This guy had the worst job in the park. His job was to pull the "fat" people out of the line and subject them to the Test Seat before boarding the Millenium Force. Since I'm a wuss and don't ride rollercoasters, I was thoroughly entertained by watching this guy single out the obese amongst the Cedar Point patrons.

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374 mph...that'll wreak havoc on my average driving speeds

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I stopped for crazy expensive gas last night on my way home from work and got a laugh out of this. The person that used the pump before me decided that at the current prices, all that they could afford was 7/10 of a gallon.

NPR predicts the current

A 2002 NPR series predicting exacly what just happened to New Orleans. If only more people listened to NPR, maybe LA would have been better prepared for all of this.

This didn't help traffic...

This crazy accident is what snarled traffic and made my commute home today a mess.

It happened on the eastbound side of I-480 today. I was taking I-480 westbound so I got to see the accident without getting stuck in the 15+ miles of traffic jam that it created.

(Yes...that's a Corvette wedged underneath a semi)

WWFSMD?

In honor of a bumper sticker I saw the other day that read, "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention" I'm going to put up another politically motivated thread here amongst vacation pictures and Jimmy Buffett.

If you haven't read about the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, check these sites out:

http://www.venganza.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster

According to the creator of FSM, Bobby Henderson, if the Bush-ites in Kansas and the rest of the Bible Belt think that Creationism and other religious teachings should be required in American schools, than the teachings of this rediculous, hilarous religion should also be included in the text books of our nation's youth.

I think this "movement" is a great, light-hearted way to mock the convergance of religion and our government.

If only the Margelism creator had been so insightful to create a national movement around a certain pig...

Thanks Bob

Unfortunately the picture didn't come out very well, however, I thought you might enjoy this anway.

The sign reads "You are in our prayers". It is at a Bob Evans restaurant in Wickliffe, OH.

Why is Bob Evans praying for me? And why should the fact that he's praying for me make me want to stop in and have biscuits and gravy?

UFO

This contraption flew over our car as we drove back this evening. It looks like a pretty cool ultralight...kind of an airboat with a parachute. I can understand how the fan on the back could propel this thing forward, but what I want to know is how does thing take off? How can you achieve vertical lift w/ just a parachute and a fan? If you figure it out, let me know.

Sunset

Beautiful sunset tonight as we were driving back from the OBX. I was playing around w/ the effects on my digicam and I think this picture came out pretty cool.

another picture from the drive back

Result of an afternoon rainshower at the beach

Awesome PMB concert at Kelly's tonight.

Me and Pat

In honor of Pat McGee Band playing in Nags Head, NC while I'm going to be at the Outer Banks next week, here's an oldie for you.




Laurelie Wallace, Pat McGee, and Me after a Pat McGee Band concert on January 27, 1999 at The Stadium in Oxford, OH.

Couch picture

Thanks, Jakki, for sending this picture out. Who knows when all of the cousins will be in one room again.

From L to R: Ross, Eric, Evan, Eric, Jakki, Eric, Monica, Eric, Jessica, Eric, Lauren

Icing on the cake

It is never a good day when one must attend the funeral of a loved one. However, it makes for an even worse day when you get in an accident on your way to the service after the funeral.

As I was turning into the driveway, a Ford Taurus that was traveling behind me crashed into the left rear corner of my car. The impact caused the Vibe to spin around 180 degrees and did significant damage to the rear and side of my car.

My car had to be towed because the accident rendered it un-drivable while the Taurus was able to leave under its own power. Now the fun of dealing with an out-of-state accident begins...at least it wasn't my fault.


The immediate aftermath of the accident. Notice that even though I used to be traveling the same direction as the Taurus, the Vibe has been spun 180 degrees and is now facing South.


View of the driver's side rear section of the Vibe


You can see how badly the rear wheel was damaged in this picture


It is common for people to congregate and watch the aftermath of an accident. However, it is not usually your entire immediate family that is present to watch.


This is the extent of the damage to the Taurus. It was still drivable after the accident.

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Me and Ross in Grandpa's garage. You'd think I'd remove this picture since Ross has his eyes closed, wouldn't you?

Glad I got out

"Federated plans to eventually convert many May stores to Macy's as the department store operator accelerates its strategy of creating a nationwide brand that will allow it to expand marketing initiatives. That means May store nameplates such as Hecht's, Foley's and Kaufmann's could soon disappear."

Tom Cruise Stricken from my profile

In honor of Tom Cruise being officially insane, I have replaced my Top Gun image in my user profile.

Crazy sparkler action

These folks take sparklers to a whole new level

Keyhole is now free

Thanks Ross, for pointing out that Google Earth has left the Beta stage and is now a full release (and free).

I've demo'd Keyhole (and Google Earth Beta) for many people, including family, co-workers, and Lindsay's classroom.

Everyone who's seen Keyhole has been quite impressed but did not want to pay the $20 registration fee to unlock the trial version.

Since Google likes to give away great software, the full release of Google Earth is now free for everyone to download.

Just head on over to Google Earth and grab your own copy.