Necessity is the mother of invention

Problem: I want to ride my bike to work but must transport my huge poster home from the printers (poster is 90" by 46").

Consensus of everyone I ask: You're taking the subway today honey.

Lightbulb moment: Last  night on the subway on the way home from great night of knitting at Lettuce Knit (got to meet That Laurie who is a knitter/dyer/spinner extraordinare and all round nice woman)...I need some sort of carrying device for the tube.  Aha!  My yoga mat bag.

Aren't I clever?

And it actually worked!  Poster is at work.  I haven't looked at it yet, mostly because I'm afraid I won't be able to get it back in the tube when I'm done.  I'm going to borrow a snazzy telescopic poster case to get it to Banff.  Not as nifty as a knitted thing, but probably safer. 

My research partner offered to take it home in her car tonight so I won't have to worry about getting it home.  Too bad, I felt like an Academic Ninja with it on (I know, dorky, but I'm a geek, what can I say!)

Comments

[Suzanne V. (Yarnhog)]

An academic ninja! Ha!

As the mother of two geeks-in-training, I take great pride in their feats of academic prowess. I clap and cheer and stick proud mom bumper stickers on my car when my kids compete in math and science competitions just like mothers of athletes do for their kids. (And my kids are far more likely to actually enjoy professional success as the result of their talents than all those highly-applauded athletic kids are. Go Bill Gates!)

[Rachel H]

Very clever. And yes, dorky. :o)

[claudia]

Clever AND studly for making it a priority to ride.

[Knittripps]

Very clever indeed.

[Seanna Lea]

Woohoo! Go Academic Ninja!

[Beebs]

Wow, briliant. A solution not even the Dutch have considered...and they transport furniture, Christmas trees, up to three kids and all their groceries on their bikes...while smoking a cigarette and talking on their mobile...