test drive, bumbershoot, vanpool, chill -- bullethole, on a roll, can't sit still

test drove another civic today. this one was quite promising, but still... not sure we want to spend the money on a car that seems so bare-bones. this one has warranty left on it, is in good shape, low mileage... really, probably a very good deal. but, it keeps coming down to comparisons with the current ride, and the civic is just so freakin' small.

standing in the rain, waiting for the vanpool, had to use an umbrella. really - not a fan of the bumbershoot at all, at all, but what is one to do? it does seem there would be some way the constructors of bumbershoots could construct them so that the stalk would not continually knock my spectacles.

waiting for the van... 15-20 mins in the morning, and again in the afternoon. let us say that it is 15 mins each - that is 30 mins/day. that is 150 mins/wk. that is 2.5 freakin' hrs/wk. for reals. that time is just wasted, gone, poof. there is really no way to do anything productive in those minutes, scattered as they are, but there should be some way to save them. let's think... hmm... hey, i have it - don't ride the vanpool. yeah... being environmentally friendly should not be this difficult!

marcia gay harden & william hurt were in the movie the big chill. they are in the new movie into the wild. the new movie is about alaska, which is big... and... uh... chilly. so, there you have it.

my new lucky jeans had a small hole near the inseam, which i patched. i am sure this hole contributed to their being at gabriel bros for $30. i am also sure it was a bullet hole.

did i tell you about the car that busted into the house across the street a couple wks ago? last night, another car hydroplaned on the same curve & took out a couple mailboxes, landing about 20 feet from the house. we called 911. waited. called again when somebody showed up w/ a pickup truck & looked like they were going to personally try to pull it out. waited. phone call... from the police, asking us where the incident occurred. hello? do you not have a gps? criminy. the police, called us, for directions.

in other fone call news, elvis called & said beavis is on the bottle. elvis took over the nighttime feedings, and priscilla got a full 6 hrs sleep the other night. she arose completely transformed and leapt around the house. he reminded her that this 6 hrs was at least 3 hrs less than she had been used to before 5 wks ago. this did not temper her enthusiasm.

how 'bout them memphis tigers, eh? guess they are for real after all. and, one blemish on their otherwise undefeated season. who was it that beat them... hmm.... do you recall?