A week or two ago I was driving to an audition in New York, and because it was an early November evening, the sky was pitch black. I drove through the darkness, out of Vermont and down the east side of New York State, with no terrifying incidents to speak of, but when I got […]
Category Archives: Car
Random Thoughts From an ADDled Mind
1) You can tell how much I have listened to a song by how well I can sing the instrumental break. 2) People who are clamoring for a “dislike” button on Facebook are greatly overestimating how much people enjoy everything they themselves are posting. 3) Causing the ten cars behind you to slam on their […]
Classic Fights My Kids Will Never Have
Now that summer is here and I have both of my children with me 24/7, I get to spend a lot of my time breaking up fights, trying to settle arguments, and placing children in separate rooms or, in some cases, separate floors. Many of these fights are along the lines of “Stop touching me!” […]
The Greatest Crossovers of All Time
There is nothing like a good crossover. It’s the reason why “The Avengers” was the number one movie last year, and why there is so much fan-fiction written that attempts to blend two different universes. There is just something inherently exciting and geek-tastic about two (or more) of your favorite characters meeting and interacting. I […]
Diary of Bad Parental Decisions, Entry #1723: Hosed Down With Gasoline
Sometimes I make good decisions. Other times I make what I think are good decisions at the time, but they don’t turn out well in the end. And then sometimes I just do stupid, stupid things. Yesterday was one of those times. Edward, my three year old, is very interested in cars. Lately he has […]
Ice is Magic
Me: “Edward, what’s going on back there?” Edward: “I don’t want my ice.” Me: “You can’t just pour your ice all over the car.” Edward: “I poured my ice in my cup holder. I don’t want my ice.” Me: *sigh* “Well, you can’t pour your ice in your cup holder either. There is still a […]
How It Feels To Be Hated
(WARNING: I tried to take the adult language out of this post, but it just didn’t have same effect. Sorry. Back to happy stuff tomorrow.) So the weirdest thing happened to me the other day. We had some friends in town for the weekend and they wanted to go see the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory, […]
A Perfect Little Gentleman
So we were at the car place again yesterday, dropping the car off for further fixing, feeling frankly frustrated that this whole thing is not yet behind us. They swear to us that it will be fully functional, following final fixes, but I remain mildly unconvinced. The point is, they have our car again, so […]
20 Reasons I Should Not Be Allowed to Own a Car
1) The first car I ever owned I killed on a snowy night driving back from the Manchester, NH airport by driving it at 75 mph in 4th gear. I hadn’t driven it in months, and I had forgotten there was a fifth gear. My brother, who had come to pick me up, started walking […]
Fear of a Rental Car
Okay, so my car got all smashed up. Not my fault. I know it, the police know it, and even the insurance companies know it. Oblivious Driver Girl’s insurance company has accepted full liability, which means that I get a rental car until my car is either fixed or pronounced dead. But the only thing […]