Soooooo... I'm Canadian. It ain't a holiday here - we had that earlier this week when my bad-ass homeland turned 147 (yeah, Canada is bad-ass, it's just, you know, stealth bad-ass).

BUT, many of my f-listies are located south of this bad-ass nation, and it is their Independence Day. Which brings me to my point finally: I have a guilty, shameful ( Read more... )

Mondays blow. But this might help - it's a compilation of truck crashes at the same intersection in Durham, North Carolina for the last 5 years. It's a low bridge, see? And there's a sign that warns about the height clearance, but the sheer volume of footage that this local has accumulated suggests that most folks aren't aware of the maximum ( Read more... )

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Shockwave footage:

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I found it weird that there was so much dashcam footage but Dude Solo tells me it's to prevent the high percentage of fake personal injury lawsuits in Russia. Who knew?

I woke up today and there weren't any zombies outside *victory dance*.

The front page of the Toronto Star proclaimed: We're All Still Here! This made me laugh. But it also made me wonder how slow of a news day it was in their bullpen yesterday that they chose to lead with THAT story today ( Read more... )

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Here comes the Frankenstorm rain again...

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It had to start at some point I guess.

I think that someone miscalculated.

OR, that we are already living through the Endtimes and none of us noticed...

Either way, here... have some marauding winged laser-bears:


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*dives into a doorway. not really. it didn't even wake up the dog.*

I only notice these things when my screen starts shifting about making ma powerpointin' difficult...