Theodoræ Ditsek
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…and the Zen master says, “we’ll see.”
Transit maps and some other stuff.
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Transit maps and some other stuff.
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Oops, I forgot to unmirror from scanning. Here's the corrected version!
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Oops, I forgot to unmirror from scanning. Here's the corrected version!
There’s a second fantasy map coming uhhhh soon.
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
There’s a second fantasy map coming uhhhh soon.
Maybe it’s like when the V and M were merged in NYC in 2010, probably made for budgetary reasons (I remember seeing scary “Amsterdam may lose a metro line!” stories once every so often the past few years), probably also matches area commuting patterns.
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Maybe it’s like when the V and M were merged in NYC in 2010, probably made for budgetary reasons (I remember seeing scary “Amsterdam may lose a metro line!” stories once every so often the past few years), probably also matches area commuting patterns.
Oh, excuse me. Not 2001. 1997. observer.com/1997/10/john...
John Updike, Champion Literary Phallocrat, Drops One; Is This Finally the End for Magnificent Narcissists?
‘Toward the End of Time’ reads less like John Updike than like somebody doing a mean parody of John Updike.
observer.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Oh, excuse me. Not 2001. 1997. observer.com/1997/10/john...
Oh and let's not forget that there are some places that are completely inaccessible by transit, like say all of Hamilton County.
"But Ted, you're a loud proud Marion County partisan, what business do you have north of 96th Street?" LOOK, I'm as susceptible to IKEA's charms as anyone, okay?
"But Ted, you're a loud proud Marion County partisan, what business do you have north of 96th Street?" LOOK, I'm as susceptible to IKEA's charms as anyone, okay?
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Oh and let's not forget that there are some places that are completely inaccessible by transit, like say all of Hamilton County.
"But Ted, you're a loud proud Marion County partisan, what business do you have north of 96th Street?" LOOK, I'm as susceptible to IKEA's charms as anyone, okay?
"But Ted, you're a loud proud Marion County partisan, what business do you have north of 96th Street?" LOOK, I'm as susceptible to IKEA's charms as anyone, okay?
...and (b) there are a lot of places where taking the bus would be an odyssey, and the places an easy bus ride away still have some penalty when comparing door-to-door travel times. That IndyGo has a hub and spoke system centered on the transit center downtown doesn't much help.
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
...and (b) there are a lot of places where taking the bus would be an odyssey, and the places an easy bus ride away still have some penalty when comparing door-to-door travel times. That IndyGo has a hub and spoke system centered on the transit center downtown doesn't much help.
Incidentally, synthesis of this point and Milan's point in LRT, just chewing on my own habits: I drive everywhere in Indianapolis because (a) even though bus fares are like $1.75/ride, easy access to free parking means driving is consistently cheaper, even factoring in gas, &c.,... (cont'd)
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Incidentally, synthesis of this point and Milan's point in LRT, just chewing on my own habits: I drive everywhere in Indianapolis because (a) even though bus fares are like $1.75/ride, easy access to free parking means driving is consistently cheaper, even factoring in gas, &c.,... (cont'd)