From: Chase Jarvis

Long wait at the light on the 212 compared to the driving time.

One photo every four seconds on the way home from work. I’ll try more experiments with a faster frame rate. Scare having my lens out there in the wind. I did it with my 10.5 mm fisheye by the way on my tripod stuck out of the sunroof. You can close the sunroof to hold the tripod from moving.

It looks like it was going along the road turned the other direction and rolled over stopping on the fence. Note the dome light is still on.

Suburban’s are tough! We had one and it was hit by a car a few years ago in Canada which went through a red light that they didn’t see due to the glare from the sun. The old old Suburban hardly moved but the car that hit us was quite smashed in in the front. Nobody was injured then fortunately.

There was also a feature on this in Quirks and Quarks.

What can you say?!

It doesn’t take long after some rain for the grass to start growing.

The ten most annoying phrases:

1. At the end of the day
2. Fairly unique
3. I personally
4. At this moment in time
5. With all due respect
6. Absolutely
7. It’s a nightmare
8. Shouldn’t of
9. 24/7
10. It’s not rocket science

I would add, “at the end of the day”. Oh wait it is at the top of the list!

From: bookofjoe: 10 Most Irritating Phrases in the English Language

From: panopticist

And on the photos that won the election. The press has such power, but the politicians have to be smarter!

And for something different, here are fantastic photos of Antarctica.

Sunday, November 02, 2008 9:53:59 PM I saw this in the lot by the police compound near the British Embassy. I think they keep the crashed vehicles for court cases or insurance settlements. I have not idea on what happened to the occupants.
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