Monday Musings: August 9, 2010

During yesterday’s interminable drive back from the Bay Area, the stopped - as in put the car in ‘Park’ - time on Donner Pass gave me time to think about the next great invention. A flame thrower to motivate all the morons in front of you. Can you picture it? For the nimrod that hasn’t discovered that the gridlock has suddenly dissipated - yes, we can all resume 85 miles per hour! This idiot is still doing 35 mph.

This video is for demo purposes only. Of course the flame has to be able to shoot out the front in order to fill said idiot’s rear view mirror. I don’t want to hurt anybody, but simply want to give them something to think about and a reason to soil themselves.

Oh, I jest. Sorta.

CalTrans made it even worse, leaving signs all along the way saying that there was work ahead and to merge right. Not. Never happened. So you have thousands of cars all trying to do something that didn’t need to be done.

The trip to meet up with my family at The Book Passage for author Peter Heller’s book signing was sweet. Peter - always Mr. Buff and fit - is sporting an awesome tan these days. Not surprising for a guy who’s just written about discovering life and love through surfing. I’d developed a decent cyclists tan,  lost a bit of weight and grew my hair long since we last saw each other. I caught him sort of eyeballing me through the Q&A with that “is it her?” look . Ha!

We decided there was lots to catch up on; too much for the time and place. Hmmm. I’ve got a idea for a surefire book to pitch. I tried it on Peter and got the response I expected. “No. Not ever.” But he agrees with me that it’s perfect for Carl Hiaasen. Now, if I can just get Hiaasen to read an email or take a call. Sigh.

Five minutes is all I need.

Oh, new restaurant alert. The Crepevine

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