----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seaman, Dave" <seamand@upmc.edu>

<<<  We're members of a car-share service, Zipcar, that has XM

in all its cars.  >>>



>car share service?  What pray tell is that?

Pretty much what it sounds like: there are cars all around the city 
that members can use for short-term rentals, at a cost of $7-$9 an 
hour, or around $50 or $60 for a full day.  That includes insurance, 
gas, parking, all of that.  Could not possibly be more convenient for 
us: living in the heart of Boston, three blocks from the Green Line, 
we rarely need a car in the first place, so for those rare cases where 
we do need our own transportation for a few hours, it's way cheaper to 
have a Zipcar account than to have a car of our own and have to buy 
gas, insurance, maintenance, and all that.  Who needs the tsuris? 
Plus, the nearest cars are about a block away -- I can see them from 
our bedroom window -- so it's unbelievably convenient.

Favorite new discovery: SPACE BETWEEN by the Lesser Birds of Paradise. 
Vintage Olivia Tremor Control/Neutral Milk Hotel-style psych/folk. 
Recommended for anyone who misses the old Elephant 6 sound, though it 
has no familial connections to that scene.  Also available on eMusic.

S