Sundaze

I'm floored at this screed against pie! How could anybody not like pie?? I have no words. Nathan Heller (the writer) fucking hates pie! I have never seen such vitriol hurled at a pastry before!

Amazing weather today. Just perfect mild summer kinda day. The boys and I had fun in the park, and they got worn out playing soccer (sorta) with each other, and it just got in that pleasant, quiet kind of mid-afternoon groove that was just sweet and rewarding.

Then I biked to Target to get a few things, and was amused at the city, just alive and full of activity, as always. So many people, coexisting peacefully, happily, even. Oh, sure, annoying one another here and there -- a classic Chicago moment (I say this because when I first moved here in '93, from Ohio, this phenomenon struck me) -- the Retributive Honk. Basically, when somebody did something "honkworthy," somebody might honk and then the person(s) would honk back, in retaliation for being honked at. I first saw this when I moved to Chicago, amused by it -- Honk HONK Honk HONK -- like Honk Tag. Anyway, after my Target run, I passed in the middle of a Retributive Honkfest, amused by the chorus of car honks, so as the only biker in the midst of this, I added my own bike bell to the mix, which amused me. It was like a pixie in the midst of blaring elephants. Honk HONK HONK *BING* HONK HONK *BING* Honk

I could afford another car if I wanted one, but the truth is, while it's convenient to have a car in the city, at the same time, it's a big PITA. When you factor in the license fees, the city sticker fees, the neighborhood parking fees, the insurance, the emissions tests, and the fuel costs (to say nothing of wear and tear and associated damage), it's a real pain to actually have a car. You'd have to be a supreme dildo to actually want to have a car in the city. The convenience is offset by all the annoyances.

Anyway, amusing things while riding to and fro, just watching the city do its thing. Myriad cosmopolitan lives, people doing their thing. Love it.

Magic Number

I've seen 150 trotted out before a number of times, where people are concerned: "Don't Believe Facebook; You Only Have 150 Friends."

Don't think there are more than 10 people  I've known in my life that I would consider friends (and of that, maybe 5 are or have ever been good friends), but I am pretty choosy in that regard. Beyond that are maybe 50 people I consider acquaintances of varying levels, if that. I'll never be in danger of having hundreds of Facebook "friends."

Looks like it might rain today. The clouds have that restive look to them.