The numbers show that banning prevalent HOV2 carpools but allowing tolled SOVs would reduce utilizationīy only 10%, in part due to lower volumes and higher speeds. The impact on the General Purpose (GP) lanes in Option 2 and 3 is not Or third, move to HOT/HOV3+, which would achieve 60% Utilization to 30 percent, but achieve standards. Utilization, but which does not meet the degradation standard. First, maintain the HOV2 status quo, which in Orange County is 70% capacity Less than 45 mph we would have very few urban freeway lanes left. Those who pulled the wool over the eyes of everyone else). To protect HOV lanes, not to kill them (and, if protection was not the actual intent, then kudos to I come here not to bury HOV lanes I come here to praise them. If you know these three blind mice, then read Michael Hiltzik's column in the LA Times (25 October 2022),Ībout their tailless tale (so no chopping knife needed) if you don't, then enjoy a blissful day. The juxtaposition of rock and rap and punk and hip hop gets curiouser and Typical minimum wage eight hour work day (as well as the 1980 film, but any connection between the two The song follows theĭay of a minimum wage grunt, relating the daily grind represented by the seven hours of work in a The Clash, which was one of the earliest instances of a rap on a rock album. This discovery reminds me of my first hearing "The Magnificant Seven" from the 1980 Sandinista! album by You too can discoverĪn internet rabbit hole by eating this blog post. Never been aware of "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" until today and in an oddly wonderful fashion IĬan't even remember how I found myself listening to this and viewing the lyrics. Phrase "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" but not that it was the title of Dury's 1977 single, but I had Like most everyone, I was aware of the ubiquitous It was recorded while on tour, was not part of their then current DIY album, and has been referred toĪs possibly the "first British hip-hop adjacent song ever released" (if you like the lyrical style,Ĭheck out an earlier Dury cut "England's Glory"). Great title reflecting a fondness of 5 (or 6?) volume trilogies or ending a series with Volume 1). Until today, Ian Dury and the Blockheads released a single "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" (a In 1979, a remarkable year with a "thousand guilts and poured cement" and an event unbeknownst to me Use and misuse of words and numbers, and the general harmonic convergence of apparent odds and ends. It was a veritable panoply of things that make me smile, including new things mixed among the old, the Get something for nothing, while the precise nature of that something slowy evolves toward nothing Like other holidays, Halloween has become a reflection on our culture where everyone is trying to Obtained only by answering a riddle - Halloween could become a quiz show for kids. (or maybe just no treat at all - you know, like most lottery tickets). Houses give out full-sized versions but trick-or-treaters are randomly given that treat or a trick Why don't we improve on the delivery mechanism rather than the product size? How about having all Some will argue that kids don't need that much sugar but if that's the case M&Ms that come closest to what any sane person would refer to as "fun-sized" (nine M&Ms in a small I sort of get the concept of "reduced-size treats"įor trick-or-treaters who amass months worth of candy to be devoured in a few hours but I can'tĪccept the marketing of these diminutive versions as "fun-sized." I buy four pound bags of peanut Resentment and forgiveness, between the need for intimacy and the desire for independence,īetween power and compassion, good and evil, life and death,īetween what the heart yearns for and what the mind demands."Īn amusing piece by Tod Goldberg appeared in today's LA Times (28 October 2022) regarding theĭistribution of "full-sized" candy on Halloween. " Humanity's eternal stories to explain the stars concern basic tension between Unsolicited, random musings on time, space, and the human condition. McNally On the Corner of Cervantes and Coltrane McNally - On the Corner of Cervantes and Coltrane (OCCC) Michael G.
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