Have you ever seen a jackknifed truck with its cab on one side of the freeway, and the trailer balancing over the guardrail?

Neither had we, until we got stuck in the mess on 680 last night coming home. We still can't figure out how the driver managed that.


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Set his head on fire, and could you tell this was Martian Manhunter, not the Ghost Rider?

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When I purchase a photocopy via ILL I do not want to see things such as ( Read more... )

What does one not want to see or hear outside their beachfront hotel room?

If you said "fire engines", then you'd be right!

( They've turned off the flashing lights now, at least )

We've finally decided to go paperless, on the bills that are not on autopay (i.e. PG&E, credit card ( Read more... )

Dear Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt,

I understand that you are rightfully upset about the two terroristic explosions in Stockholm yesterday.

However, I do not think describing the explosions as "unacceptable" because "Sweden is an open society." means what you think it means.

With bemusement,

Hawk

Look, Amazon sellers, I know that the book is from 1999 so that there's really no "new" option. Buyer beware, and all that, if I buy using the "new" option ( Read more... )

I have better reception in the middle of the Judean Desert than I can in San Jose. Or Harrisburg. Or DC.

I can switch faster from Airplane mode to full usage in the Judean Desert than I can in Chicago. Or Dallas. Or Nags Head.

Can I take Israeli phone service home with me?

And both Prop 25 AND Prop 26 are passing? They're diametrically opposed!

Hopefully I'll wake up in a saner world where 26 is going down. Down hard.