March 28, 2008 :: Virginia Politics "mistakes were made" -Abusive-driver fees repealed -- Heads of State, Virginia, Timothy M. Kaine -- dailypress.com

The classic, "mistakes were made" political quote. I love it.

Abusive-driver fees repealed -- Heads of State, Virginia, Timothy M. Kaine -- dailypress.com: "The Virginia-only provision sparked widespread grass-roots anger. As accident and arrest data poured in, state leaders learned to their chagrin that the threat of fees as high as $3,000 didn't improve general driving behavior.

'In the earnestness of trying to solve the transportation issue, a mistake was made,' said Sen. Edward Houck, D-Spotsylvania, who sponsored Senate Bill 1 in the 2008 session to repeal the fees. 'This was simply the wrong way to go about funding transportation. And today is the day we correct all that.'"

March 26, 2008 :: Chewbacca's Purse

I've been looking at The Satchel Pages website and found myself reading about man-bandoliers for utility. Someone wrote about Star Wars' Chewbacca's utility belt, and I laughed out loud. That deserves a blog entry.

It seems that messenger bags are also "men purses," "bailout bags," and "murses," to name a few alternate terms for a bag a man carries things in. I've been looking for a decent bad to carry to court and think I might have found one for a reasonable price.

Soon, I'll be searching for a reasonably priced diaper bag. I'm narrowing on a canvas/leather bag, or a small timbuk2 messenger. Baby steps...pun.

Threads.Rebelscum.com: Chewbacca's Purse: "What the hell is that thing Chewbacca wears? What does he carry in it? A bigass hairbrush and nail file?

It sure as hell ain't no utility belt or he would have used it to escape from the net trap on Endor. It can't be an ammo belt, or it would have looked pretty damned suspicious for a couple of stormtroopers to be parading an 8-foot wookiee through the Death Star with a sling of ammunition draped over his shoulder. And I know it's not suspenders, 'cause he's got no pants.

Any ideas? To me, this is one of the great mysteries of the Classic Trilogy. Help me out."

March 16, 2008 :: Bella in a vail snowstorm

Vail snowstorm

Mar 11, 2008 :: Great weather

Sixty degrees! Supposed to snow later this week, though.

March 9, 2008 :: Chipotle's fun facts

Wikipedia's Chipotle's Mexican Grill page which says things I didn't know.

First, Chipotle is a Denver, CO based company.  The place started here!  Wow.

Second, McDonald's doesn't own any part of them anymore.  in 2005, it controlled 92% of the stocks, but for undisclosed reasons, divested totally in 2006.  Maybe because they started their own burrito interest in McD's, there's no more Chipotle McBurrito.

Third, Their meat is mostly organic or at least very "natural" and with so many stores, so much demand, they have remarkable clout.

Fourth, all locations are corporately owned, not franchised.

Lastly, the original location of Chipotle is the one I enjoy the least, near Denver University on Evans Ave.  It's a micro Chipotle with, like three tables and a line that usually goes out the door.  Blew my mind when I read it was the original location.  I found a site with photos of it here: Picures of the original DU Chipotle

Ok, that's it.

Mar 5, 2008 :: more snow