I got sick again.  I’m getting fed up with this.  This time, it felt like a cold, except that I had bad chills, sweating, upset stomach, and my heart pounding and racing the other night for most of the night.  I started getting better after that night.

I went to the wildflower reserve at nearby Racoon State Park last Saturday.  I got some nice photos.  It was a nice day for the walk.  I needed it, given the turmoil in the extended family of late.  As I was walking along the creek, I noticed how clear the water was and how you could see lots of minnow sized fish.  I made a comment that I didn’t remember ever seeing large fish in the creek before.  Not 30 seconds later, a big bass went swimming down the creek with the flow of the water.  A few seconds later, 3 or 4 more big ones went down.  It was odd timing.  I looked up the creek and noticed two Canada Geese swimming upstream.  While I was looking, two whitetail deer came running in my general direction, headed for the creek.  I took a picture just as one was running through the creek ahead of the geese.

Some time ago, I think I mentioned a woman that I was interested in getting to know.  I had talked to her a few times since then.  On Valentines Day, she was upset because the boyfriend of a couple of months hadn’t done anything for her for Valentines Day and she said something like, “He won’t be my boyfriend anymore if he doesn’t at least acknowledge the day.”  A couple of days later, I found out he hadn’t done anything for her. I gave her a small token of friendship so that she would have at least received something for the day and she remarked, “I got more for Valentine’s Day from other people than from my own boyfriend.”   A few days ago, I was back at the business and she wasn’t there.  She had, however, called into the business while I was there to talk about some business matters with the other employees.  During the conversation, the boss commented, “Oh, she’s just in love, that’s all that’s wrong.”

Am I completely clueless?  I mean…. I see it happen all the time.  I watch women pick these guys.  But, I just don’t understand it.  Do they really think that things will change and the guy will suddenly care about how they feel after the guy has already demonstrated that he doesn’t?

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Women get paternal clues in men’s faces

Study results begin to explain ‘love at first sight’

I almost got killed today.  I had to run a few small errands and since it was nice, I decided to take the motorcycle.  I was coming back on King’s Creek Road — a winding two-lane road — so that I could take a cross road and stay away from the current detour on the main road through the county.  I was coming around a blind turn, when all of a sudden a red cavalier came out of nowhere at a very high rate of speed…. in my lane.  He was using half of **my** lane.  I had no time to react and I don’t know how we missed each other. His rear fender just missed my left side by about an inch.  He slid to a near stop with squealing tires and then took off at a high rate of speed.  He didn’t even stop or come back to see if I was laying dead in a ditch.  I finally got stopped and was so shaken that I could barely breath.  In all of my years of driving, with all the close calls I’ve had,  I have never had this much reaction.  My chest actually hurt afterward and I was shaking uncontrollably. 

Then, my sense of justice and anger kicked in. I was still sitting stopped in the road, so I turned around and went after him.  He was running at such a high speed, it took me a few minutes to catch him at my own high rate of speed.  When I finally caught up to him, he suddenly started driving normally and when we got to a stoplight, I pulled into a parking lot and called the police. I wanted to drag him out of the car and hold him for the police.The only problem is that I couldn’t stay with him **and** make the call because of the noise and needing to drive.  After the call, I tried to find him again so I could call the police back when he stopped, but I have a suspicion he went to hide because I couldn’t find him anywhere.

I thought I was done and leaving this earth in a lot of pain.  It took me a long time to stop shaking and hurting. Stupid, wreckless cagers!

Revamp For Car Sticker Mileage Figures

That’s why Consumer Reports does its own mileage test on every car it reviews.

Champion and Koeppen took a spin in a Honda minivan that the EPA says gets 20 miles per gallon in the city and 28 on the highway. As measured by a device the magazine attaches to engines, it got 28 on the highway, but only 12.3 in city driving conditions.

Champion calls that a “huge” disappointment: “You’re gonna be putting almost twice as much gasoline in the car as you thought you would.”

He adds that the EPA’s city numbers were off in almost every vehicle Consumer Reports tested last year. The EPA rated the Ford Focus sedan at 26; Consumer Reports got 17. The Toyota Camry? EPA got 24. Consumer Reports, 16. The Chevy Trailblazer EXT: 15 as opposed to 9.

But, points out Koeppen, some of the most startling differences were found in hybrids.

For instance, the popular Toyota Prius, which the EPA estimates gets 60 miles per gallon in city driving, only got 35 when the magazine put it to the test.

I don’t know.  I like to think I’m a Lamborghini; being so rare and valuable as I am — as if anybody was aware of it.

I’m a Chevrolet Corvette!

You’re a classic – powerful, athletic, and competitive. You’re all about winning the race and getting the job done. While you have a practical everyday side, you get wild when anyone pushes your pedal. You hate to lose, but you hardly ever do.

Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

This is a serious post.  I was sitting here earlier this evening reading and getting ready to answer some posts on a couple of motorcycle forums I have been frequenting (and stirring up trouble according to some) since about the time I bought my Volusia.

As I was forming my thoughts for the posts, I got a phone call that I was needed at my brother’s home.  The police were there, looking for my nephew who shot two people tonight.  The details are sketchy, and as I write this, I’m tired and not able to truly form good enough sentences to really convey things fully.

But, suffice to say….. things have been in turmoil this evening.

Pyramid or PR stunt? Critics blast Bosnian find

Amateur archaeologist dismisses controversy, says he’ll be proven right

This has potential, but they still don’t get it.  A 100 mile range and $100k cost won’t cut it for a lot of consumers.

http://tinyurl.com/lnpfm

Blondestar Commercial

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2681355?htv=12

Jewel Has A New Album!!

Jewel’s new album Goodbye Alice in Wonderland is being released tomorrow!  And it’s reported to more like her earlier work, instead of like 0304.  I’ve listened to a track or two on her website and it certainly seems more like the Jewel I most like.

Not only is she talented and smart…. she’s pretty and darned attractive.  She has that certain something that could melt my heart.  Wow.