Floating Dog
Behold - the miracle of the floating dog. I don’t even think the dog knew what happened.
Finding new music
It is really hard to find new music these days.
When I was younger, there was something called a “record store” that you could go to to buy albums, 45’s, cassettes, and eventually CD’s. I’m not talking about anything like Best Buy, Walmart, etc. I’m talking about a little hole in the wall store where all they sold was music. You would walk in, there would be some strange music playing that you have never heard before, and there would be a strange odor in the air. You could tell if you were in the right kind of music store if they also sold “tobacco accessories”, lava lamps, incense, etc. If any one of these things were missing, you are not in a true music store.
There would be some unusual, eccentric person working there, that could recommend music for you based on the music you told them you liked. I found many new bands and musical genres that I enjoy this way. On occasion, they would actually have the band live in the store pitching their new album, especially if they were a new band. One band such as this was Metallica. I bought their first album because Cliff Burton handed me a copy and told me to buy it. If I only realized at the time who they were…
Get more secure
If you haven’t seen this already, PayPal is offering a more secure way to… secure your account.
Seems like a great idea to me. I have already ordered mine, and if you use PayPal you should get one too.
Merging
I know that last time I talked about driving, I said that the next thing I was going to write about was turn signals. While that is a very irritating subject, I have a better one. Merging!
Typically you have to merge when you are getting on the freeway. Here are some tips for the mergers.
- The road leading to the freeway is called an “acceleration ramp”, not an “on ramp”.
- The purpose of the acceleration ramp is to match your speed to the speed of the freeway
- You should not try to go faster than the traffic on the freeway
- You should not be going slower than the traffic on the freeway
- You should never stop on the acceleration ramp!
- Don’t tailgate the person in front of you, if they are not going fast enough tailgating them will not help you merge.
- Use your turn signal to indicate that you wish to join the traffic in the lane next to you. This is important for you and the traffic you are merging into.
- Merging, when done correctly should be every other car joining the lane nice and easy.