noglider 

Yesterday I did something dumb. I'm riding in a lot more city traffic now, with my new commute to college. I'm taking stupid risks. Yesterday, a car had to move left from the right lane to pass a parked truck. I came up from behind and tried to cut him off. Just before he squashed me, I hit my brakes, realizing how dumb I was. And I'm alive to tell the tale.

I saw a flattened pigeon on the street and a flattened rat, and a live rat ran across my path.

Today, the forecast called for lots of rain, so I thought it prudent to take the subway. And as usual, that was a bad call. The rain was light all day and would have been easy to ride in. Not only that, it cost a lot of time and trouble. Going from the college to my next destination, the first two trains were too crowded to fit any more bodies on, so I had to wait for the third. Crowds in New York City have become crazy, like never before.