Yes, I started a NASCAR fantasy league

So, my obsessive nature has eased somewhat. Somewhat. But it will occasionally reveal itself when I do things like sign up for a NASCAR fantasy league (www.pepsiracing.com). It's only natural, I guess, that my obsession with finding new race cars has extended to picking weekly winners. The main thing I need to do, however, is make sure that I don't let things get out of hand, like back in the early '90s, when I tried to collect every single female action figure. I had Laura Linney (from her for-some-reason un-Oscared role in "Congo.")

I LOVE Sound Transit ... So Why Did It Diss Me???

OK, so lately I've been catching the 5:52 bus home (specifically, Sound Transit route 577, which I have chosen over Metro's similar 177 because Sound Transit has a Web connection). The 5:52 is a later ride than I'd like to be getting, but stuff happens. Tonight, though, I actually tear myself away from the desk in time to catch the 5:35 bus. And it goes RIGHT PAST ME. I started complaining loudly to anyone who would listen, and one of those people was a black guy who said "Yeah, I hate it when they do that." I was immediately chastened, 'cause it was only my first (and hopefully last) time. Does that still happen? Do people of color get passed by like that on a regular basis, or is there just the occasional, equal-opportunity diss? I think I know the answer, sad to say.

And as you can probably tell, I am still bitter, though the driver of the 5:52 bus (which did stop) gave me a genuine and satisfying apology on behalf of Sound Transit and I'm much calmer now. Though I'm still missing my boys' T-ball practice and all the comedy that goes along with that.