This afternoon I had some interesting experiences while driving along the
Ortega Highway:

• 
  My first experience being overtaken by emergency vehicles -- on a ( Read more... )

I Spent the weekend in LA moving multiple cats from Santa Ana to Lake
Forest. All three seem to be settling in to varying degrees, from squeeing
Cat to exploring Sonyaaa to hiding-in-closet Valeria. As is traditional with
such historic events, I shall celebrate with photos of the LAX Control
Tower.

Moving
to Lake Forest.

(AT2 starts now.)

At the end of CA-237 northbound, right before you hit El Camino Real,
there is a trailblazer sign that marks the roadway as US-101 northbound.
Never noticed it before, but why is this sign here? Is it intended ( Read more... )

So, road sign directions in San Francisco are really easy to understand ( Read more... )

Validation!

The
Road to Clarity (NYTimes):

"So, what do you see?" Martin Pietrucha I asked, turning ( Read more... )

[Right, post by mail is still down, so I'm stuck with pasting data into this hideous web form. This was written 2007.06.02.]

Some random thoughts now that I have returned from Texas:

• 
  Traffic on US-183 sucks. I'm looking
  forward to the day they finally complete the TX-130 toll road far enough that we can take
  it to AUS and ( Read more... )

The MacArthur
Maze partially collapsed this morning after a tanker caught fire in an
accident. Straight from Caltrans Highway Information:

I 80 ( Read more... )

Subsidies
Keep Airlines Flying to Small Towns (NYTimes).

( Interstate, he said... INTERSTATE! )

I'm travelling. I have Internet access here at SFO courtesy a wireless hotspot, an
available power plug and my credit card. I've also been upgraded on my
flight to Philadelphia. See? Those frequent flyer accounts are
good for something!

There's only one catch: my flight's been delayed -- 35 minutes and ( Read more... )

It's been over a year since I last did the book meme,
it's evolved a tiny bit, and most importantly, my books have been completely
mixed up since then. Borrowed from sethrenn...

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these
   instructions.

First Attempt

You all ( Read more... )