Lordy lordy lordy.
Pittsburgh is hiring a Bicycle Pedestrian Coordinator. I hope the poor sap who gets the job knows what she’s in for.
Poor sap? I was wrong. She will be loaded with a “$45,347 per year” salary. Other benefits include:
- Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
- Pension
- Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation
- Personal Days
Yinz have until 29 Februrary 2008. Start revising those curricula vitae now.
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Employment Announcement for the position of: BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN COORDINATOR. City of Pittsburgh. https://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/pers-depo/Announcements/BIKEPEDCOORD.HTM (11 February 2008).
Hipster female catches my eye
I just downloaded an album after seeing a music video! Crazy, I know. A video itself hasn’t spurred me to investigate an artist since, well, the early ’90s–back when I wasn’t allowed to watch MTV but desperately wanted to.
So go ahead and watch Bat for Lashes’ video for “What’s a Girl to do?” from the album Fur and Gold. They’re definitely channeling a Donnie Darko / hispter / scenester vibe with the masks, bicycles, and clothes.
The album itself is neat. Not amazing, but it’s not like anything I’ve been listening to lately–and thus has probably made a more palpable impact on me as a result. She (lead singer Natasha Khan) will be releasing another album this year as Bat for Lashes, according to Wikipedia. (I added the “citation needed” tag after that sentence so some enthusiast can find the official word; then I will cross-post. I am that lazy.)
Mistral + vélo = :-(
Bicycling in winter isn’t easy. Even if you have all the gear, which I don’t, there’s just no way around how uncomfortable it can be. Take, for example, my ride into Oakland today. I was having a fine go of things - easily evading all the grit that seems to collect on the roadside during the harshest season - when a glacial blast of air literally brought me to a standstill. That’s right. I was stopped going up the Bloomfield Bridge on my bicycle.
Was I afraid? No. There weren’t any cars coming. However, it was pretty damn frustrating since I could barely breathe and still had about half the bridge to traverse. It didn’t help that I was running late for the council meeting, as well.
