The interminable wait for the bus

The evenings that there is an event @ Qwest Field/Safeco are hell for the commute home. Absolute hell. Should have left earlier. Now I'll be waiting for another half hour for the bus. Sigh. It's a mundane topic I know but it's better than thinking about the hell that is the Iraq war, the state of political discourse in this country, the ever widening gap between the rich and poor, the appalling behavior of the Republican party...