I’ve been meaning to mention a crapload of stuff, so I’m gonna do it in one long rant.
For the Scarlet Johansson Fans
A friend of mine (through a different link she sent me) led me to http://gorillamask.net/scarlettj.shtml. You’ll thank me later.
Better Gas Mileage than expected
I filled up the Element today after my journey filled weekend. (Total mileage from the office and back was 465 miles.) I tanked up in Winchester Friday morning. From there, to Hburg, to Newark, to the North Dover Wawa (where I put in gas for the 6 bucks I had in my pocket), to the bank, to home, (sleep), to the South Dover Wawa = 360 miles. Between the two gas ups (the stranding prevention this morning, then to full monty tonight) I put 13.859 gallons into Nighthawk. Some simple math:
360 Miles / 13.859 Gallons of Gas = 25.975 MPG
Hell, let’s round it up to 26. That’s the best average I’ve seen yet. I’ve heard a number of people tell me it will improve once I’m through the break in period, but that’s higher than the manufacturer says it is. Yay for me. I realize the AC wasn’t on the entire trip, but my windows were down from Mt. Airy (kinda sorta halfway, on I70 west of Baltimore) to Newark, so apparently the airflow isn’t a negative on gas mileage. It just seems strange that the mileage gets better on hill-filled roads with some slowdowns through mountains that my flat commute to Newark everyday. Matt says it’s the concrete that makes up Route 1, but I’m gonna have to look that one up. (And then start taking 13 everyday if its true.)
Speaking of Nighthawk…
That’s how I’ve been referring to the Element in my head. So I might refer to it that way in these wacky streams of consciousness. I’m not sure I’m gonna officially name it, since Element is enough of a descriptor in most situations. The whole naming cars thing happened in my family when there were 3 Volvos, and not everyone was gonna remember what a 240, 740, and 960 were. I realize that there were two Cavaliers as well, but by then they were rarely parked at the house at the same time. That, and they didn’t have personality enough to really deserve a name.
Hail to the Redskins
Thanks to their bye week (I can’t believe it happened already on week 3) the ‘Skins are at the top of the NFC East with a Perfect records. Only one of 3 or 4 Undefeated teams left. Gotta love how the league has balanced out since free agency.
Would you believe two cops in a rowboat?
While it’s no so funny by itself, that is a line from the first episode of “Get Smart” I saw as a kid. I caught it on nick at night at some point, and was hooked. It was a spoof version of James Bond on TV, and it was hilarious. From the Shoe Phone to the Cone of Silence, the gadgets were hysterical, and sometimes really practical. Mel Brooks was a creator of this show, if that gives you any idea what it was like. Anyway, Don Adams, the guy that played Maxwell Smart, died over the weekend. Most of the people that read this will better know him as the voice of Inspector Gadget from the 80’s cartoon. Shame that he departs now, he had a birthday coming up. Missed it by that much.
(If you just laughed, or groaned, pat yourself on the back.)
They may not be lesbians anymore, but they still rock.
Believe it or not, the on-again-off-again lesbian techno rock group T.A.T.u. has a new album out in the states. I actually like this group, and not embarrassed about it to call it a guilty pleasure. They didn’t gain too much fame here in the states, mostly because the pussies at MTV don’t do anything on the edge that might bring the FCC down on them. The new album is also mostly in English, and not the the half and half mix with Russian that their last album was. Sounds like they want to pull off their own invasion. Fine by me. Hell, it would have been worth it to lose the Cold War if all Russian gals were this hot:
Anyway, the album sounds more grown up then their last release, and has some more mature aspects. I guess you’d expect that from a group that’s gone straight and had a kid. (The whole pregnancy thing is what killed the lesbian act in the first place.)
Apparently, there is some confusion about Matt
Thanks to popular naming trends in the late seventies early eighties, there are too many damn Matts running around. I happen to have a few as friends. This apparently caused some confusion in earlier posts, when Mr. Ferrari was getting questions about stuff he didn’t do, Matt did it. Also, that’s exactly how I’m gonna refer to them. Matt is Matt. Mr. Ferrari is the other Matt. I thought about going Matt1 and Matt2, but that has some semblance of priority, which I didn’t want to do. Don’t think the whole Mr. thing has that same sort of connotation, it’s just easier. Matt’s last name is just a bitch to spell.
Lord of War, Victim of Soapbox
Matt and I saw the new Nick Cage flick over the weekend. It wasn’t a bad movie on the whole, though it was a tad slow, and needed cooler weapons. My only real problem was the Grandstand Soapbox at the end of the flick, where they point out that no matter how many weapons this guy sold all over the world, the 5 largest exporters of arms are the US, UK, France, Russia, and China - the five permanent “You can’t sanction me, neener neener neener” members of the UN Security Council. Basically, Charleton Heston’s ultimate wet dream. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for gun control like a good democrat should be, but I hate Hollywood trying to push its moral center on its viewers. It’s the same reason I don’t watch the religious stations on TV. Keep it to yourself folks, I don’t give at shit how you see it.
I’m gonna get Lost in all these predictions
Since I voiced my wacky ass theories about Lost in the past weeks, people have been sending me all the crazy stuff they see online. Some of it is rather entertaining, if not completely implausible. I’d like to point out that the Genetic whatever theory, supposedly by some French mathematician name Rousseau, is a complete hoax. A good read, but probably just more smoke and mirrors by the Lost writers. Personally, I don’t have time to analyze every frame of the show (though I did get informed of interesting things I missed) and the discovery is the fun part. Besides, some of these crazy people may be right, statistically it’s got to happen. Then I’ll be disappointed when it wasn’t a surprise.
Be like Stewie
Kev sent along a link to www.StewieLive.com a site where you can give commands to the one and only Stewie Griffin. My personal favorite is “take over the world”. Also, don’t say “broccoli”.
I think that’ll get it out of my system. The other stuff I wanna mention are gonna be post sized anyway.