First, a pinch of REM ...

And then a dash of That Petrol Emotion ...

As I sat in a local Starbucks about 4:30 p.m., I did see streetcars heading eastward on Queen St. I took that to be tangible evidence that the great transit strike of 2008 was indeed over.

As public-sector strikes go, I'll take 10 transit strikes for every summer garbage strike. :)

However, I didn't get abandoned by the transit system at midnight on a Friday. My employer, CTV.ca News, was very generous.

And as this Toronto Star article noted, the people who get hurt the worst by a transit strike are those who can afford it the least -- students and the poor:

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Had no problems getting a cab this morning (mind you, I did call at 6:15 a.m.).

Coming home, the cab co. said it could be up to a 30-minute wait. When I left my desk 20 minutes later, there was a cab waiting for me.

The high end of the DVP (401 down to Eglinton) was congested, but I didn't see traffic armageddon out there. The 401 wasn't congested. Neither was the Gardiner.

If the TTC workers were going to spring a surprise strike, then perhaps the weekend was the best time to do it.

My weekend just got considerably more disrupted.

The Amalgamated Transit Union has voted down the contract agreement reached last weekend and will be going on strike as of midnight if a new offer isn't made.

I'm going to bed, but check CTV.ca Toronto for updates.

I was in Big Fat Burrito recently in Kensington Market where I ordered the ever-delish pulled-pork one (another fave is the breakfast burrito).

But the little bottles of chipotle sauce, which is pretty much essential for a maximal burrito experience, weren't on the counter.

They now want you to ask for chipotle sauce or related condiments in advance, although they did give me some in a little plastic cup this time.

And the reason for that? People kept walking off with the sauces.

They can afford a burrito, but they have to steal the chipotle sauce?

Wow.

Don Cherry just made no apologies about being pro-Boston Bruins in his commentary on that team's NHL playoff series with the Montreal Canadiens.

The peace symbol is 50.