Nips' Conniptions

Well, sucks to be the sucker that smoked iOff. They got charged $1500 to fix it. It took a week to do and I was subjected to a horrifying PT Loser loaner for far too long, but in the end, they got him back to ship shape and buffed out a couple old scratches, too. I'm pleased. I still can't believe that it happened, but what can ya do? It is a very good thing that I was driving cautiously or it would really have been bad news.

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The bridge is up! Actually, the 10-lane beauty opened quite a while ago now. I've just been meaning to grab a tripod and take some decent pictures of it, and haven't yet gotten around to it. I took the pictures below the very first day it opened. I'm pretty sure that the bridge itself is much more lit up now... it certainly was the day before I took this picture, but honestly, I've been too busy to even notice that. It is great to be connected to the West Bank again. The tragedy was very real, but the recovery was fascinating to me. As you know, I had a front row, daily view of the construction and now consider myself to be somewhat of an armchair civil engineer. On top of it all, traffic is way down in my 'hood and visiting my place is now easier than ever.

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Things at work have been quite intense lately and I have a backlog of pictures and such to stick up here. At some point that will happen.

I was talking with the crew today about Halloweens gone by. It turns out that there has been a dearth of ghoulish masquerading on my part over the last several years. Out of necessity, then, I was forced to think back a few years to recall previous trick or treatwear.

So let's take a look at a few:

Fig. 1. Neo. Kicked off a rich tradition of wearing women's clothing for comedic effect. Seen this pic before? Ever been on AIM? The Dooz has mad skillz.


Fig. 2. FoPoWear. That's authentic, baby. Caused Nut to collapse into a grey goo of internal conflict. Also, I believe Ball was dressed as Stork. As Ball. Or not?


Fig. 3. Senior Year. Awesome times. Hey, look, it's Tigger!


Fig. 4. Famous Couples. Not going to lie to you anymore: The entire purpose of this post was to put up this, my absolute favorite costume of all time. This wasn't even for Halloween. It was some lame Falto party. "Famous Couples." Would have been helpful to have been informed who I was getting set up with. Ya know. For the premise. And all. It's "Me From Tuesday!!" It was genius. I still, occasionally, dress up as "Me From Tuesday (Sept. 23, 2003)." Just for kicks. Also, my SYR gift was an opened bag of Dum Dums. With a duct tape "bow." Check out that pure happiness, people. I was declared the "Worst Date EVER" that night.

Possibly earned it.

Boo!

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Yesterday I needed to quickly transport myself from home to the salt mine and back. The fastest way to get there is by bicycle, so, naturally, that was the mode I selected. It took an entire episode of Family Guy for my ears and throat to stop burning afterward. I was practically in tears. So, I guess winter is coming.

A couple weekends ago I had the opportunity to head out on the Mississippi River to run the gas out of the ol' kicker. The leaves hadn't quite yet turned at that point, but we did manage to find one nook in the bluffs that was fairly brilliant. Unfortunately it was a pretty crummy day, but it was great to get out there and breathe some fall air after inhaling nothing but nanoparticles for weeks.

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