possible. It takes more time, but I really want to support and use public transit. Better for me, my community, the environment, etc. Anyway, picture this: three tracks, A - B - C. I'm on train B. Train C is waiting next to me with doors open. Train A pulls up and people rush off to get onto train C. However, my train, B is smack in the way. So, all of a sudden, tons of people scramble up the steps on the left side of B run through my train, scramble down then steps on the right side of B and run straight into train C. The B train shortcut? Tee hee hee. Everyone sort of raised an eyebrow when the stampede passed through our train. The doors closed and we went on our way.

Squeak Carnwath
My new favorite artist. I keep picking up boxes of cards and then realize they are the same artist, Squeak Carnwath. Besides the uber-cool name, she is an America artist (1947), still living, and teaching art in California. Check her out here.



Weather
Crazy Denver -- highs in the 60s today! Are you jealous east coast cold & snow people?

A few other topics that I can't tackle right now... what on earth is going on in the middle east with quasi-soon-to-be-revolution? It's amazing. Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon? Another topic: State of the Union Address. Nerdy me listened to the whole thing. And Paul Ryan's response (baaaaad).

Shabbat Shalom!

Shabbat shalom

I'm grateful (in principle, not for my personal use) that the best-plowed sidewalk in all of Denver - during the snow storm, after the snow storm, and now, a whole week after the snow storm - is Planned Parenthood. Somehow, that makes up for the rest of the city being left in a ridiculous state of slip n' slide black ice, solid waves of ice, slushy footprints filled with ice cold water (also slippery), and, in my mind, a complete disaster.

On a not unrelated note, I've decided to make taking public transit a priority this semester. I like taking it for lots of reasons (meet people in my community, support local and regional economy, better for environment and smaller energy use, get time to read or zone out, etc.) , I believe in what Denver public transit could be, so I'm going to *cheese* be that change I wish to see. I haven't driven my car for over a week!