#88 - this fire escape

Escape from a fire. With Style.

 

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#87 - eternity in seconds

Late day sun as it drops faster than any flaming sky orb should be able to, changing, painting, illuminating everything rapidly, an orgy for the eyes that a brain can barely process and the only hope is that your shutter is quick enough to save some of it for later.

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#86 - The Best of Humanity...

It often takes the worst of humanity to bring out the best of humanity.

I had begun to doubt the awesome of Pittsburgh about a week ago; yet another serious incident with a cyclist went down.  After two fatalities, at least one cyclist rehabbing in a wheelchair, and countless others dinged, hit, and scratched, the story of Colin Albright being chased down by a knife wielding road rage dickhead made me question my faith in the burgh.  I even twittered "If Pittsburgh is Americas most livable city, there must be some serious Mad Max shit going on elsewhere."  

I walked, I rode, and I saw things through a murky filter for a few days; but then I saw the love and the positivity that came out to help support Colin and  I realized that one lone sociopath can't bring this City down.

Colin Albright Fundraiser

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#85 - Honda Honda go faster faster

The guy riding on old square ass honda scooter ripping over a curb out of the Royal Place on route 88 at 2:30 on a Sunday with a baseball bat in his rear basket.  Keep doing what you're doing.

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#84 - parking chairs again

I did a search for Pittsburgh building codes pertaining to private residence parking, and and the first hit was a thread entitled "Neighbor's Parking Chairs are Driving Me Insane"


http://www.city-data.com/forum/pittsburgh/1469537-neighbors-parking-chairs-driving-me-insane-11.html

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#83 - new shortcuts

Blindly following traffic down unknown roads in blind hope a new shortcut will be discovered.

#82 - hating

Despising the 95% of Pittsburghers who drive 40mph through the Squirrel Hill TUnnels, yet never meeting someone who will admit to doing so.

#81 - drinking marathon

Knowing as many people in the marathon sunday morning as you did at the bar saturday night.

#80 - metering

Back of the Hard Rock on what would have normally been a droll Thursday night, trying to meter and find a mode on my digital that could reduce or enhance the smurf blue light, I was holding my camera a bit in front and above yours truly; after about two minutes I realized every person walking by courtesy ducked so as to not ruin my (assumed) shot. Thank you.

Le Cachot, American Rock N Roll Band

#79 - Insincere Waves

Driving through the madness that is Southside works today, I slowed from a crawl to a stop and waved a pedestrian across the street. Upon viewing this middle aged woman's insincere 'thank you' wave, I momentarily became enraged, then laughed at the absurdity of my expectations.

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#78 - timed lights

Catching all the lights green on fifth ave through Oakland driving from Bacon Night at Harris Grill to Dee's Cafe.

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#77 - the cloverleaf

Post Gazette dot com uses 'north of the cloverleaf on 51' as a specific location to describe an automobile accident.

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#76 - fear of repercussions

Hines Ward being released by the Steelers and Snooki being pregnant were competing news stories on an otherwise slow news day. I almost commented on some sort of interweb thread "Hines Ward is Snooki's baby dady" but then thought twice due to the fear of repercussions both electronic and physical.

#75 - Tag Team Jumper Cables

Riding my quick route through the city a few weeks ago, I came upon two women trying to jump a car. They asked if I new how to attach jumper cables; I did, but the terminals were badly corroded. AAA had been called; I was about to throw it in when another guy on a bike rode up to help. He used his shirt to clean off the terminals, and we got a connection. A few minutes later, the wagon was fired up and ready to go. The two women couldn't have been more thankful.




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#74 - default pronunciation

Even the most educated Pittsburgher defaults to a yinzer accent when trying to say a word they are unsure the pronunciation of. Think 'prosciutto' 'proletariat''hors d'oeuvre' or 'repertoire'

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#73 - commute time

if you tell someone your commute is "cross a river and through a tunnel," they'll have a pretty good idea of the duration of your drive.

#72 - Everything

Everything.

Happy New Year!



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