Car free day 23

It was a cold morning, with temps down around 20F. There was a dusting of snow overnight, but the most significant hazard was that there was about 1/4 of an inch of ice coating all horizontal surfaces. This made the roads and sidewalks quite slick. So, after I hopped on the train to go to work, I was once again stuck waiting for over 30 minutes for the bus to show up, since it had chains again. I'm glad it did, but that's jumping ahead in the story.

While I was waiting for the bus, there were a couple other people waiting there with me. One started up a casual conversation with me, talking about how cold it is, when the bus should arrive, or if it was even running. Then he changed the topic to a brief mention of the incident between North and South Korea. These incidents have been happening on and off for decades, and while definitely not a good thing, I don't think its a sure sign that we're about to be dragged into a war. While that may happen, it doesn't seem too likely right now. Anyways, I was about to make a comment back, basically to that effect, when the "weirdo on the bus" rule took effect. One of the other people waiting for the bus started in on a rant about how the whole system is corrupt and will soon collapse. He would make comments like "we need to change our thinking" but when asked how you would change how people think, he'd just reiterate that we need to change.

Anyways, after 15 mintues or so of listening to this guy go on and on with his rant, the bus finally pulled up. Then, as we were headed into a left turn lane to (wait for it) turn left (shocking, I know), the bus started to fishtail and slide. That is quite the interesting feeling, and I'm sure the car which was sitting in the turn lane in front of the bus was quite scared at that point. The bus driver (who retires at the end of the month, and good for him!) deftly was able to get the bus to slide into the other lane, narrowly avoiding a collision with the car. The rest of the trip was uneventful.

In the evening, I once again walked, but I headed to New Seasons to pick up the last few ingredients I would need to be able to prepare my Thanksgiving feast. I was quite pleasantly surprised at the wide variety of produce and spices. Unfortunately, however, there was no eggplant, so I will resort to using potatoes in the curry to thicken it instead.