If only there was some way this tragedy could have been avoided. 

Sharper Image; which I always thought of as one of those stores in the mall (or, nowadays, airports) full of useless random junk you’d look at for a few minutes only to realize “This is all useless random junk.”

Hey, that’s as least as long as the RC boat I got for Christmas one year that quickly died in the middle of the pond I was trying it out in. 

The first time I ever swapped out the stock exhaust for aftermarket on a motorcycle ... I quite obviously had no real idea what I was doing. Though my brain assured me it’d be fairly easy.

That was delightful. 

Life imitates art? Art imitates life?

I was always uneasy going over The Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro. 

One of my old spots, the founding CEO stepped down (after taking a ~$100k seed to an 8 figure acquisition in under 10 years) and the new CEO brought on by the new owners slashed like 50% of the engineering team - myself included. (Got a killer severance and had another gig before my WARN days were up; so I was getting…

If it’s a direct flight; carry-on. Short layover; carry-on. Long layover of say more than an hour; check it.

Anyone making $32k in Southern California can’t even afford rent in the shittiest parts of it. 

windshield-mounted gear selector panel

When I was a dumbass 16 y/o with a brand new license; the configuration of parking in our carport (which you made a 90° turn at the end of the driveway to enter) was mom got the right, dad got the left. I was to park in the driveway, far enough back for them to be able to back out.

He really is my favorite. Tadanobu Asano just puts so much charisma into who’s - by all measures - a complete motherfucker of a character.

I made a joke about this in the r/RealTesla sub ... and was immediately banned from r/elonmusk, r/TeslaLounge and r/Cybertruck.

Based on the breaking accelerator pedal the other day ... you’re more right than you may know ...

LOL What a complete piece of shit. 

I strongly dislike Tesla cars from a purely car-guy stance. They’re boring and kind of ugly so buying one wouldn’t even be on my radar.

To be fair, this is definitely not the weirdest thing that’s happened in the Central Valley in the last week. 

Mistakes were made. 

If I see a Dodge anything ... my immediate assumption is “This guy is going to be a fucking asshole.”