Weather was actually nice this morning so the ride in wasn't the usual sweatfest. Not sure if riding w/o a helmet had anything to do w/ it. I left my helmet in the car last night and didn't realize it until this morning and was too lazy to go get it. Traffic was the usual crap w/ an extra aggressive bus driver changing lanes wildly and a couple of right-hookers. Grabbed the brakes hard a few times, got tired of cager stupidity and decided to just ride more aggressively. I'd been riding more sedately cuz of the missing helmet. Moved into the middle of the avenue and had a much better time of it.