13 Things About Commuting

My commute one-way to my internship site is about one hour. Here's 13 things about commuting that have come to mind.

1. I spend at least 6 hours per week driving. That's almost one night's sleep.
   
2. How did I used to spend those 6 hours? Apparently blogging as my entries have gotten fewer.
   
3. Instead of giving out speeding tickets and paying a fine, I wonder if it would encourage people to obey traffic laws if they got pulled over and given a reward for going the speed limit and driving safely?
   
4. Even though Inky gets 35mph, the miles rack up quickly and so does the cost of gas.
   
5. I need to get more music, or find my stack of music CD's that I know that I have and have misplaced. I can only listen to the radio for only so long.
   
6. I am so thankful that my time for commuting is not during the height of traffic. Otherwise I'd have exploded by now.
   
7. For every three asshole drivers there is one kind and courteous driver.
   
8. During the hour I think about what needs to be done on my never-ending, never-completed to do list.
   
9. Surprisingly, the hour goes by quickly.
   
10. Commuting is like waiting in line at the grocery store. It's a very inefficient use of time, yet no one's really thought of a way to eradicate it.
    
11. On a more esoteric level, driving is a lesson in physics. It's a physical object moving through space over time. Perhaps there is a connection to be made in this regarding the space-time continuum.
    
12. If it weren't for the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle being a hinderance, teleportation as seen in Star Trek could be a mode of transportation. Good-bye commuting!
    
13. I've seen some interesting vanity license plates. One that sticks in my memory is LDYVAMP.