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Monday, October 10, 2005

Once again with the impossible

Unfortunately, I consider myself an expert on drive-thru fast food. It's not something I'm particularily proud of. It's just something that has sort of happened. Darn them and their convieniece!

Anyway, I've spent my fair share of time in the drive-thru lane, but today I witnessed something I'd never seen before.

Motorcycle. Going thru the drive-thru.

Maybe this happens to you all the time, but this was a first for me. I thought the advantage of a drive-thru was being able to eat your food in the car as you hurried off to where ever you were going. Yeah, yeah, some people buy it and actually take it home, but I'm the expert here, remember, so I choose to discount such extravagant rumors.

Anyway, thought I should share that.

If you can't tell, I'm trying to get back in the habit of posting on a semi-regular basis. This, then, is a part of that effort.

Saturday, October 08, 2005

"...was thought to be impossible."

I never thought I'd honestly say this but: It is possible to have too much money.

As proof of this I offer the following example. Today I went to town on a foolish errand. We won't get into that right now. Or ever. Anyway, I'm on this errand. And as I'm leaving the store and walking back to my car, I spot the inspiration of this post.

Now, the Cadillac is a brand name synonymous with luxury, comfort, and wealth. I can understand why someone would want a car made by this prestigious company. I can appreciate some of the finer things in life, and a fancy car is one I can deal with.

I cannot, however, deal with a Cadillac Sports Utility Vehicle.

First off, this thing is enormous. We're talking it could possibly be rented out as a small duplex. Secondly, it looked as though it was built to withstand the Matpocalypse (see my other website for the description of this terrible event). And thirdly, it was painted some color that I'm sure has it's own name. Like Cadillac Lustrous Cream Off White. Most people buy cars in colors that you can find in the good old Crayola 64 crayon box. Nope, not good enough for this baby. I'm pretty sure real Ivory was somehow mixed into the paint.

It did look nice, tho.

Besides the actual cost of the vehicle, I'd imagine that the costs for maintaining said SUV are well-nigh astronomical. For example, I'm pretty sure just parking near it dropped my own car's gas mileage by half.

Too much moolah. It always sounded fun. Now I know better.