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Strange Train Ride

I am on the BART train trying to get home, what a strange ride this has been! First we were trapped in the Embarcadero Station for 45 minutes waiting for a train because some inconsiderate jerk committed suicide by jumping in front of a train at Powell Street. This caused them to shut down the station while the coroner did his business and caused tens of thousands of people to be significantly delayed on their trip home.

Finally we got a train and only a few minutes later there was a 5.6 earthquake that caused BART to halt all trains while they checked for damage.

I like boring uneventful rides, interesting rides are not good. Ah well, I think I might finally make it home, we are just outside of Dublin now... if I survive my bike ride home from the station I'm having a whiskey and going to bed :-)

Other gripes for the day: I got a note from the incompetent louts at the Voter's Registrar saying I had not registered a PARTY! What crap! I deliberately re-registered as a Republican, even though that act made me a bit nauseous, just so I could vote for Ron Paul. Now it looks like I will not be allowed to vote for him. If not I will not vote at all. I have long thought it likely the whole thing is rigged anyway... I will still see if I can get it changed but it doesn't look good right now. I'm not having a very good night :-/

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