There are several minor annoyances that are, well, annoying me right now. What with the fatigue of going to the gym and my long work Wednesday (7AM meeting to start) and I’m not exactly in the best of moods. The big boss at work also said a bunch of things that made a lot of us uneasy and implied he didn’t really care about people, just numbers. Pretty much what a big boss is supposed to do. Onto the annoyances.
First, I entered all my gas and mileage records for my Prius into a spreadsheet. I confirmed that the MPG measurement in my Prius is an absolute fiction. Even worse, it gets a lot worse mileage than the gauge indicates. It only does about 44MPG. My old Civic Hybrid cost about half of what the Prius did and it got better than 40MPG.
Second, the house that’s adding a second story down the street is blocking part of my view. It’s not much of a view, but I won’t be able to see if traffic is bad or not.
Third, I found out that there’s schmutz on my digital camera’s image sensor. Trying to clean it off just made things worse. I think I’m going to throw away the camera before it drives me crazy.
I know, not really problems, just small annoyances. I’m glad that’s all there is.
I stumbled across your site looking for a radio advert from the late ’70s. A comment from March 24, 2008, had a version of the lyrics to the song from the ad.
leland says:
3/26/2008 at 11:22 am
My children look at me as though I were insane when I go off
There’s something k’new, from a store k’near.
Knudsen Frozen Lowfat Yogurt k’now is here!
K’nice in a dish, or on a cone:
It’s k’not the same as yogurt you have k’nown.
It’s something k’new and k’nourishing too
And if you’ve k’never tasted it please do!.
Some people who’ve tried it go ‘that’s k’nice’; I say ‘k’no.
It’s Knudsen Frozen Yogurt; it’s k’newwwww!!!
K’next.
(maybe they’re correct) Ghod I miss KNBR.
I remember the lyrics slightly differently:
There’s something k’new, at a store k’near
Knudsen Lowfat Frozen Yogurt dessert is here!
K’nice in a dish [“k’nice?”], or on a cone
It’s k’not the same as yogurt you’ve ever k’nown.
Yes, it’s k’new and k’nourishing too
So if you’ve k’never tasted it, please do!
Some people who have tried it go
“that’s k’nice”; I say “k’no!
“Knudsen’s Lowfat Frozen Yogurt Dessert’s k’newwwww!”
[K’next!]
Anyway, nice blog. Thanks.