What's up with NO A/C?

C'mon people. I've gotten into two cars and I lost five pounds each ride because I sweated it all out. If you can't turn up the A/C, then don't drive. And if you smell like earwax, take a shower. And use my deodorant. I'll put it in the car because you're obviously not using it.

Memorial Day Aftermath

So where is it in the DMV handbook that says, for the days after a holiday, that traffic shalt suck for two days? I was backed up all the way at a distance of not even 200 yards from our exit yesterday. And there were no accidents or anything.

I know it's not the rain. Oh wait I know what it is, it's people jumping on HOV when they have already been waiting for an hour in regular traffic. HOT Lanes won't work, it can't even handle non HOV people with HOV people now... And it will bottleneck.

Look at all the exit points. Whoever bamboozled VDOT into buying into HOT Lanes should hire me on board because I'd like to see how companies with fantasy visions sell it to idiots that waste taxpayer's money and time, and become rich from it.

I've been told by a VDOT employee that the State Police don't have the budget to patrol HOV lanes on a more regular basis. That's why you only see them like once a week if that. Maybe once every two or three weeks at exit points in the afternoon. So when HOT Lanes are in effect how are they going to be enforced? My source said they had no idea on how it was going to work at all, they don't have the technology or how it's going to be laid out yet. That's fantastic.

Anyways I had someone in my car this morning that smelled like ear wax.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

How dumb are you to jump on HOV at 7am by yourself and to get caught right at that exit ramp? Dummy. At least pass the exit first then circle back to it. Gosh.

HIghlights from this weekk

Somone playing air keytar to Rod Stewart while driving. Yes, keytar, not air guitar.

And Hyndai cars are a big surprise. I'm sitting in one now. I actuallly like it better than the Jaguar xType.

I'm sitting in between two Ultraman window shades. And Tasmanian Devil floor mats.



Traffic looks to be a doozy with the Memorial Weekend starting just a day away. I've been borrrowing a friend's car and it has dog hair in the back seat, and the strong smell of cleaning solution from dog puke. I've been trying to gauge people's reactions on the two days I drove but they didn't really react. Well good luck with driving today and tomorrow.

Junk in the Trunk

I get into a car this morning and there is a huge baby seat on the other side, the armrest is down and then there is a 30 pack of water on the floor in the available seat. So do you want me to sit in the baby seat or put my dirty shoes on the water? I just lifted it up and there was no space for me to lift it up properly so I did a lazy kid move and just flipped it over on its back on the other side. And then I listened to Steve Harvey giving advice to dudes who have crappy girlfriends/wives on the radio.

I did see a Jag this morning (a nicer one, but it was going towards Rosslyn). Dang it.

Narcoleptics shouldn't drive

I noticed this morning that the PT Cruise I got into doesn't have the ability to roll down/up windows from the backseat. It's all controlled from the front. So if this car ever gets stuck in underwater, then I'm screwed.

Then I noticed the female driver's eyes in the rear view mirror half open as she was driving. I looked at different times and I couldn't tell if she naturally had lazy eyes or if she was tired. Then she grabbed her coffee to try to stay awake and even then they were slowwwwwly closing then opening up. I wondered how long before she would doze off and veer us off over the median and into incoming traffic.



The answer, approximately was at 8:10am.

Her head went kaput and she slammed on the brakes, caught herself and apologized. There was a bus next to us in the HOV lane, I should have gotten out and got in it.

And traffic was backed up again today. If they do allow HOT Lanes, the HOV on 95 will be forever screwed. It can barely handle the traffic right now, one little accident and dummies all rubberneck. They should build huge barriers so you can't see any other lane other than the HOV lane. Or a cheaper solution would be to buy horse blinders and require them for all drivers.

OH yeah.

What leg space?

I sat back in the Jaguar again yesterday (click on the link to see how small it was). Luxury cars should stay... Luxury cars. It looked so cheaply made and being the pricepoint "luxury" car just made it the equivalent of a Toyota Paseo with nicer interior, but it still looks like a matchbox car. I barely fit in the Jaguar by the way, and I sat in the front seat this time. A bigger fellow jumped in the back, and I'm sure he was cursing himself the whole way for choosing the backseat.

Sorry for the lack of updates recently...

I drove several times last week and usually when I drive, it's not very exciting.

The only cool thing this week was a driver playing Metallica for the first 10 minutes before feeling guilty and putting it on WTOP 103.5. That's what I usually do when I'm playing music that isn't pop, and the people in the car don't really seem to be into the genre of punk rock or hip hop.


One thing grossed me out this morning was when the passenger in front of me this morning sneezed, and five seconds later I got a whiff of the nasty sneeze spray smell. I instantly held my breath and exhaled so none of it would get in my system. It was so gross. And the smell. GROOOSSS. I've at least learned how to sneeze so all the stuff stops at the throat and nothing gets expelled that would make people ill. The driver was probably almost twice my age as well today, and called me sir twice. It was polite, and amusing to me at the same time.


I counted 42 people in line for the midtown Slug line this morning. There were 10 people in our line. If that was me, I'd be like, OH schnikeys, I'm going to drive and pick up some slugs. But they didn't. They just stood there and waited. That just boggled my mind. Cheap bastards. Spend the $5 in gas, give back and drive.


Linda Hunt drove me this afternoon. Well, a woman that looked like her. She rolled up with a pillow behind her back. Really polite woman. She asked if it got too warm to tell her and she put on the radio for thirty seconds before turning it off, to listen to traffic to be polite. But it was awfully quiet. She asked us again if we'd like A/C, and I didn't know what to say. Of course I wanted it but she was driving and if she didn't have it on, it meant she was just fine. I just said umm sure, because the air was getting stale in there and I was starting to cough.

I tried to fall asleep so I wouldn't cough anymore and woke up pretty close to our destination. I am driving tomorrow and I'm borrowing a friend's car since mine is in the shop. It smells like dog vomit so let's see if anyone has any reaction to it tomorrow. Stay tuned.