labor day weekend... I really should look up the origin of this holiday, because there really is not much labor that actually occurs... it should be the Herald to the End of Summer Vacation Holiday... or the don't-think-about-driving-to-northern-Michigan-without-hitting-massive-traffic Holiday...
but in any case, we (as in Lorie, Anna, Eric, and Donna) have decided to ride out to Chicago for the weekend to spend time with Porta et. al...
Surprisingly, the usually 4-5 hour drive only seemed to take 20 minutes. But apparently, while you are sleeping, the time does seem to pass more slowly for those in the car who are not sleeping - hence the 20 minutes to me, seemed like 4 hours to them...
funny how that works... if I had the inclination, I would propose a physics based equation on how that "relativity" actually works... I have a strange feeling though, someone might have beaten me to it, since I recall hearing something regarding that in a movie or something.
And here... let me take a moment to mention the concept of satellite radio... in our rental car (which is a car that we rented to avoid using up the life meter of our personally owned cars) the XMSR was installed... Now as cool as the concept of being able to listen to the same station from Maine to southern California, what is the point of paying $5 a month to lose that ability anytime it gets too cloudy? also the simple act of passing under an overpass (granted, a big overpass) interrupts the satellite signal... Also there are not many of us that typically travel more than 50 miles from our own home...
For those transcontinental truck drivers and people who live in the boonies, this is a worthwhile investment - but for me (who gets blank CD's practically for free and "somehow" locates free songs online) this is quite pointless...
but enough about me. how about you? how are you?
;-P
ooh... they are done cooking... time to eat the in-famous ("more famous" a la "Three Amigos") inside-out hamburgers my sister has ascertained from Rachael Ray...
apparently they are supposed to be yummy...
