Miscellaneous
ka-boom
Nov 17th
My coworker’s car was hit by someone barreling through a red light @ 40-50mph as we were going to lunch earlier this week. Another 5 feet into the intersection and we would have not been as lucky to walk away unscathed :\
earthquake!
Oct 30th
I just felt the ground shake for about 30 seconds as I was getting ready to go to the gym. It’s the first quake I’ve felt since moving into this house a little over 3 years ago. Time to take down some loose stuff from shelves and the wall!
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc40204628.html
Off to the gym. Hopefully another one doesn’t happen while I’m there!
Idiots on the freeway
Oct 28th
I was driving up to San Francisco this afternoon and 3 cars tore by me: a red Trans-am, grey Acura TL, and grey Nissan Maxima. They were obviously racing one another, so I kept back since these idiots either 1) had too much testosterone clouding their judgment or 2) had too much road rage. Those idiots kept weaving back and forth in medium traffic, and I thought to myself that they’re either going to get into an accident or cause someone else to get into an accident.
I see the Trans-am make a really quick lane change, and by the looks of it he over-corrected and then spun out of control, literally spinning across the entire freeway on 880N before the San Mateo Bridge exit. I thought it was totally going to be a messy multi-car collision, as everyone’s brake lights lit up and traffic came to a stop. Miraculously, he didn’t hit a single car, and he then floored it and sped off. Freaks. I called 911 to report the f*cktards, but hopefully someone closer to them actually got plates and called them in.
I think all guys go through some phase where they feel the need for speed on public roads (myself included). Thankfully I had an outlet & spent time doing track days @ Sears Point and Thunderhill a few years back. It got really expensive, though, so it was great while it lasted. At least I can still go to a go-kart ring and get my racing itch taken care of in a safe environment!
What worries the most when I see street racing is not the ones doing the speeding, but rather the other drivers around. If you spook the wrong person, he/she might slam on the brakes or do something else really dramatic and cause a chain reaction with the surrounding traffic. :\
i need more sleep
Oct 25th
I’d be lucky to get more than 6 hours of sleep on a typical week night. Part of the reason I think is because I start working on things around 11pm or so and they always take longer than I expect, so before I know it it’s 2am or later. Forcing myself to wake up to make the carpool lane before it ends @ 9am means I usually need to be awake around 8-ish and ready to go out the door by 8:45am to get past the worst of the traffic congestion.
I know this isn’t that healthy for me, and I was reminded again when this article on sleep deprivation was published in the SF Chronicle. Ooompf.
The 920 calorie burrito
Oct 15th
This is so gross:
Hardee’s on Monday rolled out its new Country Breakfast Burrito — two egg omelets filled with bacon, sausage, diced ham, cheddar cheese, hash browns and sausage gravy, all wrapped inside a flour tortilla. The burrito contains 920 calories and 60 grams of fat.
and
In 2003 the chain introduced a line of big sandwiches, including the Monster Thickburger. The 1,420-calorie sandwich is made up of two 1/3-pound slabs of beef, four strips of bacon, three slices of cheese and mayonnaise on a buttered bun.
Even Hardees’ chicken salad — topped with onion rings and crispy chicken — has 1,100 calories and 83 grams of fat.
Who the f eats this stuff?
