I Can Kill You With My Brain

Today I’m posting a picture of my Toyota Prius.  This photo was taken on the day that I brought it home from the dealership back in 2005 when it had about 32 miles on it.  It’s in for it’s 100,000 mile tune-up today and they found a problem with the engine cooling system.  Not a huge deal, but it needs to be fixed right away.  That leaves me without my “ride” until tomorrow evening.  Anyway, having the Prius “sick” at the “doctor” seemed like a good enough excuse to post a picture of it.

As I’ve mentioned on this blog, my Facebook, and my Twitter, Spring 2009 has not been the best when it comes to weather.  We are still getting nights where the temperature drops to near freezing.  The days rarely get above 55 degrees.  And when they do, they go flying up to 82 degrees for one afternoon and then come crashing back down to 50 degrees the next day.  That kind of rapid weather change usually brings me a stuffed up head and the potential for a cold.  Sunny days are few and far between, with most of them being overcast, cloudy, gray, and raining.  I am not a fan of Spring 2009.

However, always looking for the bright side, I have found that there is one advantage to the cold, dreary spring.  While looking through my closet full of clothes on Sunday, I noticed that I have several sweatshirts that I didn’t wear at all in the past six months.  Even though I like all of those sweatshirts, they never made it into the rotation and have just hung, all lonely and not-worn, in my closet since the winter of 2007-2008.  With a few more days of weather forecast to be dreary and in the 50s to 60s, I made it a goal to wear as many of those sweatshirts as possible before summer arrives.

I’m on Day 2 of Sweatshirtageddon 2009.  Today I’m rocking a navy blue Old Navy sweatshirt.  It’s very soft and comfy and deserved to be much better represented during the cold winter we just experienced.  After a brief hiatus on Wednesday when I will wear something nicer for a dinner with my parents and girlfriend, Sweatshirtageddon 2009 returns powerfully on Thursday with another neglected sweatshirt from the back of my closet.

Let’s hope I don’t discover some other neglected clothes and feel the need for Hammer-Pantsageddon 2009 to occur this summer.

I couple years ago Wired posted an article about Hemingway stating that his best story was only 6 words long.  Wired then challenged celebrities to write their own complete stories in only 6 words.  Of course, I’m partial to the Joss Whedon entry (it is how I discovered the original story), but I also like the entries by Alan Moore, William Shatner, and Frank Miller.  You can read them all by following the link above.

When I originally found that article, I didn’t have enough confidence in my writing to attempt to craft my own 6 word story.  I’m still not sure I have what it takes, but I wrote one anyway.  Enjoy.

Is it supposed to be burning?

And here’s a bonus one that requires some knowledge of a certain sci-fi movie.  I actually wrote this one first, but really wanted mine to be completley original and not just an abrupt ending to an epic story.  Still, I like that the story truly does end after my sixth word.

Red or blue pill?  Yum!  Blue!

Want to try your hand at a 6 word story?  Leave yours in the comments.

A view of the Madison, WI sky with a hint of building. This was taken last Saturday morning during the first farmer’s market of the year. It was a gorgeous morning and totally unlike today’s snow-filled morning. Spring 2009 continues to fail at being spring.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
– Ernest Hemingway