This morning, I saw I was receiving a respectable amount of hits on a post I made about a coffin truck involved in a fiery accident on the 880. This is my indicator that another truck fire has occurred on the cursed 880 freeway. People, myself included, love to see what caused another truck to burn up on this stretch of the freeway in Oakland.
It probably looked a lot like this (although with fewer cars, and at night):
cc licensed flickr photo shared by ATIS547
This time, the flaming vehicle for which people were searching was a mail truck engulfed in a destructive conflagration on the elevated 880 near Broadway in downtown Oakland. Although the accident occurred in the middle of the night, this still was drug out to fuck up the morning commute (I am glad I telecommuted).
I am hoping that no important mail of mine was lost to the fire (as if any mail is not spam or bills anyways).
I enjoy a nice hike every couple weeks, and I have wondered for a while now when California parks will actually close. According to this sign:
It has already begun!
Personally, I would prefer bumpy roads and fewer drug offenders on the streets to having parks closed! The state’s priorities are fucked up!
Published on
June 10, 2009 in
apathy.
Oh look… I have updated Wordpress. It looks no different than the last version… yet they say it is in some ways (I will check later, no really).
Fucking blog. My unrealistic expectations stunt you far more than your insignificance suggests.
I went to get a haircut today while I had the oil changed in my vehicle. It was also inspected to discern the unsettling rattle and squeak emanating from its undercarriage that had begun early last week.
The problem:
- An exhaust heat shield had become partially unbolted due to rusting (it is an older vehicle, after all).
The solution:
- Cut the shit off (this was their genius idea)
I was told that the risk from this removal is that if I happen to do some task that super-heats my exhaust such as racing people in my car (as oft occurs, BTW), and I happen to park on top of dry grass, the heat from the exhaust may ignite the grass on fire. This has created a new driving strategy:
- Don’t race people or allow my exhaust to become super-heated
- If I do allow my exhaust to become super-heated, do not park over combustible material
My hair was cut while waiting for my car to be fixed… here is a picture of the fine results (post nap, unbrushed and generally disheveled)
Unbrushed Hair… Although it is Cut, originally uploaded by pressuretobear.
By the way, the red blotch on my forehead is due to my lack of grace leading to a rugburn on my head. I figure I should capture this at least once in order to remind myself at times when I have an over-inflated sense of value and self-worth that I am, at the core, a dumbass.
This picture provides me with three key takeaways (other than I should not have taken it):
- You should look at your backdrop prior to taking a picture and posting it online.
- I need to tidy my bathroom
- I should crop pictures of myself so that my grotesque body shape is either obscured or absent.
It is sad that I have a tag of “auto repair” that I have used numerous times on this site.
