Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Super-Special Parking for my Prius on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
There is a new Service Plaza (and maybe several) on the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Hwy 76), and on my recent trip from Pittsburgh to New York I noticed the sign pictured above. Not only is there extra-special parking reserved for “Low-Emitting Fuel-Efficient Vehicles” but it is also right up front, next to the Handicap spaces. [...]
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
We Bought A New Car!
WOO HOO! We got a new Prius! Traded in the old one, which was great, and got this one which is even more fancy. The voice-controlled navigation and bluetooth cell phone action is amazingly cool. I can’t wait to navigate in convoluted Pittsburgh now.
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Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Ebay Is Weird
It’s starting to look like no one is going to buy the New Kids on the Block Bubblegum I’m selling on ebay. It doesn’t make any sense to me. How could someone not want it? It’s so awesome! It looks like there may not be a buyer for the Garfield Pencils [...]
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
I’m an ebay Champion!
That’s right… I just won on ebay. My first ebay auction ended very early this morning, and I got a respectable $6.63 for my 19 year-old Mountain Dew can. While I’m content with the outcome, I was hoping, as all ebay sellers do, that my item would be the envy of all the [...]
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
The Conundrum of How to Sell a Toyota Prius in Indianapolis
I have a 2004 Toyota Prius. It is the best car ever. I want to sell it.
So you’re thinking, “If the Prius is the best car ever, why do you want to sell it?” Two reasons:
New things are VERY enticing, and the new Prius has some nice new little features besides just [...]
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Thursday, July 27th, 2006
7/26/2006
Ate breakfast (Apple Jacks cereal… I’m not proud). Went to dog park. Took dog home, went to get oil changed and steering column recall done on Prius. Brought Taco Bell to Lenore at work. Forgot guacamole. Went to Takeshi’s house. Talked about his yo-yo DVD project. Painted some [...]
