Yesteday the Vancouver Olympic Committee announced what will happen to traffic during the 2010 Olympics. People are urged firstly to stay home and inside the entire two weeks. Suuuure, that sounds likely.
People are also told, if they have to go to work, to ride a bike or take transit.
How many of these people on the Vancouver Olympic Committee have ridden a bike to work in FEBRUARY? That seems feasible.
They're also planning to add something like 180 new buses to deal with increased ridership during those two weeks. Apparently the number actually needed to deal with the ridership swell would be closer to 500.
All I will say is that this is going to be "interesting".
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
You know...
... as much as I like to complain about the change to daylight savings time, it sure is nice to have that extra light at the end of the day. Unfortunately it's supposed to be around -15 degrees with windchill today, so spring is most definitely not in the air. Yet.
Going to see Simian Mobile Disco on Thursday, which should be dance-tastic. Later this month, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and then in May I have the Faint / Ladytron co-headlining tour. The concert season has started early this year. Did it ever end?
I see from my site stats that someone from BC Transit has visited my site, no doubt attracted by my mentions of them usually in an unfavourable light. Same thing happened with Lululemon back in the previous iteration of my blog. Clearly someone from the companies gets paid (presumably) to keep an eye on what people are saying about them.
To sum up:
1. Lululemon: in my experience, poorly made clothes that cost to much for yoga posers. There's some weird culty-type stuff going on in management according to Chatelaine magazine, but I don't really give a shit. However, it must be said that Lululemon pants make womens' asses look amazing, so I appreciate them on that level.
2. BC Transit / Translink / whatever they're called now. Dubious service, especially when it snows, never-ending fare increases, a disaster called the Canada Line.
That is all.
Going to see Simian Mobile Disco on Thursday, which should be dance-tastic. Later this month, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and then in May I have the Faint / Ladytron co-headlining tour. The concert season has started early this year. Did it ever end?
I see from my site stats that someone from BC Transit has visited my site, no doubt attracted by my mentions of them usually in an unfavourable light. Same thing happened with Lululemon back in the previous iteration of my blog. Clearly someone from the companies gets paid (presumably) to keep an eye on what people are saying about them.
To sum up:
1. Lululemon: in my experience, poorly made clothes that cost to much for yoga posers. There's some weird culty-type stuff going on in management according to Chatelaine magazine, but I don't really give a shit. However, it must be said that Lululemon pants make womens' asses look amazing, so I appreciate them on that level.
2. BC Transit / Translink / whatever they're called now. Dubious service, especially when it snows, never-ending fare increases, a disaster called the Canada Line.
That is all.
Monday, March 09, 2009
Bleary-eyed Morning
Daylight savings time crept up on me this weekend and slapped me unceremoniously in the scrotum. Ouch. I wasn't quite ready for that. Although when is anyone really ready for that? A quick dump of snow and it feels like today is going to require a little more effort.
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