It is fun to mess with people on the boat. There is a certain very nice but un-named person who has a habit of staking claims of seats in multiple locations, leaving a coat or a bag to mark his territory upstairs and down, if it isn't crowded. The social butterfly flitting about the various cliques on board...

So someone *cough* *cough* *Adam* *cough* (with some encouragement) "hid" his stuff (on seats opposite where it wasn't obvious as he approached up the aisle).

He walked up, confused for a moment, spun around and laughed.

And people say commuting isn't funny

Well, it's another Friday. Another week has flown by and the weekend is almost upon us. The upshot of another week of work? Mass silliness, tourettic pop-culture references, and animal impressions abounded on the boat this morning. Luckily, Adam was willing to recreate his antics for the camera - note the squeals of joy from Monica and Sophia (soon to be named the giggle twins).

Of Dead Computers and Coffee Cake

Who says commutes are always boring?

On my walk from the parking lot to the boat I got stuck in a torrential down pour. The kind where an umbrella only keeps water off your face while the rest of you seriously gets soaked.

While I managed to get soaked to the bone in about a minute, so did my laptop. Water got through the closed bag, The apparent death of my computer sparked rounds of "He's dead, Jen!" and general Star Trek geekery by certain people on board. ;)

The ferry however manages to take the sting out of an otherwise miserable morning - we had a birthday to celebrate. Cake and cards included. For Grumpy the deck hand (Get off the boat!) who was wearing a birthday hat that defies description. Big thanks for the home made coffee cake and orange juice - that really made my day (and Grumpy's).

Only floating to work could alleviate a day like this one.

Ferry good, Carpool maybe better?

Hi,

I rode in carpool today. It was easy and fast. I've picked up people to ride-in with me from time to time. Most of the time I do use the ferry system. I love the ease of the ferry but again car pool is free... I'll come back in November after riding carpool for a month and let everyone know how the month of carpooling went...