Archive for September 22nd, 2004

2004 September 22nd

Filed under: Pittsburgh, PA

Last weekend I was going to go home to Pittsburgh to visit family and friends, but a little hurricane got in my way. Ivan dumped 6 inches of rain on the Burgh in a matter of 24 hours, and this a week after over 3 and a half inches in another 24 hour span. I think I’ve finally convinced my mom that all it does in Pittsburgh is rain. Bushy had his chance for a pre-emptive nuclear (or nucular if you’re into metathesis) strike to take out Ivan while it was in the Atlantic. Maybe he was hoping that nuke they found off the coast of Georgia might spontaneously explode and save Florida, Louisiana, and the rest of the East coast.

Via Mark, some amazing pictures of the flooding and damage in Pittsburgh.

Filed under: Automobiles

One thing I’ve noticed down here in Virginia is the abundance of vanity plates, you know, Cosmo Kramer the ASSMAN from Seinfeld. I see a new one almost every day driving to and from work or in the garage. I don’t know if Virginia is more conceited or just more expressive that so many shy away from the usual [A-Z]{3}-[0-9]{4}. I still have to think of a creative but not arrogant saying to stick on a nice PSU plate. Might have to go with D4V1D

A few of the recent ones that I have seen and managed to stick in my mind:

WE R PSU
not original, but nice plate
CRE8IV 1
probably an artisté
USR SBIN
obviously a unix system admin
1 9ERFAN
San Fran fan
MATRIX
on a sweet black Infinit G35 coupe at work
TNYRKIT
deathtrap Miata speedster around the apartment
MMM PIE
Mazda 6 pie lover?