madpogue 

After a crash (deer vs. Saturn) many years ago, I had a loaner car from the glass place that replaced my windshield for a few days. '90s VW, uh, a Jetta or something. The CE light was on perpetually, and they had literally put a little label over it (you could still see the light lit behind it) that said "ENG OK".

Little bit of everything this past week. Single digits F one day, driving snow the next. 30 MPH winds off the lake yesterday AM. Poss. rain on the way home tonight. They're trying to keep up with MUP maintenance, been making much hay in the news about new money in the budget for maintenance even on weekends, still a number of problem areas. Got lucky earlier this month and came into a FREE set of Nokian W240s, so I upgraded from my old W106s. Definite improvement, esp. on the side streets that don't get plowed as early/often. Only real PITA this week was the failure of my 10-LED MonkeyLight. Wires broke RIGHT at the connector, and of course, six months out of warranty. I was able to strip back the wires and just shove the open strands into the corrseponding female terminals on the other side, and tape the daylights out of it for a temporary fix. About half my commuting is in the dark lately, so finding a more "sustainable" fix is high on the list.

Lots of C&V bike porn sightings. Just walking around the square today, two Giant Iguanas, two Rincons, a very faded Sekai and a Schwinn World Sport. Oh, and a bright red Firenze that appeared to be a well-maintained daily driver. Whiskey Tango....