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Things I learned or was reminded of in the past few days:
• There's a lot of pretty in this country of ours. A lot of ugly, too.
• There are stretches of the US interstate highway system which are hideously bad. There are stretches of the US interstate highway system which are probably perpetually under construction. The hideously bad stretches are very rarely the stretches under construction.
• Distant fireworks are cool. Even in Indiana. There's a new shell that explodes into a huge sphere which slowly fades up and then slowly fades back out. Hadn't seen that before. Also, the fireworks sold for home use seem to be a lot better than the ones I always had as a kid.
• Interstate 71 through Cincinnati is an astounding stretch of road--really neat to drive. Only problem is it makes you want to drive it more slowly, and if you do you'll end up with an angry Cincinnati native on your tail, flashing his high beams and flicking you off as he flies around you. Well, for me, anyway.
• Speaking of I-71, the worst drunk-driving accident in US history occurred on that highway, in Carrolton, Kentucky. In May of 1988 a drunk driver in a Toyota pickup was on the wrong side of the interstate and collided with a bus full of children and chaperones coming home from King's Island. It was an old bus, and the fuel tank caught fire--24 children and 3 adults died. Of course, I didn't learn all that on the road, I just read this story about it. But I drove by the sign marking the spot, which is what led me to look into it. Here is another interesting story related to it--a Florida judge who makes DUI offenders hand-copy the obituaries for all 27 people sho died. Pretty good idea, I think.
• I can handle 36 hours with very little sleep or food with a lot less difficulty than I would have thought. And it's neat in a strange way to see sunset, moonrise, moonset, and sunrise from behind the wheel.
• My Female Ambiguous/Uncertain Language Translator (FAULT, for short) is getting to be pretty finely tuned, I must say. That, or I'm just getting to where I've heard it all before.
• The new album by Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears) is really very good. The American by Angie Aparo is also some high-quality stuff. On a related note, "Holding Back the Years" by Simply Red cuts off at 1:49 on the mix cd I made a few days ago. Dammit.
• Muskegon is not a good place to suddenly find yourself, in any sense.
• Television shows from the 1980's are pretty scary to look back on now--but often good for laughs.
• There's no place like home. Depending on how you read that, it's true whether you actually have a home or not.
• I am so much human garbage. But I needn't and shouldn't be.
• There's a lot of pretty in this country of ours. A lot of ugly, too.
• There are stretches of the US interstate highway system which are hideously bad. There are stretches of the US interstate highway system which are probably perpetually under construction. The hideously bad stretches are very rarely the stretches under construction.
• Distant fireworks are cool. Even in Indiana. There's a new shell that explodes into a huge sphere which slowly fades up and then slowly fades back out. Hadn't seen that before. Also, the fireworks sold for home use seem to be a lot better than the ones I always had as a kid.
• Interstate 71 through Cincinnati is an astounding stretch of road--really neat to drive. Only problem is it makes you want to drive it more slowly, and if you do you'll end up with an angry Cincinnati native on your tail, flashing his high beams and flicking you off as he flies around you. Well, for me, anyway.
• Speaking of I-71, the worst drunk-driving accident in US history occurred on that highway, in Carrolton, Kentucky. In May of 1988 a drunk driver in a Toyota pickup was on the wrong side of the interstate and collided with a bus full of children and chaperones coming home from King's Island. It was an old bus, and the fuel tank caught fire--24 children and 3 adults died. Of course, I didn't learn all that on the road, I just read this story about it. But I drove by the sign marking the spot, which is what led me to look into it. Here is another interesting story related to it--a Florida judge who makes DUI offenders hand-copy the obituaries for all 27 people sho died. Pretty good idea, I think.
• I can handle 36 hours with very little sleep or food with a lot less difficulty than I would have thought. And it's neat in a strange way to see sunset, moonrise, moonset, and sunrise from behind the wheel.
• My Female Ambiguous/Uncertain Language Translator (FAULT, for short) is getting to be pretty finely tuned, I must say. That, or I'm just getting to where I've heard it all before.
• The new album by Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears) is really very good. The American by Angie Aparo is also some high-quality stuff. On a related note, "Holding Back the Years" by Simply Red cuts off at 1:49 on the mix cd I made a few days ago. Dammit.
• Muskegon is not a good place to suddenly find yourself, in any sense.
• Television shows from the 1980's are pretty scary to look back on now--but often good for laughs.
• There's no place like home. Depending on how you read that, it's true whether you actually have a home or not.
• I am so much human garbage. But I needn't and shouldn't be.
