kyburg | I've been doing it wrong

Yesterday, due to MTA suckage, I drove all the way into work. I took an alternate route from the end of the Green Line that saved so much time I was shocked.

Then I took it home - adding it to the alternate route I now use to the Green Line station.

Leaving at 4:45 PM, I was home by 7:00. I haven't been home that early in years.

And I never touched a freeway.

Listen - skip the diamond lanes. Skip the trains. Take surface streets with some patience. It works.

It's not a drive I would recommend someone who likes driving 55 or faster - you will be hitting the brakes too much.

But at 35 MPH, you never stop. Absofuckingamazing.

For comparison sake - normal drive time at least 2.5 hours - at least. Add a fuckup anywhere along the line and you add an hour.

And the best part? Jim - and Jim's spaghetti at the end.

Jim makes damn good spaghetti.