Where's Chuck Darwin when you need him?

I had a fun encounter this morning after dropping off atara at her workplace.

I was heading north on Fort when a large, black SUV travelling east on York decided that he needed turn turn left, against the light, right in front of me.  Turning left on a red from a one-way onto a one-way is allowed, but that's predicated on the idea that you look to see if it's clear before you turn.  Fortunately we recently put new tires on the car or this story might have had a slightly different ending.  My sole regret is that it all happened so fast that I didn't get a chance to lean on the horn and flip him the finger.  I was too busy trying to avoid ploughing into the side or back of his shiny new surrogate penis. 

It's just as well that I didn't, I suppose, because he was probably packing a gun in there.  It's safe to make assumptions like that when the SUV is sporting a customized license plate that says, "DAWGS 1", and a bumper sticker that reads, "I stand with President George W Bush".  Incidentally he cut off another driver about two blocks further along - again without signalling.  He impressed me on nearly all possible levels.  Fortunately he probably doesn't believe in evolution, so it should take him by surprise when it removes him from the gene pool some day.

Da Bears!

These sprang up in town during the night.  I spotted a couple of them over by Broadway and Main as I was driving by.

I guess you probably passed a few of them on your way in to work this morning, eh pierrekrahn?

The Guide

We went to see Hitchhikers Guide last night.  The movie was okay, but not great.  I was a bit disappointed over how they had all the setup for some of the best quotes from the book, and then ended the scene without delivering the line.

For instance, one of my favourite lines from the book that didn't make it to the movie took place in the Vogon airlock.
( Behind a spoiler cut for some reason. )