Jones' Pure Cane Cola is love.

Happy birthday xilimyth and a belated one to dashutri

Okay, I just got to write about this.  I take the Light Rail up to work and back, but lately it's been running very late and over crowded.  MTA's initial responce was "Here's the reason why.  We're going as fast as we can to get things back to normal."  Now, it's a jumble.

The short end:  They're short on trains, and they're running against a 40 mph speed limit.  Compare to 50+ on certian sections, including between Lithicum and Ferndale.  Expect delays and overcrowding.  Shuttle bus between Penn Station and Mt. Royal Avenue.  I myself plan to take the Penn line, the 61 down, and the 3X up.

The long end:  April 23rd, 2008 -- a train heading to a maintaince facility (North Ave? Cromwell?) splits a wheel into two.  MTA Light Rail division checks a few other trains and see more trouble.  They order the entire fleet inspected for wheels that are at the same level of wear of the ones on the train that broke... leaving too few trains.  They also slap a 40 mph restriction on the line.

Thus the current situation.

The immediate future: On May 12th, they will redeploy the schedule.  A trains will run from Hunt Valley every 15 minutes.  At Lithicum they will alternate between BWI and Cromwell.  A bus bridge will also operate, serving Cromwell and Ferndale to North Lithicum.

As soon as they get more trains cleared, they will, but they estimate it'll take much of the summer to do it.  Burn the overtime, boys!

Pulling it now, see if my XP Laptop can hack it.

Buh?  Team Fortress 2 is free for the weekend?

Jonsey?  Niko?  Anything this ol' QuakeWorld player should know?  

That's British Standards Institute.  Aka a cool, grey, rainy day.  I could go for that.

But what lovely thing has popped up on Slashdot?

Great. Hans Reiser (ReiserFS fame) got himself convicted of murder. http://tinyurl.com/6xm776

Sigh... Nice file system.  Unfortunately, it's creator has just proven himself to be a mad scientist.

I has a stimulus check.

...this so-called prankster's number is going online, both on Twitter and here: 703 801 5014

I can has minutes back?


EDIT: If you own that number and want it removed, register and publicly apologize.

• 17:52 Allergies hit hard today. The Claritin! It does nothing!!! #

Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

• 21:43 Bitpushing/Moving again. 160g drive <= Everything on 80g drive <= Copy of iTunes dir, my art. #

Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

Got up at 6am, which isn't usual -- I had to be out of the house by 6:15 and make a 6:36 train.  Made it, but not before encountering this moron trying to sell "generic Old Bay."

Yeah.  And we have generic Viagra.  Don't work that way, hon.

Add that the guy got on the train, dropped his stuff, and continued on both outside and inside.  I spoke with the train operator, who thankfully checked to see if he had a ticket.

He didn't.  He had cash but no ticket itself.  He was kicked off the train before it left, with him swearing -- a black con-man calling a black MTA operator a n***** and a few other choice unprintable words.

So to the operator of Maryland Transit Administration LRV car 5008 on the 6:36am run from Cromwell, Canmephia salutes you -- as well as a third of a LRV (Light Rail Vehicle) for making their day less annoying.

• 19:09 CG is down for install of a remote-accessible KVM system and whatever crashes that happen on boot. Yes, one is in session. #
• 20:10 CG is back up. #
• 20:35 Upgrading OSD. "While waiting, please contemplate your existence in the greater universe." #
• 23:14 Powerbook G4 DVI ready to go. Will probably ship Tuesday. #

Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

• 11:16 Fixed Mia's Powerbook G4. Getting dressed for birthday party. #
• 14:23 Correction. 26 kids under 10 years old. #
• 14:23 Pizza makes a party with 26 under-10-yr-olds all that much better. #
• 19:43 Back home. Now to work on more Sandra wallpaper. #
• 21:27 Talking with an old friend, Abix. #
• 22:52 Ran out of minutes on my prepaid cell phone. First time that ever happened. #

Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

• 16:40 I can has stimulus check now? #

Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

Paycheck auto-deposited, check.
Ink for printer, check.
Powerbook G4 parts, ordered for 2 day UPS delivery.
Hoodwinked into a new webcam, check.
Save some of the stuff for Anthrocon... wait until I get home so I can move it over.

• 23:04 Some tracking service here called Blu_Ray followed me... until I slapped a block on it. NO SPAMMERS ALLOWED! #

Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

So Mozdoc's played it straight enough to get back on FurryMuck as himself... and get into the Herm Haven.

He paged me, and I said quite directly "Don't f*** it up."  And he nearly started to, thinking I was going stupr hawd on him.  No, Moz, you need to earn my trust again.  You do that by not screwing up your chance on FM.

You earn my trust again, you earn the right to post to Multifurry.  It's that simple.

He's got a few months.