buses, boring stuff, pigs, and birdies

Today I learned that school districts have been busing kids who live 1/2 mile from school in such a way that it takes longer to pick them all up than it does for them to simply walk to school.

In other news, I learned that whatever the problem is with the sound on my computer in its current configuration, if I launch AlsaMixer and fiddle with the levels on either end of the display, the sound will work so I can watch videos answering important questions like how hard it is to put lipstick on a pig.

Also, nighthawks hang around the Safeway parking lot after dark.