Tuesday, October 23, 2007

"Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?"

My two-hour commute took me 3+ this morning, as I got stuck on the highway in downtown Dayton, where I-75 was shut down because of a fuel spill 2 hours earlier. I'm no engineer, but you're telling me that over the course of 120 minutes, you can't at least open up one lane of a three-lane interstate highway? Or at least get some warning signs and detours set up? I know it's 3:00 AM, but shouldn't that actually make it easier to clean up, since there's less traffic?

Once I got out of Dayton, after passing 2 different fiery car crashes in the opposite lane and almost getting lost in Harrison Township, the piss-poor weather kept me at a fairly low speed the rest of the way.

On the plus side...hmmm...not coming up with anything at the moment. But here's a bit of dialogue from Venture Brothers that makes me believe in the worth of human creativity:

Henchman 21 [attacking Dr. Killenger]: Semper fidelis tyrannosaurus!
Dr. Killenger [speaking in Henry Kissenger accent]: You mean 'Sic semper tyrannus.'
Henchman 21: What did I say?
Dr. Killesnger: You said, 'Always faithful terrible lizard.'
Henchman 21: Really? Sweet!

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