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I’m not that crazy.

On the way into the office today I felt a little better about my decision to start riding my bike into the office:

I get more exercise now than I have in a decade, my bankroll is steady, I have more time to pursue the things I enjoy (and not whittling away at my short time on this planet with a long-ass commute) and I also get to live with my best friend. Sometimes going against the grain can work to your advantage.

Of course I’m going to take the plunge at some point, but it’ll probably be vintage (and red/fast).

Drove my first hybrid.. and forgot to turn it off

Being the geek that I am, I have to admit that I actually enjoyed driving the Prius and wouldn’t mind some more time behind the wheel. Admittedly, the styling is pretty gay but the fluidity of operation is impressive and the gauges are fun to watch.

The only problem is that if you don’t have any instruction on how to drive it you’ll probably end up doing something stupid. Once the girls bolted out of the car and headed upstairs the other night it took me a good two minutes to figure out that I had to push the “Park” button to take it out of a forward ‘gear’. Being that there were no keys, I figured I was done and simply locked it up.

Whoops. Turns out I actually had to use the On/Off button to shut everything down and it was running in the parking garage for a good 10 hours, all by itself. Sorry Sarah!

I got out of street racing at exactly the right time

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19339955/

Makes me miss the old days - nobody got killed, cars didn’t get crushed - but I now realize that they’re long gone. Still, I don’t have much sympathy for these guys because ‘back in the day’ we weren’t in danger of having our vehicles crushed (impounded maybe.. but even that was rare). Had that been an option I would’ve stayed home.

Granted, there might be some cases of mistaken identity or innocence here but I’d argue that they’re almost guilty by association. The lesson? Keep your street car stock and put your money into something that is only used off of a public highway or street.

I only wish I could listen in when these assclowns call their employers and explain why they won’t be making it to work tomorrow.