Adam Ramblings 19

[21453. (a) A driver facing a steady circular red signal alone shall stop at a marked limit line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection, and shall remain stopped until an indication to proceed is shown, except as provided in
subdivision (b).]

» I didn't stop completely before turning right on red. Okay. Guilty. I'll pay the bail and attend

YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TRAFFIC SCHOOL.

[pause]

Hmmph.

"Let's make him drive all the way up here and beg for traffic school to keep a cheap violation off his heretofore clean record!"

» I'm 25 and still don't know how to tie a tie. I've studied countless videos and illustrations on the Internet and remain utterly baffled.

"Up, around, behind, through, left, right, down… whaaa?"

Triple H told a story about meeting Ric Flair in a hotel. Flair was walking around wearing only a pair of dress shoes and socks and a balloon tied to his penis. [source]


» Whoa.

» Some people don't believe in evolution. Some don't believe in God. I don't believe that stretching before exercising does anything.

My review of Run, Fat Boy, Run is up.

» Is the title of the film Run, Fat Boy, Run
Run, Fatboy, Run,
Run Fat Boy Run
or Run Fatboy Run? I've seen it printed all four ways.

» Another copy editing nightmare: The 40 Year Old Virgin (IMDb), The 40 Year-Old Virgin (poster) or The 40-Year-Old Virgin (DVD)?

» At Chipotle, I saw a guy with a bowl cut playing with his son while his wife paid. "How does a guy with a bowl cut have a wife and son?" I wondered.

When bowl cuts were fashionable in the 90s, my parents kept pushing me to get one, but I stuck to just shaving my head. Shaved heads may look like penises, but heads with bowl cuts actually resemble penises.

By the end of the year, Burger King will introduce Whopper Bars. The company initially considered labeling the concept Pimp Your Whopper. [source]

» Shakira should cover "Zombie" by The Cranberries.

» I sent a package to a Cyprian customer named Bianca Iordachioaiei.

How the heck do you pronounce that surname?

I'd like to buy a consonant!

» Locked Up Abroad, or Midnight Express: The Series, resumes tonight on "Nat Geo" with a Mexico episode.

The true story of a British couple who were caught trafficking drugs from Costa Rica to Amsterdam during a stopover in Mexico City and sentenced to 10 years in a Mexican prison. [source]

A stopover? [smacks forehead]

A Thailand episode follows next Monday.

A young British woman, desperate to raise money for a flight home from Thailand, agrees to smuggle an addict's personal stash of heroin to Tokyo in exchange for 1000 pounds. [source]

Pad FAIL.


» "Hey, remember when your team choked in the Super Bowl?"

alternate caption: "Hey, remember when I lost to Lloyd Carr?"

"13" combines the horror genre with a reality show format. Win a grand prize of $66,666. [source]

Grand Theft Auto IV Achievements Leaked
"Warm Coffee." Ha!

Ohio man facing charges for having sex with a picnic table
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