{"id":426,"date":"2004-08-11T10:46:17","date_gmt":"2004-08-11T14:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2004\/08\/11\/gainingand-losingmomentum\/"},"modified":"2004-08-11T10:46:17","modified_gmt":"2004-08-11T14:46:17","slug":"gainingand-losingmomentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2004\/08\/11\/gainingand-losingmomentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaining…and Losing…Momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I went to dinner with my brother, his wife and my niece last night. Like the night before, I met them at their hotel and then we walked across the street for dinner (this time Bennigan’s since we needed a family friendly place close to the hotel that can also accomodate my niece’s wheel chair…and the food was surprisingly decent).<\/P>
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Anyway, by the time dinner was over the sun was setting and it was slightly cooler than it had been earlier in the day.  I started walking towards the Boylston Street subway station debating whether to walk home or take the “T”. As I approached Boylston Station I decided that since the sun had set, I could just walk the whole way home. So, I happily bypassed the subway station and walked through Boston Common in the direction of our condo.<\/P>
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Halfway through the park I realized that I was still working up a sweat because of the humidity (just because the sun is gone, doesn’t mean the humidity is, too). I figured I’d just grab the subway at Park Street Station and go home in the climate controlled environment of a subway car. But as I approached the station headhouse I was immediately attacked by the woooosh of hot, stale subway air. And just as immediately, I turned around and decided to keep walking.<\/P>
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So, I continued down Tremont Street towards the Government Center Station. I figured I could board the subway there. But when I stopped at a traffic light I realized that by not moving anymore, I was no longer getting the slight breeze that my walking motion created. I started sweating even worse and just knew that if I enterred the subway station, I’d sweat even more as I stood still waiting for the train.<\/P>
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Once again, I walked right past the subway station, through City Hall Plaza, down the steps to Congress Street and then walked by yet another subway station (Haymarket Station) before finally accepting that I was walking the whole way home. I mean, at this point (with only one stop to go) why bother getting on the train? So, I got home and was refreshed by the blast of cold air in our lobby. AHHHHHHHHH!<\/P>
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Hmm – re-reading this posting I think it’s safe to say that I lead the most boring life on earth.<\/P>
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