{"id":3294,"date":"2002-12-30T09:16:37","date_gmt":"2002-12-30T14:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2002-12-30T09:16:37","modified_gmt":"2002-12-30T14:16:37","slug":"commute_thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/12\/30\/commute_thought.html","title":{"rendered":"Commute thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Random thoughts from my commute this morning, mostly inspired by the radio.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Katherine was actually clingy to me this morning when I was leaving (despite my refusal earlier to let her have whipped cream for breakfast).  It was both disconcerting and kind of neat.\n<li>&#8220;We shouldn&#8217;t be rattling sabres at Iraq!  The government hasn&#8217;t even solved the anthrax attack yet!&#8221;  I understand Jimmy Hoffa is still missing, too.<\/p>\n<li>&#8220;Security experts predict a 75% chance of a terrorist attack if we attack Iraq!&#8221;  Um &#8230; are these the guys who predicted, and therefore foiled, the 9\/11 attacks?  Or the guys who&#8217;ve been saying that terrorist attacks were inevitable?  Or what?  I mean, if we could be sure of forever quelling all terrorist attacks by not attacking Iraq, that would be an interesting thought.  But what are the chances of a terrorist attack if we don&#8217;t attack Iraq?  Or, assuming there&#8217;s no linkage between Iraq and terrorist attacks, who cares?<\/p>\n<li>Looks like we&#8217;re &#8220;talking&#8221; with North Korea again.  Pity that, since NK talking usually seems to mean &#8220;giving them all sorts of goodies in return for their doing whatever the hell they want.&#8221;  On the other hand, now I&#8217;m hearing it&#8217;s likely that NK already has a few nukes &#8212; which, of course, is a whole other ball game (and is indicative of why we shouldn&#8217;t wait until Iraq has them, too &#8230; but I digress).<\/p>\n<li>&#8220;Close to soil and season.&#8221;  What a great turn of phrase.<\/p>\n<li>When they finally opened the extension of the Foothill Freeway from San Dimas to I-15, they renumered it from SR-30 to SR-210 (to go with the I-210 that it is before that).  Weird.  Weirder is that the little spur of I-210 at the end of it down to I-10 has been renumbered to SR-57.  In some ways it makes a lot more sense, but I have to wonder how many tens of thousands of dollars it cost.<\/p>\n<li>My boss is finally in the office this a.m., his family having suffered through Katherine-style flu last week.  Sounds like something productive may get done.<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Random thoughts from my commute this morning, mostly inspired by the radio. 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