Quote for today

It never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened. -- Don Draper

Violence against cakes

My friend at work has had us all losing it over this cake today. Her friend ordered a tasteful, patriotic cake for his Olympics opening ceremonies party. Just the simple rings. Nothing fancy. Nothing difficult. This is what he got from the lovely folks at Kroger. Note the punctuation. And the other punctuation. There's so little going on, yet so very much. The laughing has died down now, but since half of us have it as our wallpaper as of about 12:00 today, it's becoming a chronic problem.

If you're somewhere among people who won't mind you laughing out loud, venture into the rest of the site. Tasty.

Dig the art cars

A few days ago, Pilot and I were hanging out on Bardstown Road and came across a little art car show. The Ville is an art car hot bed. I think some people believe it supports the Keep Louisville Weird motto that we stole from Austin, but I don't think it's that weird. I see them out on the road almost every day. Some of these at the show were from out of state. To be weird, wouldn't it have to be something that just a couple geeks who live in their mom's basement do? Not that these guys aren't geeks -- I'm not trying to take that away from them.




The dude who built this one said it's powered by that boat fan in the back. It's also got some plane parts in it. He was too afraid to open it up, but he let a "younger" guy do it. It did 120.

The 21C hotel commissioned this mirrored Miata. The hotel owners are avid modern art collectors and have an art museum in their hotel. It spills over into the restaurant, Proof, which I've written about before, and makes for some strange dinner conversation. There are about 100 red plastic penguins in the museum. You can play with them. This car is gorgeous. So much more professional looking than all the rest, though, which kind of takes away a bit of the charm. I left my fingerprint on it.



Supposed to look like a circuit board, but I'm not sure if it's finished. Needs more flair.

I was afraid to ask where he got all the dentures and teeth.



The Yellow Submarine car had bubbles coming out of its tailpipe, which didn't come through well in this pic.

By far, our favorite. All the lobsters and fish wiggled and danced in time with the music coming from the car radio. Simple idea; great execution. Nobody could look at this and not smile.



Ring, RING!!!

A traveler after my own heart. Hey, check the red penguins!



The budget for bubbles for the Bubble Truck rivals the gas budget.

I thought the doll heads were creepy. That was before I came around the front and saw the rest of the remains...



Surprisingly, the show wasn't full of hippies nor Wildcat fans. This car takes care of both categories.

Three cheers!

Here's the best idea I've seen in a long time. Yes, yes, yes. Let's segregate the crying, kicking, snotting kids from the rest of us who are there to get a job done: Get through the damned line. It's a bit late for me, but it'll still make my life easier for those times when I'm not flying private or flying commercial with Pilot and going through the bypass line. But I don't see the part about the kids being segregated onto different flights. Hm, that must be coming in part two.