Just made

...a big 'ole pot of Starbucks and some steamed rice and am enjoying it on my front porch [ahh, wireless] while eagerly awaiting the arrival of a Columbus street cleaning crew. They'd better come, not only because they're scheduled to, and our street needs cleaning, but because I had to get up at 7.30 am to schlep my ass up to 161 and Karl to get the wallet and car keys my roommate left in a friend's SUV, without which her car would have been in the way, thus subject to a fifty dollar ticket.

And it's not even her car, really; it's on loan from Jason, our mechanic, and he wouldn't be pleased. Now that I consider it, though, I'm not even sure it's his -- it could be registered to the junkyard for which he works.

Anyway, after retrieving the keys I made it home in time for my roommate to drive to work with her new grapevine beetle, safe in its bug house, and there will be no tickets for us, or a junkyard in Grove City, today.

Now to refill my cup...












This photo was taken on the south side of the street; the north side is being cleaned today.