I defy you not to be captivated by this short video of cars careening out of control down a spectacularly icy stretch of road in Portland. It's mesmerizing. I must admit to multiple viewings. Be careful out there, Steve.
A friend of mine recently reminded me of the classic Dave Chapelle "Prince" episode. Whether you've seen it in previously or not, take a few minute break to watch this. It is a great send-up of his Purpleness.
Another classic from The Onion.
ST. MICHAELS, MD—After including his four terms in Congress, a two-year stint in banking, and volunteer work, Rumsfeld said he "ran out of room" for the high-ranking cabinet post. Click this link for the entire article.
Bay Area folk have lots of traditions that strike others as odd.
One in particular being "casual carpooling", whereby cars queue up to take on complete strangers as passengers. The extra cargo ensuring the driver a spot in the coveted carpool diamond lane and swift passage through the horribly congested Bay Bridge toll lanes. I understand that this happens in DC too.
It seems a bit odd, but I've been both a passenger and driver and it works out well and is generally pleasant (except for the tacit agreement that nobody can speak - ever). You just know that some of these commuter-hitchhiking encounters must go awry but it wasn't until I read this recent account of a "casual carpool carjacker" that my suspicions were confirmed.
I was cleaning out my junk folder for the past few days and decided to pen this ode to spam using the subject lines. Feel free to submit your own.
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When we moved to San Francisco from Chicago, the SF skyline seemed downright quaint, in part presumably due to earthquake concerns. Plans are now being drawn up for a slew of new high rises, including what would be the tallest building west of Chicago. Even with the most iron-clad engineering guarantee to assuage my concerns, I would not want to be in the the nearly 1000 foot high rise during a quake!
I don't know how I came to check out A Primate's Memoir from the library (blog mention somewhere?) but it is one of the most entertaining books I've read of late. The exploits of the baboon troop he is studying are surprisingly interesting -- seriously -- but serve more as a way to set the table for the bigger story, which is his hair-raising hitchhiking travels across several East Central African countries.
