So BART has officially announced that we'll be able to use EZ Rider for parking starting in November. This is no big surprise. However, I didn't realize that using this program means we won't have to remember our parking space number anymore! Considering I had to walk back to my car to look at my space number this morning AGAIN, this is a pretty big plus for me. Totally worth $2 for a little hang tag, but I will probably sign up well before they institute fees anyway.

I don't know if this has been covered or not, I've been a little behind in my RAGING lately, but I saw a note on a little kiosk thing at the Lafayette station that said EZ Riders will be able to use their card to pay for parking at the beginning of next month. I'll stop and read the whole thing on my way home. Sorry if this is old news! Too bad I almost never use my EZ-Rider card...

My boss is stuck because of the train delays. A little bird told me there's a fire on 7th St that's causing the problem.

I snapped a few pictures of one of the BART K9's and his human partner at Embarcadero on 9/11. I thought about saying hi, but they looked busy and I was having kind of a bad day anyway. Thanks for keeping us safe!

When I got off the train today there was a homeless guy sitting at the top of the stairs with a can on the end of a fishing pole. He proclaimed as I walked by:

"Jar Jar Binks Sucks"

Awesome. I needed a laugh this morning.

I was sitting in the four square seats and the dude across from me got up. His pockets must have been saggy cuz there was a wallet on the seat as he went to leave.

So I stopped him, pointed and asked if it was his wallet. He took it and left. That would have sucked for him... and I hope it was his.

I was good this morning and took the train I should have to get to work a little early. I was all nice and comfy in the last seat in the car (after a weird indecisive staredown with the person coming from the other door).

Apparently, the gods of BART thought things were going too well. The train stopped and wouldn't get going again right outside MacArthur. The next train along was a Montgomery train, the one I usually take, but since I go past there anyway I opted for the SFO train 2 min behind it.

I'm thinking it's an early coffee day today.

A BART Moment of Zen

Take some time to smell the roses today.

Someone in here is eating fresh, hot, yummy smelling McDonalds fries.

That's just mean, I have an hour until I get home and I'm hungry :-(

I was walking with my BART buddy from work today. The steel drums guy is playing and some dude who looks like he's on crack is dancing right in the middle of the walkway.

As we're passing by, my friend stops to pick up a quarter that is in the dirt off to the side of the walkway. I personally wouldn't consider picking anything up off the ground in a BART station, short of that 20 dollar ticket I found on the ground once.

It was my own damn fault, but I really gotta tell this one.

I was on the Pittsburg train today and somewhere around the tunnel the TO saw a little boy about 8 hanging out with his dad in the lead car. He got on the loudspeaker and in a round about way invited him to come up to the cab.

After a little bit he let him beep the horn in the tunnel a few times and had him get on the speaker and announce the station name.

I know I've ridden this this TO's train before and I like him even more now. You rock, whoever you are, that made one little kid and one not so little kid's day

I guess the payment tally evened out at Lafayette yesterday. There was no piece of paper fluttering in the wind under my wiper blades when I got to my car. I'm gonna hang on to the receipt for a few days just in case I get something in the mail, but I guess paying and guesstimating the space (I was off by 4) was the right thing to do.

In other news, I got my EZRider in the card yesterday. Man, that was fast!