You can't make me believe

Free gas pumps hundreds of drivers

For the past few days, the news has been talking about how safe Huntsville drivers are and the free gas giveaway. There is absolutely no way that Huntsville could be in the top five safest cities to be in! From having to dodge multi-lane switchers to 95% of drivers being on cell phones, Huntsville is one of the worst places I've ever tried to drive in. Just this morning I had to use my horn three times on the way into work - there's no reason for that! I used to think that people from Walker county were awful drivers - not any more.

I'm not sure what the grading scale was that Allstate used, but I wish I had had it when I took Calculus III from Dr. Liem. ...I was going to try to think of something good to say about Huntsville drivers, but nothing is coming to me. Maybe there is something redeeming. If this is top five quality here, then I don't want to know the worst.

Shut up and drive, Huntsville!

And then the rain

No more than a few hours after my previous post did we have some of the hardest rain we've had in some time. Initially, I was pretty happy that we were getting so much rain and I was inside, but soon we had to leave the restaurant and get groceries for the week.

Being the kind husband that I am, I offered to run to the car so that Laura wouldn't get so wet as we loaded groceries into the car. Somewhere along the way the clasp in my geek phone holster became unfixed and my phone went flying. It was literally a splash of explosion, pieces of my phone went everywhere and began to float down what were now small rapids in the Publix parking lot. I retrieved the phone and the battery, and even later on a return trip found my stylus, but my 1GB SD card with music, audiobooks, Bible software and other files are either in the drain or in someone else's phone or camera.

Here's how it looks now:









After my phone did a hard reset and I was able to restore most of my files from backup, the rest of the damage is seen above and includes: various buttons not working (the power button that locks the screen no longer works, the shortcut button for messaging is kaput), the volume slider controls the volume to how best it sees fit, and Windows Media Player starts up at random times.

Some would say that maybe I angered the phone spirits today by disparaging the iCult, others (including my wife) might say that this was just a way to get a new, flashier phone, still others would recognize me for the dork I am. However, I must say, though banged up as it is, I'm pretty surprised how well this thing held up. I thought for sure I would have been picking up more than two pieces.

Time to go shopping. I won't be standing in any lines though, that's not part of my iLife.

News Flash

It's hot out there. I mean really hot.

I officiated my first outdoor wedding yesterday (only my second one to attend), and I completely soaked through everything I was wearing. The couple gave me a card before the wedding and only taped the envelope shut. By the time I took it out of my back pocket, it was completely sealed. Minutes after going outside, I thought I had steamed all of the starch out of my shirt with my robe holding in all of the extra heat. Later i found out after I cooled off that the sleeves decided to re-set and starch themselves into an attractive-looking mess.

I don't think that it's as hot as last summer, or summer about five years ago, but it's close. The lack of rain doesn't help much either. I think I'll be spending more time at the pool soon...