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In other news... My ride to downtown this morning, via the Muni underground, was actually a little quicker than usual due to a service disruption: there was an announcement of unspecified "police activity" at the Powell station, with the station closed and trains bypassing its stop. Turned out some fool had left a gray, shoe box-size device with a blinking light and wire near a stop at the intersection of Eddy and Cyril Magnin streets at 7:20 a.m.

No word on whether the culprit was a peeved patron of the Michelle Shocked show at Yoshi's last night.

I for one welcome our new Postal Service overlords.

True story: The portable DVD player I ordered via Amazon took four days to get from Maspeth, NY to San Pablo, CA - and another three days to get from San Pablo to San Francisco. (About 20 miles, or a half-hour drive, according to Google Maps.)

March 16, 2013 10:08:00 AM CA US Delivered
March 16, 2013 08:07:00 AM San Francisco CA US Arrival Scan
March 15, 2013 08:42:00 AM San Francisco CA US Tendered to local postal carrier for final delivery
March 15, 2013 02:23:00 AM San Francisco CA US Arrival Scan
March 15, 2013 01:40:00 AM San Pablo CA US Departure Scan
March 13, 2013 05:38:00 PM San Pablo CA US Arrival Scan
March 9, 2013 01:25:00 AM Maspeth NY US Departure Scan
March 8, 2013 07:18:00 PM Maspeth NY US Shipment received by carrier
March 8, 2013 06:05:39 PM US Shipment has left seller facility and is in transit to carrier

The funny thing is, it was nominally shipped by UPS and I get my mail at a UPS mailbox downtown. The curvy, red-haired gal at the UPS station confided that UPS sometimes hands off packages to the Postal Service, and that's what happened here. (See line 2 above, plus the box had a USPS sticker on it when I picked it up.)

So baron_waste, maybe I should start having things routed through the center of the galaxy!

My love affair with Nina on The Goodnight Show is over.

Kelly on the Chica Show is now my official crush.

מאיר בנאי - מקהלות עם

מילים: רבי מרדכי עבאדי
לחן: מאיר בנאי

"Assemblies of the People"
Words by Rabbi Mordechai Abbadi
Music by Meir Banai

Watch on YouTube

I just love this song.