"> About the need for a "daily driver:" I've already taken care of that.
> It takes about 20 minutes to walk to my office (at the U of
> California, San Diego), and the path takes me through Whole Foods,
> where I grab a banana. If I don't feel like walking, a free shuttle
> comes by every 8 minutes."

Watch out for those U shuttles Mark:

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=8741189

Definitely "News-of-the-weird" and tragic.

bob

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