Boy, 15, Charged With Driving Stolen Bus

Boy, 15, Charged With Driving Stolen Bus

A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to four years in a juvenile treatment program after deputies stopped him driving a stolen bus along a public transit route, picking up passengers and collecting fares.
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Passengers and deputies noted Davis drove the bus at normal speeds and made all the appropriate stops on the route. One passenger, suspicious of the driver's youthful looks, called 911.

Bus Rider, Guess Who

Get up in the mornin' get on the bus
Get up in the mornin' like the rest of us
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I'm so awful goddamn glad I'm not in your shoes, Bus Rider

Living the word

In terms of living the word, from an environmental perspective: a big high-five to the Barenaked Ladies, in particular Steven Page, for doing just that.


In terms of living the word from another perspective: some members of my family and I attended a really nice church service on Christmas Eve.

Christianity seems to conjure up a really specific image these days: anti-homosexuality, anti-gay marriage, pro-life, George W. Bush's alleged personal conversations with God, Bible-belts, Bible-thumpers, and the "Christian right". Some people use it to spread hateful messages and ideas that sit poorly with many of us, for good reason.

However, the particular Christian denomination I was baptized into, have been attending on occasion, and will be married through next June, is socially liberal and completely respectful of other faiths. It doesn't encourage the entirety of the Bible to be taken literally, but rather as metaphors. It encourages thinking over blind faith, and embraces science. Not bad for a faith that has such a negative image these days.

Papier

As much as we want to live in a paperless society, there is still paper all over my desk, and all over my workplace.

But not for long!

TORONTO and PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 27, 2006 – Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) scientists have invented a way to make prints whose images last only a day, so that the paper can be used again and again. The technology, which is still in a preliminary state, blurs the line between paper documents and digital displays and could ultimately lead to a significant reduction in paper use.

97X

I rode the 97X bus between the airport and downtown Ottawa at the end of last week. I didn't have much luggage with me, and it was only $3 to board. It was a fabulous option. Winnipeg doesn't have articulated buses yet, though if I'm not mistaken, we're very close or may have already purchased some for future use; in any case, riding public transit of any kind in other cities remains a great thrill to me.