Over the weekend some friends and I took the train from Portland to Albany, biked from Albany to Newport, camped, and then took the Coast to Valley Express back to Albany. The lovely trip, and our patronage of local businesses in Newport, Albany, and Corvallis was made possible by public transit.

I truly become a different person spectating sporting events

Working from home is nice because when I get down about the state of things, I can just swivel my desk chair and see *this*, and the world doesn't seem as dark