Okay, my oil is changed, I have new wiper blades, car is lubed, all fluids checked, and my car is in pretty good shape for a 2000 Honda (still haven’t reached 90,000 miles). But I have stuff to do, and so you can enjoy this ZeFrank video (an old one): true facts about the duck. The most exciting part of the movie is, of course, the drake’s corkscrew penis. This is an early ZeFrank video, so it’s short and there’s a dearth of science.
Meanwhile, Mordecai and Esther are doing well, and Esther is investigating windows for her nest. We think she’s picked one out now, and there is plenty of quacking, splashing, and diving. Tomorrow a Chicago Maroon writer will interview me about the ducks, and I hope they do a good article. I want the campus to learn about Esther and Mordecai so they are taken care of as a University asset. Students are already stopping frequently to gawk at and photograph our mallards.
Regarding old cars, I’m similar to Ceiling Cat. My loyal steed is a 2007 Yaris with just 107,000 miles—most of which weren’t mine, but earned gallantly by my nieces while I was off in England pretending to be British. The miles I have logged are of the epic variety: Seattle to San Luis Obispo, SLO to Portland, Boise to D.C., D.C. to Vermont and back, D.C. to Seattle, L.A. to Boston—you get the picture. Since landing in Boston, it’s been essentially a decorative item. It’s sat for five years like a monk in contemplative silence, occasionally roused by AAA when I forget that batteries crave attention. These days, I drive it maybe ten times a year. It’s got lots of outer wear and tear, and I’m embarrassed by that. But not enough to buy another. Dare I say that if I did it would be a Tesla?
Informative video.
The metaphors especially.
When I started work at NASA’s Langley Research Laboratory, my mentor told me that I would be able to identify the Lab Director, formerly called Engineer-in-Charge by looking for the oldest car on the facility…. Because the guy who could keep his car running the longest was clearly the best engineer. He also told me “in god we trust; all others must bring data”.
Always funny to think of PCC(E) driving a car for some reason.
Steven Pinker I’m sure has a license also but I can’t imagine him in traffic either, though he is also a bike fundamentalist so there’s that.
It goes with the cliche I suppose… atheist city liberal intellectual, apartment life, no children, don’t need a car. I am of that group myself and have never driven. That’s for all my adult life – nearly all of it in Manhattan where you don’t want a car. Most of my friends here don’t drive.
But PCC(E) motoring around town, presumably fuming at Chicago traffic on his way to Costco in his antique Honda (with an oil change! hahaha)… just hits my funny bone!
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OMG. I just had a chance to watch the video!
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Really. Imagine human males had penises like ducks.