Flickr Fhenomena

My main ‘nolageek’ flickr account is pretty tame but for some reason, I get a ton of people adding me as contacts that have nothing but naked pictures of themselves and others. Since this is my main account, I don’t normally return the connection but will spend a few moments perusing their photos. The latest one is a guy with a bunch of naked pictures of himself and one…

with a carrot up his ass.

Oh hells no.

I added him.

Top 4 Reasons why NORTA Sucks Ass

Keep in mind my experiences are only with routes 91 (Jackson/Esplanade,) 42 (Canal,) and 94 (Broad.)

Completely Unreliable Service
I can’t count how many times I’ve waited for a bus to come in the morning only to wait for over an hour and give up and call a cab to go to work. One time I spent over $60 in one week in cab fares because the buses never came and I couldn’t ride my bike after my accident.

Broken/Missing Bike Racks
I don’t know what it is about the bike racks, but I think they break the instant they put them on the buses.

Schedules
For the love of $DEITY, can we get some schedules posted ANYWHERE in real life? On the bus maybe? At the bus stops? It’s fine and dandy to have them on the web site, but that doesn’t help when you’re out on the street, wondering what time the next bus is coming or if it’s even running anymore. I get asked by tourists just about every time I’m waiting, “how often does it come by? is it still running?” and I can never answer them. I bet more people would ride the bus/streetcar if they actually knew something about the schedule.

Imbecilic Schedule Designers
What fucktard designed these schedules? Notice how none of the descriptions on the schedule grid are on the map they give you? How fucking stupid is that??
Bus schedule

Quickie Updates

New phone – T-Mobile Dash, unlocked into unbranded HTC s610 Excalibur and running Roger’s Wireless ROM on the AT&T network. The phone kicks ass, takes names and runs a NES emulator to boot.

Moving. Going to DC November 24th, going away party at Napoleon’s Itch on November 16th @ 7PM. Email me/leave comment for details – I may not have your e-mail address. If you’re reading this, you’re invited.

Ginormous 2cm cyst finally removed from my back. Stitches are gnarley. Waiting for biopsy, but almost certain it’s going to come up negative on the cancer tip.