Huh. Except actually, now that I look it up, according to Wikipedia, it turns out that mayor Villaraigosa is on LA's transit board. From the Governance section:

Metro is governed by a 13-member Board of Directors comprised of:

The five Los Angeles County Supervisors

The Mayor of Los Angeles

Three Los Angeles mayor-appointed members

Four city council members representing the other 87 cities in Los Angeles County.

The Governor of California appoints one non-voting member.

ETA: From MTA.net

I actually found the quote on NY1:

“If you're going to ride on a subway with an open container of coffee, whoever's standing next to you is going to get coffee on them, because there's no way you're going to be able to keep the coffee in the cup," said Feinstein.

!!!!

(In fairness, the MTA has a ban on "open containers", but it's never been explained what that is.)

Check it --

The story about the upcoming lecture series Tom Cruise was giving at the International Celebrity Center here in LA?

It was a hoax.

Too groggy and tired but:

Kat! If you're not gone yet, was this near where we hiked that one time?

Yes, I think so. And the location seems right.

a costume for someone [link]

msbelle, the costume is so cute and matches my theme! LOVE It!

Who do you think told the Greeks to store explosives in the Parthenon, during their revolution??

It was the Turks.

Although I'm okay with blaming Reagan.

So our neighborhood has been removing the existing sidewalk and putting in non-slip concrete (like you have in America). They are also touting the new handicap access ramps on each corner. Which is great, since the walkspace on the sidewalks is 12-14" wide. A stroller doesn't fit, let alone a wheelchair. [link]

I suggested to Robert last night that we go as Medea and Jason, but he says I can't drug Mallory for costume purposes.

A fireball! How very neat, I'd really love to see one!

I've been sleeping badly, what with all the excitement over buying a car and all, so last night I took my remaining Sonesta... and I did sleep pretty well and deeply, and physically I'm also doing pretty well, except that the sleep-hangover is pretty fierce....

Good morning, all.

The short version is this: Say the Red Sox, Yanks, and Indians end up 95-67. The Sox and Yanks would have a one-game playoff to determine who gets the division title.

This is not what was explained on the radio -- public radio! Must be September, if they're covering obscure baseball rules! -- this morning. In the event of a three-way tie, there would be two one-game playoffs. Cleveland shouldn't get in by default, playing one less game than either of its competitors.

Only if Boston and New York end up tied, and both ahead of Cleveland, will there be no playoff game at all. Then they'll use the regular-season series record, which New York has won, and we'll be in the wildcard.

Oh! Susan Orlean audio essay about "Sweet Caroline!" She interviewed David Wells, the ZZ Top pitcher, who was like, Who doesn't like Neil Diamond?

(She's 3 months too late; the Globe ran a history of the song being sung at Fenway this summer. It turns out, it was a total fluke, that caught on.)

Oh, and should I mention, today I should get my NEW CAR? Yes, I probably should. (2005 Subaru Forester, btw.) Now I must leave for work toot de sweet.

David Ortiz David Ortiz David Ortiz

Err... my boss is listening to her voice mail messages on speaker phone. I can hear everything.

You have 7 new messages. To Listen to your messages press 1.

(boop)

[message]

To delete this message, press 7...

(boop)

Next message...

(boop boop)

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and, she listens to one message at a time, then hangs up and calls the person back, then re-accesses the voice mail.

ARG.

Good morning!