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Justice
Funny how sometimes you get two awesome titles for one post in your head and have to pick just one. It was a toss up between this and “Karma Police.” Both are linked to music, but this one is just way more ironical, so I went with it.
That said, this post is about justice, karma and the police.
It all started one bright, sunny Thursday morning… earlier this morning… or does it? After all, wasn’t I just railing against the MBTA Transit Police the other day for a “suspect” parking ticket?
Hmm… yes I was, and based on plain facts at the time, not so suspect. I mean, I was over the lines and I wouldn’t argue otherwise. I deserved the ticket, no matter what the circumstance, but it would’ve been nice to point out why I was over the lines. Well… here we go again…
So, I drove into work this morning because I was going to be driving up north after work to meet up with some friends from my old job. There’s... Continue reading »
Subway + Ad = Animation
So, I meant to drop an Aside here about something I saw for the first time while riding the MBTA Red Line last week. The discussion that Ed and Jason are having about alternative forms of advertising in the Network Upfronts comments reminded me of this.
Anyway, as we were moving thru the dark tunnel, I noticed lighted ads started flying by the windows for the new Lexus ES350. That’s something new, but the very cool thing was they were lined up in such a way so that as we sped by they would change after you had enough time to read the words. Using a 40-50 mph moving train as an ad animation mechanism in a dark subway tunnel. A very innovative idea for new advertising. I wonder how many signs and lights were required to pull it off. Just plain cool.
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Tue :: 04 :: Mar :: 2008 :: 08.45 pm
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Commentary, Life
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Machinama, MBTA, Red Sox, Red v Blue, Sheila, Toyota Tundra
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Triple priced
So, the MBTA Transit Police charged Sheila $15 for taking up two parking spaces today.
Lemme do the math here… if it costs $5 for a spot for the day, and two are taken, that’s $10 and not $20, right?
I was over the lines in my spot because the truck next to me was over his lines, go figure. I’m sure they saw that. Not. I hope that guy got a ticket too. He was gone before I got back tonight. Anyway, this markup is sorta crap. At worst, I cost the MBTA five dollars in lost revenue today. It’s not like I was in a metered, handicap or fire lane spot, I was over the lines. I know, I’m complaining, really, over ten bucks. I don’t actually care, but I’m in a ranting mood, so what the heck.
Oh, who’s Sheila you ask? Well, obviously that’s the name of my truck. Yeah, I named her Sheila, despite the slightly disturbing thought that it puts in my head about a pizza delivery ape… he of the gold-digging-ex-wife-named-Sheila fame. The only woman who’d ever think a pizza delivery ape — honestly, a term of... Continue reading »