Commuter News

Our home is near a major on/off ramp of the Capitol Beltway (aka Eight Lanes of Hell). The Maryland Dept of Transportation has been working on redoing all of the ramps to & from Georgia Avenue from the beltway for a few years and they have considerable more work still to go.

One of the projects is to take out the cloverleaf ramps and replace them with traffic-light controlled extended ramps. In theory, this would allow easier merges and fairer access, especially for the inner loop traffic heading southbound on Georgia Avenue towards DC during the morning rush hour.

Tuesday, they activated the new traffic lights. As of 30 minutes ago, the usual 0.25 mile line of traffic waiting to merge southbound from the inner loop is now a five mile backup. Good work, guys. Thank god my commute isn't affected.

This morning's commute to work was actually very nice, thanks to some unexpected scenery. In the lane adjacent to me for most of the 30+ mile drive was a hot guy riding a Yamaha motorcycle northbound on I270. Wisps of dark hair around the edges of his helmet with a huge, thick white-as-snow mustache. Dark furry forearms. Tight-fitting white t-shirt, blue jeans. Mmmmmm...

If the traffic wasn't so heavy, I would have tried grabbing a photo with my cell phone. drool

Commuter News

Our home is near a major on/off ramp of the Capitol Beltway (aka Eight Lanes of Hell). The Maryland Dept of Transportation has been working on redoing all of the ramps to & from Georgia Avenue from the beltway for a few years and they have considerable more work still to go.

One of the projects is to take out the cloverleaf ramps and replace them with traffic-light controlled extended ramps. In theory, this would allow easier merges and fairer access, especially for the inner loop traffic heading southbound on Georgia Avenue towards DC during the morning rush hour.

Tuesday, they activated the new traffic lights. As of 30 minutes ago, the usual 0.25 mile line of traffic waiting to merge southbound from the inner loop is now a five mile backup. Good work, guys. Thank god my commute isn't affected.

This morning's commute to work was actually very nice, thanks to some unexpected scenery. In the lane adjacent to me for most of the 30+ mile drive was a hot guy riding a Yamaha motorcycle northbound on I270. Wisps of dark hair around the edges of his helmet with a huge, thick white-as-snow mustache. Dark furry forearms. Tight-fitting white t-shirt, blue jeans. Mmmmmm...

If the traffic wasn't so heavy, I would have tried grabbing a photo with my cell phone. drool

Ahhhhh...

The heat and humidity of the past 10+ days has finally broken: it's raining heavily outside my office window right now. You know it's bad when standing in the middle of a torrential downpour feels less humid than than the prior sultry day.

I was drenched as I dashed from the local mall through the parking lot to my car. My purchase (aside from a chocolate sundae)? Waterproof disposable cameras --how appriopriate is that? Our square dance group is going tubing on Antietam Creek on Saturday... watch for photos of floating dancer hotness in a few days' time.

Ahhhhh...

The heat and humidity of the past 10+ days has finally broken: it's raining heavily outside my office window right now. You know it's bad when standing in the middle of a torrential downpour feels less humid than than the prior sultry day.

I was drenched as I dashed from the local mall through the parking lot to my car. My purchase (aside from a chocolate sundae)? Waterproof disposable cameras --how appriopriate is that? Our square dance group is going tubing on Antietam Creek on Saturday... watch for photos of floating dancer hotness in a few days' time.