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according to a story in the free press this morning, the national weather service's white lake township station reports a total of 14 minutes of sunshine since december 19, 2005. that seems about right; i had a vague recollection of sunny weather on the monday before winter break, which would indeed be the 19th. so it really has been bas lately, and today is as dark as ever. warm enough, as it turned out, for me to shed some layers before riding in this morning: short pants, no balaclava. the cool mist felt rather nice. the shins do get dirty, however, when the streets are in this kind of shape.

that one osage orange may have escaped being smushed beneath a bus, but there in the gutter like that the chances of a seed ever taking root are slim indeed. what will happen to it, exactly? our fair city does actually sweep these streets, bike lanes included, once or twice a year whether they need it or not. i'm thinking the sweepings end up in a landfill, so there you go: read my lips, no new maclura pomifera!

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