All Aboard: An open letter to free loaders

The time has finally come. The FrontRunner is up and running along the Wasatch front (or at least from Salt Lake to Ogden). Mass transit is finally finding it's way in Utah. Hurray! I can now go to work (a one-way 35 mile commute) with only driving 2 miles and one transfer. This will save me some serious cash in the long run. And to get people use to the train, UTA is having free fair on FrontRunner over the next few days. I get to commute to work for low cost, This is awesome for me. The commute in the morning was great. Going northbound, there were not a whole lot of people on the train. Nice. Quiet. Commuters.

... But ...

When I got to the station in the afternoon to head home, holy crap almighty. The station packed with people. Not by commuters trying to go home, but by your families who decided to have family home evening on the free train ride. Who's idea was it to have family fun time during commuter hours? When did common courtesy get thrown out the window? Standing in line for the train, first one to get on the next train, I was butted in front of by some old lady and what appeared to be her grand-daughter, followed by her other family members. As soon as the train doors open, we let the people leaving the train get off ... wait, no, we don't do that. We push ourselves onto the train not allowing passengers to GO HOME. So I do what every good hearted citizen would do, I push the old bag out of the way to allow others off, and me on before her.

People are trying to go home from work via the train. Mass transit is suppose to cut down on vehicles on the road, thus cutting down pollution, thus making my air easier to breath, and saving me some money by not having to put gas in my car every 3-4 days (at over $40 a pop). But no, you drove to work, you drove home, you picked up your family in your family truckster, then drove to the train station for a family outing. Not helping out the cause and just pissing me off.

What should have been a 40 minute commute turned into 2 friggin' hours of being around stoopit people pointing out passing trees through the window. If your kid is too dumb to know what a tree going by the window is, they are too dumb to realize they are on a train.

Now I do not blame UTA one bit for giving free fair for a couple days. Hey, it's free stress testing for them. They get to test out their new train to the fullest. Just remind people to be courteous ('cause we all know that can't do it on their own) and allow us commuters to go home. Remember, we commuters didn't drive. We want to go home and be with our families too.

All I can say is, 2 more days of this crap when only the real UTA paying customers will be riding. And thank Ala for Powerman 5000!

Not even as good as David Vobora

The 2008 NFL Draft has come and gone. The 252nd player picked? David Vobora. Not Oliver LeGrand. Sad sad day in the LeGrand household following the depressing draft.

I can start to see where i went wrong now.

1. Have not played competitive football for nearly 16 years. (Does flag football count?)
2. I'm slightly out of shape.
3. I'm old.
4. I'm not violent or popular enough.
5. No agent. (I thought declaring myself eligible for the draft on my blog would be enough.)
6. The Liberal media.
   

Well, I guess I need to move on. There is always the NBA, NHL, WNBA, MLS, and MLB drafts.

Oh well, onto my next $1,000,000 idea.

I am getting nervous

So, here it is, the week prior to NFL draft weekend and I am getting nervous. I have not been invited to any of the pro scouting camps. I have not talked with any pro scouts. I have been watching the mock drafts, and I am not listed. I am just hoping the liberal media making these lists are just using their biased liberal agendas to push me out.

Anyway, I still have hope. See you this weekend.... hopefully.