“It’s snowing, it’s snowing! God, I hate this weather.” – Cub, New York City as covered by They Might Be Giants.
The first snowfall of the winter is here. It’s actually not too bad, just light flurries. It’s not that I hate snow, I’m just not a fan of New Jersey roads in the snow. Well actually, make that New Jersey drivers in the snow. And lucky me, I get to traverse the entire length of the New Jersey Turnpike today to go to Delaware for the Crossmen rehearsal.
Today’s horoscope for Pisces (me):
Use your power of visualization to bring new conditions into your life. What you can conceive of you can have. This is the day to work on expansive plans for your lifestyle, home, or property. Exciting work potential is at hand. Be sure you’re ready to take on activities that will keep you hopping. Reach out to make contact with people who are potent and effective in regard to your career.
I like this stuff.
So during the day I have been listening to a radio station from southern Florida. They play club dance music. Don’t ask. Anyway, there was a commercial for some sort of club down there. They were announcing “Thong Thursday.” The premise is that “ladies” show up at the bar, and if their thong is showing, the drink for free. That’s right, show us your thong and all your drinks are on us! I wonder how well that would go over here in New Jersey.
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An interesting thing happened on the Turnpike this morning. I was driving probably around 80 to 85 miles per hour, along with traffic, when I came up to a cluster of cars going a little slower, maybe 70 to 75 miles per hour. I looked up and the driver of the car in front of me was waving his finger by the rear-view mirror, as if it say to me, “Don’t.” I looked at the other cars and around the roadway for a police car, thinking the reason of the slowdown was because of a cop, but didn’t see one. But, I did see a car which looked like it could have been an unmarked cop car, but I wasn’t sure. It didn’t have the bright light hooked up on top of the driver’s side view mirror like most unmarked cars. But I slowed down and decided to play it safe.
Less than a minute later a car came from behind, probably going 85 miles per hour. This driver must not have noticed the other guy waving at him to slow down. As luck would have it, the other car I was looking at pulled behind the speeding car and followed him as he changed lanes, eventually putting lights on and pulling the speeding car over into the shoulder.
I learned two things driving this morning: (1) Unmarked cars are getting harder to identify and (2) there might actually be some drivers willing to help other drivers out there on the road. Weird.
I was tipped off (thanks Josh) to Ben’s Bargain Center, where you can find multitudes of online coupons and certificates for all of your holiday e-shopping needs.
Gwen, a friend living in D.C., reviews SARK and her books.