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January 2008 »

This Must be a Certifiable Insanity

So here’s my situation:

It is cold outside.

It costs a lot of money to heat my apartment.

So I just keep the heat set pretty low, and just put on a lot of clothes. Right now, it’s 63.5° Fahrenheit in here. I am wearing four layers of clothes and a scarf.

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Things About Pittsburgh

No matter how long I’ve lived here, there are certain things about Pittsburgh that I will never get used to. Things that become especially apparent after I’ve just returned from a long stint away.

For example, the Pittsburgh Left. I understand the usefulness of the practice, especially since there are a lot of high-traffic places with no left-turn lanes. In theory, the Pittsburgh Left keeps traffic flowing by letting the left-turning person go, instead of blocking traffic. In practice, it feels like people just turn willy-nilly with no regard for oncoming traffic or pedestrians.

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