Wednesday, March 29, 2006 - 8:47 a.m.

Sorry to my many fans. I have been in a loop of driving every day due to post day job activities that I must be at by 6. This is day 4. That is $52 in four days for parking vs. $14 of el riding. My friend Maura previously worked for the public transportation association does not like it when I drive - she is still a champion for her former cause.

Getting out of the parking lot today, I was behind this short, brunette woman with a real hideous lavendar coat. On the Chicago river bridge was the homeless man I see every day I drive, panhandling. He is a pleasant looking man and is completely harmless. I never give him money but we do always exchange pleasantries. The woman must of sensed a force field to which I am impervious. She went around this man like people side step a dog on a rope. The man is not going to jump at you ... especially if you see this man every day. He does not even verbally ask for money, he takes a passive approach by holding a cup. This woman must not be the only person who does this to him all day.

After seeing this I noticed my placement on the bridge and obsessively walked a straight line wondering if on previous days I had sensed an -- albeit not as large but still present -- force field.