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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

I'm stuck in traffic or 50 and Sunny in La Rochelle


I told my self I wasn't going to be one of those guys that becomes consumed by his iPhone. But but but, well bear with me for just a little more.

I've lamented about the weather, more on other peoples blogs; Sylvie and Kevin's and CG Betty's. After figuring out a few weeks back that La Rochelle is an actual place and not a state of mind I added it to the weather widget on my iPhone and became incredibly jealous when the forecast came up as 50's and sunny for a week. La Rochelle is not only a place but its apparently got some nice weather this time of year!

Adding salt to the would was a hell of a snow storm this afternoon in Southeast Michigan. A commute that normally takes me 20-25 minutes took closer to an hour and a half. My coworker Eric told me that an 11 mile stretch of I-94 was closed due to the weather but by the time that I left it was open, although I'd be lying if I said my drive home was leisurely.

The bright spot in the drive home was my iPhone. As I was stopped in traffic I clicked on the maps widget, added real time traffic info and amazingly saw that in fact I WAS sitting in traffic. How cool is it to not only sit in traffic but be able to confirm it on your phone. And the answer is yes; this is my way of making fun of myself. And no, I do not want to hear about how its dangerous for me to be looking up weather and traffic info on my cell phone while driving. At least I wasn't texting....yea, never done that!

Now If I only knew what "Lo TG Ed" meant. Of course I get confused by a lot of the over the ponder's blogs, or are we the over the ponders - I can't remember. But I think yanks such as ROTUS and myself truly are the FMB minority, but we're pulling our weight.

6 comments:

Clark said...

Wow, 7 people on your blogroll and mine's the top one! Put that iPhone away while you drive, pleasse, we need you here. (on this planet)

I think Le Rochelle is really a place like Neverland. First croissant to the right and straight on until morning.

sylvie d said...

"I think yanks such as ROTUS and myself truly are the FMB minority, but we're pulling our weight."

I don't think you two are a minority at all, that's what I love about Fuel, there are so many different nationalities involved, sometime we need to clarify a few things in order not to get lost in translation but in all it is a very rich experience!
LoTG is the Terrible Goddess...long suffering wife of Daddy Papersurfer ;-)

Cowgirl Betty said...

Ugh! "Wintry Mixing" here Upstate. The fluffy flakes that danced down yesterday evening are now covered with a glossy coat of ice--YUCK!

I lost my voice. I am waiting for the doctor's office to open (if they aren't closed due to the weather) and brave the ice storm.

Keep on keeping on.

direfloyd said...

Told you...
Can't transportation planners control the weather?

Just a girl... said...

Yesterday was in the 50s here and "cold" to us southerners!

I hope you planned a very sweet V-Day for Amy, Samson & Sasha!

Ryan said...

We're both fortunate enough to be bedridden with the flu. Blah.