Ahhh.....Monday...

Yes, off to a great start. RIPTA (RI Public Transit Authority...AKA 'Da Bus') once again proves itself to be as predictable as a Vegas slot machine. While leaving my apartment at a time that on any other given day would give me about a 5 minute wait at the bus stop, I watch in utter disbelief as my bus flies down the road, off to beautiful Downtown Providence. I contemplated waiting around for the next bus, but who knows when that would've actually showed up. I figured that since it still was a little cool out, I'd walk it. It takes about 30 minutes at a normal walking pace. I stopped off at the 7-11 to grab some Gatorade for the excursion. Thank God they finally revamped the flavors of this stuff. At least now it's pretty good, and not tasting so much like orange sweat. But I digress. The Gatorade idea worked pretty good for about another 5 minutes or so...then the sun decided to rear its head. Luckily, my turn down Holden St. was coming up. Walking down that hill, I caught the BEST breeze. Like seashore type of breeze, only not quite as picturesque. In any event, it helped. I made it to within about a block of where I work before the Gatorade ran out. I quickly realized how helpful it was having it around. Let's just say I sweat a lot in that one block. Thankfully, my fine office building had the A/C on....well, not really. But I made it hear nonetheless.

I thought about a lot of things in my half-hour alone time this morning. Mostly, why I had "Hey Ya" going through my head. Also, though, thoughts including:

• How my up and coming camping trip would be...
• Why can't the busses ever run consistently?
• Would people whizzing by in their cars be more apt to let me cross the street if they knew how far I had walked?
• Why can't the busses ever run consistently?
• Realizing how expensive everything in the world is...why? Seems like it is only when I need something, though...ie. houses, airfare, vacations, etc.....
• Why can't the busses ever run consistently?

Just random stuff like that. And now, I'm at work...wondering much of the same things. The big difference? I get to listen to the actual version of "Hey Ya" instead of my imaginary one...heheheh...and at least the walk gave me my highlight of the day so far. I actually bore witness to a woman in a minivan BLASTING easy listening music....it was HAWT I tellz ya!!!

So, in other news...the Red Sox are still in first place by a game and a half over the Yankees. After splitting the series against Chicago, they now have a 3 game away series against Tampa Bay. This should be easy, but it never is against them. Oh, speaking of baseball, the Pawsox game on Friday was awesome. Final score was 12-3...first one I think I ever went to where they actually won.

So, what I really wanted to talk about this morning was international terrorism. Why not...it's Monday, right? Can't get any better than that. Anywho, more bombs in the world going off this weekend, this time in Egypt. First question is a pre-emptive strike against the "Blame The U.S." crowd. This is an act of Muslims killing Muslims, and was happening years before the U.S. ever went to war in Iraq...so sit down and shut up. I read a headline this morning that was praising Pakistan for taking huge strides in fighting terrorism. I assume "huge strides" involves admitting there's a problem. Pakistan and Syria seem to almost benefit from a silent partnership with terrorists. It's kinda like "You help us, we won't blow you up...one hand washes the other." They're the only 2 countries that have been known terror havens that haven't had domestic terror issues...things that make you go "hmmmm..." Let's just say Al Queda sets off a car bomb in one of these two countries. That's the ONLY time you're going to see either of them flip on the terrorists and actually help the world fight this plague. Now...whether it's actually a terror cell, or a Special Forces Black Op...well, now we're getting into semantics.

Oh, and one final newsworthy tidbit. I haven't been able to confirm it yet, and I am a bit skeptical due to its source, but I read a rumor this morning that 3 Democratic Senators may face an investigation into whether or not they leaked sensitive information about US spy satellites. Who makes up this Tremendous Trio? Why, none other than Sen. Durbin, Sen. Rockefeller, & Sen. Wyden. Now, I'm not sitting back frothing at the mouth, demanding they be removed from the Senate, etc. I'm not even wishing this story to be true. However, if there is any truth to it, my only wish is for the media to actually cover it, instead of sweep it under the rug, so it won't overshadow Plamegate...

But enough about politics...2 days and wakeup and I'll be off to Lake Umbagog for an amazing weekend camping trip...I'll try and post photos...