Yeah, if the rapidly outside dropping temps are any indication and the local weather people are right, we’re in for some VERY cold temperatures over the next few days. I chose to take the highways because my other route has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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In case you aren’t familiar with the song I refer to in the last panel, “Escape (The Pina Colada Song” by Rupert Holmes, it’s about a man who wants to cheat on his girlfriend (or wife? I’m not sure) and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I bought this car, brand new, in May of 2010. (as proof of that purchase, and as proof that I’ve been doing these comics a LONG time, here’s the May 12th, 2010 comic of the day I brought it home). A quick[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No, this isn’t a rant about the current crop of phone obsessors. People who can’t go 5 minutes without looking at their phone. (Though, it would probably describe “little black walking hoodie” here.) It’s just that, in my life I’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’d always had this option, since I started working at Siemens in Bridgeville last month. Back roads, which at times are 4 lanes and at others, down to 2 lanes. Yes, it does have 49 traffic lights and a few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What baffles me is, this part of the parkway is always backed up at the Squirrel Hill Tunnels starting around 5:45 AM, so there’s grid lock there well before I get there. If there’s basically, vehicles standing still, how can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seriously, what’s so scary about this? For as long as I can remember, driving into Pittsburgh (from the East) we’d go through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel. It’s just the continuing road with a “roof” over it. So why the hell[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trust me, I’m not complaining in the first panel. Having less cars on the parkways for my morning commute is a happy perk (though, oddly enough, the afternoon commute was the normal bumper-to-bumper). It is kind of eerie though, not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was pretty bored today. You can only read so many forms and company literature before you get bored silly. I have no idea why the company didn’t have this Design software (since it’s so essential to my job) here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m not complaining, mind you. The fact that they were calling for a bad snowstorm and all we got was rain, until the early evening, when we got just a few flurries, isn’t a bad thing at all. It’s just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…