burrito day 3/18/05

Have you forgotten about Burrito Day? I certainly hope not. I realize it's been awhile, but after weeks of work / persnnal travel, it is time to re-establish the routine!

…and speaking of routine, the regular level of rage has been building over the past couple of weeks during the BDC's travels. One particular focus of this rising anxiety has been the current state of stop lights in other cities around the U.S. Correct me if I am wrong here, but we are in a technologically advanced time of the 21st century -- Yes? All stop lights should be striclty based on sensors!! …and/or time of day! Let's take Alexandria, VA for example. The main road through town is spotted with a dizzying arrray of stoplights at each street corner. This is not a problem -- that is assuming they are set up in some logical structure, AND they only change when a car is ready to cross. Instead, these ridiculous lights are set up on some ignorant solid-state machine that change independent of time or traffic. I found myself sitting at a red light for 30-40 seconds at 3 am with no traffic in what seemed like a square mile. Naturally, my temperature began to rise uncontrollably -- If I were to roll down the windows at this time, an array of smoke would have drifted out the windows in all directions. As much as I enjoyed the DC experience, this single-handedly prevented me from ever wanting to live in this area. This is just one example of rage over the past couple of weeks … come share!

..and Yes, we are headed back to Chipotle this Friday. Chipotle has recently began to honor certain members of the BDC. During one recent visit, a Chipotle manager granted a fellow BDC member a free burrito -- just because!! Now, that's respect …and has re-elevated the Chipotle name in the BDC's eyes.