The Flying Car is Here for "Drivots"

Since when did a revolutionary breakthrough in personal travel that will turn the auto driver's world upside-down fly under the radar of super media coverage?

This new flying car is going to create the next generation of "drivots" - drivers who are pilots - and demand an "airways" road and interstate system that is obviously coming to us faster than we thought.

Here's the video:
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/tech-flying-car-takes-off.html.

I'll Betcha Chocolate Syrup

Make a bet, you owe a bottle of chocolate syrup. At the grocery, anyway.

When counting on the payoff from that wager on the big game, make sure you're still talking cash, unless you've got some vanilla ice cream around.

Dentist Vending Machine on the Used Car Lot?

The dentist just did his regular cleaning, which of course is covered by insurance. However, when did he become a used car salesman?

My wife had her teeth cleaned also, and during her visit she was pitched a comprehensive teeth whitening session and was even urged to visit a "buddy pal" of his to see about orthodontics.

She'd already been to an orthodontist as a kid, but before she could respond, the dentist instructed the receptionsist to quickly get on the horn with his buddy-boy to get her booked and have a copy of her films sent over. Referral, ca-ching, ca-ching, ca-ching.

Even the hygenist asked what samples I preferred, like the travel-size toothpaste, floss and mouthwash, which are all apparently now at a premium. I asked for Glide floss, and she left the exam room to head to the "back-up supply closet," as she put it. Geez.

Oddly, a sticker of SpongeBob was included in my bag. Samples at a premium, but still time to include the plug for the estranged SpongeBob characters gleaning their pearlies? Creepy.

Will the dentist start charging for samples in a self-serve vending machine in the waiting room, complete with indivdual SpongeBob sitckers for the kiddies for a $1 each?

Highway Trash Tree

Perhaps some of the proposed infrastructure improvements earmarked in the economic stimulus package will cover advanced highway clean-up, since I snapped this photo today of one tree among many along the roadside that featured its own plastic bag.

How long until the bag will decay lodged in the branches, and will the budding leaves in the spring absorb the somewhat weathered and rustic plastic at that point?

Drunken Eyeballs Car - Good Advertising

The drunken eyeballs car. It's part of an ad campaign from Germany that is creative and has an important message. Can't get enough? Here's another shot rounding the curve on the brick plaza apparently.

These folks couldn't get enough either.

Now, if they'd make a drunken eyeballs bus that leaves every bar around the world at closing time, we'd really have something to toast.

Your Coffee Looks Lonely

I read a slogan on the side of a semi trailer truck on Friday expounding that "Your Coffee Looks Lonely."

Great slogan. It was promoting the consumption of doughnuts, and was plastered over an enticing photographic image of a pile of powdered sugar, chocolate and plain glaze doughnuts that ran the length of the entire trailer.

Any other junk food look lonely to you?

Which is Warmer: Outside or Ocean?

The other day it was 17 degrees outside, and the ocean water temperature was a balmy 35 on the Northeast coast.

Now, one might wonder, what happens if I go swimming? Will the water actually feel warmer than the outside temperature. And, if so, how long could I go swimming for, before I would have to come out of the water, warm up in the cold air, bask in the winter sun, and then finally use a towel? This all, of course, assuming there's no wind chill factor, which would possibly eliminate the step of basking in the winter sun.

Hmmm.