Saturday, February 19, 2011

Second

Had a nice ride in the car today.  The roads were dry and it was sunny.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

First

It seems like whenever they show blizzard footage, they always have to show a Mustang in the ditch.  I feel sorry for those who drive their Mustangs year round, and that is why I drive a front wheel drive Ford offering during the winter.  I learned the misery of rear wheel drive in the snow in a 1974 AMC Gremlin in college.  Tonight, as the blizzard rages outside, my Mustang sleeps safely in the garage.   I shop for a second set of rims to wrap the racing rubber around, for my automotive adventures this summer.

Not long ago, I dreamed someone stole my Mustang and the extra racing tires right out of my garage.  I was devastated and couldn't manage to dial the police to report it.  I set out on foot to go to the police station.  On the way there, a petite blonde in a black leather dress was operating a shoeshine stand.

I thought maybe with the way she dressed, she might be a bootblack and sat down for a shoeshine.  I was only wearing brown chukkas but I made comments about leather topics, to try to chat her up, I guess.  She didn't warm up to me.  Maybe she wasn't a bootblack, maybe she wasn't gay, maybe she wasn't into butches or maybe she just wasn't into me.  That's ok, I like them with a lot more meat on their bones anyway.

I woke up without the need to check reality, because I don't keep the racing tires in the garage in the winter, they are safe in the basement.  But I did peek into the garage window on the way to work, just to double check that the Mustang was still there.