So, I’m up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the UGC2007 Conference.  It’s pretty sunny and fairly warm, you can break a sweat by beating outside for just a few minutes.  Lots of construction too, new buildings, bridges, and renovations goin all around.  The construction kinda makes the place a mess and difficult to navigate around, but we’re doin ok.

One interesting thing I saw today was a "FlexCar".  At first I thought it meant Flex-Fuel, but after a bit of research I found it’s actually a community rental-car program. Once you register, you can reserve & borrow a car for the low rate of $8 an hour, or $36 a day.  The cars seem to be in pretty good supply, and for a city with the population of a major metropolis, it’s probably a pretty significant cost-savings over making a car-payment and parking fees for it.  Shame there’s not something like it in Vicksburg. 
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