Jordan Independent - Columnist extends his commute - Comments

Only Brandon should indulge

Mathias Baden — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:17:20 -0500

Only Brandon should indulge such requests as related to his new hometown. I don't feel that I should publicize the information. Brandon, you there?

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I, too, wondered where your

Ruth Anne Maddox — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:42:30 -0500

I, too, wondered where your new secret lair is. And, I must say, crossing the street does not constitute a commute but, if that's what you think it was, anything more than that would be reason enough to whine.

My previous job was exactly four miles from my driveway to my parking spot and I driver farther now but I never checked in on my trip-o-meter. I think I'll set it for the ride home and see what I get.

I read your column. You did

swansonmej — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:22:30 -0500

I read your column. You did not say where you are commuting from to get to Jordan. Perhaps readers could help you find a route that isn't so congested in the morning and afternoon.

I wish I could work in Jordan. I commute 30 miles to get to work.

One thing I should add (to

Brandon — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:09:09 -0500

One thing I should add (to what you might read in my column in this week’s issue) is that I am completely terrified of the idea of leaving my new place after 7 a.m. I’m worried that I’d get stuck in traffic so bad it might make my head explode, so I take great pains to get up and out of the house by 7 at the latest (usually at 6:45 or so). I know I’m totally overreacting, but that’s how worried I get about being stuck in traffic.

The early mornings also add up and start to take their toll on my sleeping habits. I’ve gone home at about 3 p.m. from work most days lately, and I’ve almost fallen asleep on the drive home.

Columnist extends his commute

Mathias Baden — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:34:00 -0500

After getting married last weekend, esteemed columnist Brandon Otte extended his commute.

“I guess I must have been spoiled by my commute in Jordan. … It may have been the best commute ever,” he wrote.

Read Otte's column in the Aug. 21 issue of the Jordan Independent.