Gas prices continue to edge upwards toward that behavior-changing $4/gallon mark. My daily commute, at that rate, will cost me just shy of two bucks a day. That works out to about $40/month in gas spent getting to and from campus in an average month. College employees can get a subsidized local bus pass for $45/quarter (roughly three months of travel). As much as I enjoy my little roadster, commute travel is absolutely not the same as carving along a curvy mountain road. The Miata sits in a parking spot all day, rarely moving unless I have an off-campus meeting at a neighboring campus (like today). I'd love to be able to take the bus instead of driving everyday, and the savings would be measurable at the soon-to-be $4/gallon mark. Unfortunately, state budget cuts have impacted transit schedules too. My short 15 drive would be replaced by a two-bus one-hour-and-ten-minute bus ride with nearly a one mile hike to the closest bus stop to our house. The latter is fine, since I try to get one to two miles walking in every day, but losing over two hours each day to local bus schedules isn't. Maybe that will improve as gas prices increase and ridership goes up.
Mr. Maleable (Wednesday) is living up to his reputation this morning, with today looking like a make-of-it-what-you-will sort of day. The calendar isn't exactly crowded with pre-determined meetings, but more hours of the day are blocked out than not. Yet most of today's meetings have maleable agendas, with opportunities to be surprised by what gets covered and sorted through.
Today's playlist was short, with a sizable chunk of the time consumed by Vivaldi's Spring (a little optimistic right now, but we're getting closer!), closing with a nice high-energy ballad from Spain's Obk:
- Brad Mehdau & Pat Metheny: Bachelor's Ill
- Vivaldi: Spring
- Obk: Eterna Canción
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