If this doesn't make you do a facepalm in re: Arlington's attitude toward mass transit, I don't know what will (aside from the fact that the Super Bowl did come to town and that was indeed a huge complaint, and they're still not going to do anything about it) [link]
Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.
'Soul Purpose'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Daisy Jane - Mar 01, 2011 9:57:30 am PST #25845 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Daisy Jane - Mar 01, 2011 9:58:01 am PST #25846 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Aw, Scrappy I'm sorry, but so glad you have good memories.
Gudanov - Mar 01, 2011 10:06:19 am PST #25847 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Mass transit has a rough time in Kansas City. It keeps coming up time and time again, but the basic problem is that the city is so spread out that every proposal ends up being expensive while also only accommodating a limited number of people. Also, the airport is like a billion miles from anywhere anyone wants to go in the city.
DavidS - Mar 01, 2011 10:07:01 am PST #25848 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Mass transit has a rough time in Kansas City.
Awww, my Dad grew up on the old KC trolleys.
Gudanov - Mar 01, 2011 10:07:34 am PST #25849 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
You can still see the tracks in places.
Daisy Jane - Mar 01, 2011 10:12:28 am PST #25850 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
If you click around this map of AT [link] it's pretty clear where rail should go, and then you fill in with buses (or streetcars!). DART and the TRE (Trinity Railway Express runs from the airport to far FW) connect, but does not stop in Arlington.
Theodosia - Mar 01, 2011 10:13:52 am PST #25851 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
You know how insane George Will is when you realize he's probably never lived in a city without heavily-used mass transit. So much for taking away people's choices.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 01, 2011 10:22:17 am PST #25852 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My parents lucked out—although they came up snake eyes in the daughter-in-law and grandchildren crapshoot, we have a good relationship and my youthful rebellion consisted of being a sloppy dresser in high school. Apparently Mom's goody-two-shoes childhood overbalanced the karmic payback from Dad's upbringing as part of a pack of Devil-children.
Daisy Jane - Mar 01, 2011 10:28:48 am PST #25853 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Has anyone linked to the Sheen dictionary? [link]
Ginger - Mar 01, 2011 10:31:19 am PST #25854 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There's nothing like driving to give me feelings of inadequacy. This is partly because I am aware that driving is the most dangerous thing I do and I have no illusions that I am in control. This is what happens when someone does a lot of research into risk.
My dad's been gone for 20 years, and I've never been anything but happy that he's gone, although I sometimes mourn what he could have been.