The Charm City Circulator is a free, eco-friendly bus system that was introduced by the city of Baltimore earlier this year. Right now, there are only two routes running, with a third to be added shortly. 

It was basically conceptulized to move people from one side of town to the other, so that they can take advantage of restaurants without worrying about parking. Alot of visitors use it. Alot of homeless use it. And apparently, it’s the newest way to flee the scene of a crime.

Over the weekend, there was a shooting at the Inner Harbor.  Don’t be suprised–lots of people get shot in Baltimore on an (almost) daily basis. Okay, it averages to a daily rate once you take the multiple shootings that occur on weekends and divide by 7. Anyways, someone got shot, and the miscreants made their get away on the Charm City Circulator.

So, if you’re too poor to have a get away car lined up, or you don’t have time to dig for that $1.60 in change to take the regular bus–hop on the Charm City Circulator. We take you where you need to go (but I don’t think that the Baltimore City jail is one of the stops).

So, the temps have been hovering in the low to mid and even upper 90′s this past week.  The humidity is actually even more crazy. I’ve taken to the couch today to hide from the heat, and catch up on some guilty-pleasure TV dvr’ing that the Brain did for me last week while I was ensconced in studying mode.

I love air conditioning. It makes life much more bearable.

Last night as I was walking down Penn Street looking for a parking spot, a ginormous rat ran from an alley across my path and scared the bejesus out of me. At least, I think it was a rat.  I know it was fast and huge–but it was very dark in that part of the sidewalk, so it might not have been–but I’m pretty sure it was.

And I also wanted to note to the general reading public of Ridgely’s Delight that, just in case you didn’t know it, there is NO MORE BULK PICKUP! So you know those large appliances, carpeting, mattresses, tables, etc that you put out on the street and wait for the big city truck to come around and get? Well, it doesn’t happen any more.  There’s been a mattress in Dover for almost three weeks now–and the regular garbage won’t pick it up.So before you go and throw your sh!t out on the street, remember, it will sit there and sit there and sit there and Never.Go.Away.