a bottle of wine gone

and today the talking stops (for me anyway because I don't have a bluetooth deal that I can get to work).
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...a quote from The Stranger; universal truth, this one:


"Monday, June 16

This week of fatal steamrollings, sympathetic sex offenders, and the unfortunate collision of low self-esteem and high fertility kicks off with a social experiment on the streets of Washington State. The experiment's thesis question: Is using a cell phone while driving dangerous? For an answer, the Washington State Patrol tested five drivers, who were monitored as they drove while talking on cell phones and sending and receiving text messages. As KIRO reports, the results were crushingly obvious, with phone-chatting drivers regularly veering into oncoming lanes and texting drivers spending "about a third of their time watching their screens." KIRO also specified that a car going 60 miles per hour travels nearly 100 feet in the one second a person's eyes are on a cell-phone screen. "Basically, you have no idea where you just traveled for 100 feet," said Tyler Fryberger of the WSP. "It's just like driving with your eyes closed." But starting July 1, the state gains a new tool against the deadly threat of Driving While Under the Influence of Hand-Held Technology, when "driving while using a hand-held cell phone" joins "driving while texting" on the list of poor choices officially forbidden by law. Once July hits, drivers caught using cell phones without the aid of a speakerphone or other hands-free device will be hit with a $124 fine. Considering how many cell-phone-using drivers we see on a daily basis, Last Days predicts revenues from the new law could rehabilitate Washington's public schools, fix every pothole in the state, and perhaps cure cancer."

I'm typing this post on June 29, 2008. One more day to text and phone people like maniacs while driving before having to text in super sly-mode.

Thanks to brother, who never lets me down when it comes to bringing me a copy of The Stranger. Brewer kids forever.