Tempus Fugit

Interesting day.  Friday was long -- lots of work, then off to Aldi and the dollar store for some stuff.  Then I watched 3 of the 4 J! episodes I have saved on Tivo.  One more to go, and I think it is the end of the season, so six weeks of reruns.  This does allow me some freedom in scheduling, even if I will miss it.  Hard to believe July is almost over, and so is summer...time does fly.  I also finished the book I was working on -- a history of the Cold Harbor battle/campaign, which, to be honest, was as poorly handled by Grant (and Meade) as anything in the Civil War.  One thing that fascinates me is that both Grant and Lee felt that their opponent was fought out and needed one more push to collapse.  To be sure, if Grant had won at Cold Harbor, he might have ended the war.  But, it should have been obvious that such an assault would not have succeeded...

Today was OC duty, and not too bad.  The crowd was 133.  We had just enough stuff -- produce, meat, and canned goods -- to empty the place (as we should).  The clients were mostly nice (or, the pains were few).  The only issue was that they were dawdling in the clothing room, and I had to assist in getting them to take everything down.  I know I am a real close-at-12 type, but... anyways, next month I will be one of the co-managers and I will do my best to close promptly... 

Then gym and home!  Caught up on some work, did some reading, and organized some stuff.  I am slightly ashamed to say that I nodded off, which is why I am blogging now.  I should have done the end-of-month paperwork, but tomorrow is another day.

In 'Overbuilt,' a Case to Reverse the US Highway-Building Machine - Bloomberg
Interesting.  Not sure I agree with it in entirety; I think there is something to be said for having too many highways, but we rather like our cars, and I would note that there has never been a successful mass transit project (or system) in this country; all of them require massive subsidies and of course the people who use it the least pay for it the most.  In a state like Ohio, this shouldn't be a problem -- the state could pass laws mandating that people actually pay for it, but that would be a Republican thing to do, and why would we want that?