For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001 “I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds.”
— Barack Obama, July 27, 2008 (emphasis added)

“Barack Obama is an arrogant, racist, Marxist ass!”
— Perri Nelson, July 30, 2008

 

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - In Tennessee!

Published Thu, Aug 9 2007 11:13 PM
Technorati Tags: Travel, Open Trackbacks

Well, it's off to Tennessee! Our plane leaves at around 6:00AM give or take a little bit... I'm not looking at the itinerary right now. Then we're gone for more than a week.

I'll still be posting. I'm taking the laptop with me. I'll post photos from Tennessee. When I get back I may even post some video.

For now though... it's nap time.

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Thursday Thirteen number 16

Published Thu, Aug 9 2007 7:18 AM
Technorati Tags: Transportation


Thirteen questions about stupid drivers

I should point out that I've observed every one of these things recently on the roads in Washington and Oregon. The one that frightens me the most is number 4, which I see almost daily.

  1. How fast do you drive compared to the posted speed limit? Ten to fifteen miles over? Five to twenty miles under?
  2. Do you use your turn signals when you change lanes? When you do use them, do you remember to turn them off? Or use the turn signal that corresponds to the turn you're about to (eventually) make?
  3. Do you actually stop at a red light before turning right, or do you just sort of slow down and drive through anyway? Does that yellow light really mean "speed up"?
  4. Do you read a novel on your way to work? While you're driving? How about a map, opened up and spread across your front windshield, while you're going 45mph on the freeway? In the left lane?
  5. Do you honestly believe everyone in the cars around you in traffic needs to share your taste in music?
  6. Do you pass on the right? At seventy miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone?
  7. When traffic is backed up on the freeway, do you drive on the shoulder to the next exit?
  8. When traffic is backed up on the freeway because the lane you're in is going to close, and there have been signs warning you that it's going to close, do you stay in it until you get to the last possible point to merge, forcing people that have been waiting for twenty minutes to let you in?
  9. Do you ride your motorcycle between lanes of traffic?
  10. Do you insist on driving your motorcycle at twice the posted speed limit, just because it's small and light and can out accelerate those cars stuck behind each other?
  11. Do you use the H.O.V. lanes as passing lanes even though you don't have any other occupants in your vehicle?
  12. Do you drive fast to pass everyone as though you were in a race and then cut across three lanes of traffic to take the exit?
  13. Do you insist on driving in the left lane with your cell phone glued to your ear by one hand while you weave about the road ten miles per hour under the speed limit with the other hand on the wheel holding a big mac?

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Thursday

Published Thu, Aug 9 2007 6:32 AM
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This is it!

The last day before I head for Tennessee for over a week of fun in the heat. The last forecast I looked at showed today being hot (97°) and sunny.

I've got about 16 hours of work to pack into an 8 hour day today too. Same thing as yesterday.

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