Status report

[camwyn]

Have written first page of term paper. One down, thirteen to go. If I can produce three pages a night between now and Monday all should be well. Should not be a problem; it's mostly a matter of reading specs on XML standards and translating them into English. 1 pg. per standard is the prof's recommendation. I can pull that off, I think. I'll have to do the comparisons at the end, of course, that's the hard part, but I can do that. To make sure I'm writing enough, I'm currently using 11-point Times New Roman, double spaced, with 1-inch margins on all sides. The text will go up to a standard 12-point size and the margins to standard 1.25 inch sides, 1-inch top/bottom, when the time comes to turn this in. (1.2 in. if the 1.25 looks too big.) Prof. Chang wants comparisons of as many standards as possible and I have what I think are the most important ones.

Throat hurts. Went to bed last night with persistent tickly cough down back of throat. Woke up this morning with definite post-nasal drip. Actual nose is very dry but somewhat blocked up near the top. Not happy about this as swallowing is currently not most pleasant of endeavours, nor is talking. If this continues will sound like Miles Davis by nightfall. Going to keep on keeping on at office as I have karate tonight and do not intend to miss it unless absolutely necessary.

Got most of way through chargen last night with new character, Kevin. Kevin's gonna be fuuuuun... there's more than a touch of Barry Ween in him, but he's also got the advantage of the a genre rule I haven't added yet. While it is possible to raise an eminently well-rounded child in modern civilization, if you want someone really outstanding, raise them as primitively as possible. You just can't buy that kind of physical and survival skill in the modern world, and if they're decently quick learners they'll make up for their lack of formal education in the space of less than a year.

Have begun process of selling off crap that I find as I clean up my room. Latest sale: Superbabes, the FemForce RPG. Waiting to hear from the buyer on how they want it shipped, they're in Canada and there's several options depending on how fast they want the thing. Very few of my things are being sold on eBay- they go to Amazon instead, where I can. They take a bigger chunk but I don't have to pay a listing fee unless the item sells. Older RPGs, though, go to eBay. And really crappy books I know I'm never gonna read again and can't get more than a buck or two from just get boxed up and put away. No sense selling for $2 when the commission is 99 cents plus a percentage of the sale price.

cadhla: if there is to be a transit strike in NY it will most likely begin on Monday the 16th. The last strike was in the 80s and lasted eleven days. The MTA, which runs the trains, is trying to get an injunction against the strike. If the strike happens I will need 4 ppl in the car to enter or leave Manhattan by car. Make friends on the plane and I will happily drive 'em into the city but in the meantime I have to find alternate routes to La Guardia, 'cos there's no way I can get three extra people to go in on the way to pick you up.

God, my throat hurts. Hope the meeting people get out of the kitchen soon, I need tea.

Comments

Maybe a dumb question, but I'm curious

[almeda.livejournal.com]

Why would you need 4 people to enter or leave Manhattan by car?

Re: Maybe a dumb question, but I'm curious

[camwyn]

Mayor Bloomberg's rule. If the transit workers go on strike, the millions of people who come to Manhattan every day each arriving in individual cars would result in chaos and death. Literally. It'd be physically impossible to park all of those cars and have them driving Manhattan's roads while at the same time allowing ambulances and fire crews to get through; people would die on the way to hospital. That's why it's supposed to be illegal for the NYC transit workers to strike - they're absolutely vital to the city.

Mayor Bloomberg wants to impose the 4-person HOV rule in case of strike so that there will at least be a dent in the sheer number of cars roaming Manhattan. It's the height of the holiday shopping and tourism season; it's hard enough to find space for pedestrians, let alone cars. I believe Saturdays are to be HOV-2 days instead of HOV-4.

I just want them to come to an agreement WITHOUT a strike. Only thing uglier'n a transit strike in Manhattan's a garbage strike.

[lwood.livejournal.com]

Would a transit workers' strike -- or Bloomberg's Edict -- also take out the hired cars? She could hook one of those from LaGuardia, assuming they go to Jersey. When I lived in Manhattan, you could get one of those to go from $airport back home for $35.

Just wondering if that'd make more sense.

-- Lorrie

Google Is Your Friend

[jerusha.livejournal.com]

Assuming for the moment you can't get the auto across, here are some (potentially) useful links:

http://www.panynj.gov/aviation/lgtsmain.HTM
This is the Port Authority's Ground Transportation list from LGA to various destinations - see especially New York Airport Service Express Bus (http://www.nyairportservice.com) - $10 each way between LGA and Penn Station or the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Not MTA-operated, and buses are given special priority under transit contingency plans.

PATH (http://www.panynj.gov/path/index.html) says it'll be running - pick up a PATH train at Penn Station to Newark - here's a system map (http://www.panynj.gov/path/pathmaplinks2.html). Or a NJ transit train - here's their map (http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/Rail_Map_09_2002.pdf).

Or pick up a NJ Transit bus at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Their schedules are a bear, unfortunately, and they have no system map, but if you do take the bus, here's their route list (http://www.njtransit.com/sf_bus_schedules_all.shtm).

Yes, compared to just driving over and getting cadhla, this kinda blows chunks. But far fewer chunks than leaving her stranded at LGA...

[sdelmonte]

I think that coming into Queens via the GWB and the brief crossover in Manhattan will not be a problem, aside from traffic. Just don't get on the Harlem River Drive, but go into the Bronx and go to the Whitestone Bridge.

[jerusha.livejournal.com]

The Port Authority now has a press release (http://www.panynj.gov/pr/pressrelease.php3?id=285) posted that explains that they will permit through traffic via the GWB. This was not up earlier - in fact, the link labeled George Washington Bridge higher on their home page still links to the HOV restriction sign.

Given that you can go through there, that's probably better than all the transit-foo I dropped above.