R-O-C-K on the CTA

So I rode the CTA bus today for the first time...ever.  It's not like I never wanted to take the bus, the situation  just never presented itself.  #1 lesson learned in my first bus experience: the rush hour crowd vastly differs from the off-peak mutants riders.
Saltines Kristin and Maggie rode up to Lincoln and Webster with me to make an appearance at a client event. En route up to Lincoln Park around 5pm, the bus was filled with savvy attired commuters. On the ride home, however, I stood amongst a different crowd, highlighted by an older gentleman who not only wreaked of booze but was also speaking to himself in some sort of alien-esque dialect. I'm going to have to force myself to take the bus every once and awhile when I migrate to the West Loop in Fall and to be honest, I'm a little concerned.  Translation: I'm going to need a vat of hand-sanitizer...

Summer TTDs

WTF am I supposed to watch now that Spring TV has concluded?  Thus far, Dave and I have survived on SVU re-runs but I feel like we're bound to run out of episodes we haven't seen at some point.  Isn't there anything new on TBS or TNT this summer Katie? Are there any new Rock of Jersey-esque shows premiering soon or any other new TTDs (Television Transmitted Diseases) I can catch?  Or is Dave going to have to settle for losing at Scrabble night after night?  He started making me add up my own score...