Last night after work I had to go out and run a couple of errands. It was nothing that could be considered even remotely exciting, just a quick Target/Grocery run. (Aside: Target sells beer now. Including local Microbrews. That’s just disconcerting.) There was a decent amount of snow on the ground from the constant flurries that had come down all day. It was just enough snow to completely turn off any semblance of driving skills that anyone out on the road might have had at one time. Yadda, yadda, yadda .. I got cut off trying to turn into target. Thankfully my 13(!) year old rear-drive car has traction control as I had to make an “emergency maneuver” at about 20 mph. The ass end of the old girl managed to kick out about 45 degrees off axis before said TC kicked in and ended up straightening the car out. Well that little ass out maneuver kick up something in the old hypothalamus as my brain basically went ‘Wheeeeee! Let’s do that again’. Unlike a lot of newer vehicles, the TC in my car has a very handy ‘disable’ button on the dash. When you press it the car gives you a nice ! death warning idiot light when you press it too. It’s like the car’s saying ‘Hey asshole! If you kill yourself it’s not my fault.” Anyway, I hauled ass through target thinking of places I could pull some snow hoonage without getting busted (or busting my car). Then it came to me. The Cub foods across the street had just gone out of business. They had even pulled up all of the old cart corrals so there was virtually no danger of bashing a quarter panel on a post or bending an axel on a curb. Mad donuts ensued. I smiled the whole way home.
Moving Pictures
- Very slick short film about the future history (what?) of Teh Interwebs
- I debated posting this, but I’m going to anyway. Not so much BOTI as just sort of interesting and conversation sparking. Recently there was a friendly fire incident in Iraq. American Fighter/Chopper (hard to tell) pilots had a ‘blue on blue’ situation with a British armor unit. And of course, it’s on tape (player works with Firefox but is funky. IE recommended). To the pilots’ credit, it was an accident and their reactions upon hearing the news are… well… “I think I’m going to be sick” was one of them. It’s a cockpit tape, so there’s largely nothing to look at just the audio feed (subtitled). Anyway, watch it… or don’t depending on your feelings on the subject.
Stupid Internet Shit
My Kind of Town
Random Nerd Stuff
Fortune:
My girlfriend always laughs during sex - no matter what she's reading.
- Steve Jobs