Thought this was a pretty cool clock.
Instead of just giving you the time (here it is 20:52 or 8:52 pm), the numbers are made up of 3-7 little cars.
When a number changes, cars either drive on or off to form the new ones.
(The “whole” clock is greater than the sum of its cars, which are the “parts”.)
And then some of the drivers actually get out of the car to schmooze or maybe clean their car.
Very creative and it makes you think.
That’s a good thing. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Wow, this was some car that I saw in Florida.
Pimp my ride! LOL
Check out those awesome gold rims with this blue “oldies” car.
This was definitely a standout even down there where there are plenty of Bentleys and Lamborghinis driving around.
The owner of the car gave me a big thumbs up when I tool this photo.
Hope you enjoy and Shabbat Shalom!
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Very impressed with the Hyundai concept “Walking Car.”
It can drive, walk, and climb.
I heard that this thing can even climb over walls and jump over gaps!
(Ah, I’m not going to say anything about border security with this–let’s just hope the bad guys don’t get this).
This is the closest that we’ve come to Hollywood’s Transformers.
This is much more than a vehicle for search and rescue–this is ALL-TERRAIN!
Great job Hyundai–I’d love to test drive this beauty! 😉
So the prior Jewish generation (my parents) had a really good sense of humor.
My dad always had a joke to tell and make people laugh.
And as the movie, “When Jews Were Funny” portrays, the suffering of the past led to the lighthearted humor of the times.
From the unbelievable horrors of the Holocaust and pogroms came the yearning for comic relief in the everyday life around us.
We are the survivors!
And we yearn to go on living and making the world a better place, and you can’t do that from the depths of sorrow and fear.
In the movie, here were two funny jokes to start your week off with:
1) This old Jewish lady goes through a red light and 2 stop signs, and her husband, Sadie shrieks and says to her, “What are you doing? You just drove through a red light and 2 stop signs!” And his wife replies, “I didn’t even know that I was driving!”
2) This Jewish man living in anti-Semitic times trying to hide his Jewishness is reiterating his answers to various questions posed to him to rout him out. He innocently goes, “And when they asked me what religion I am, I fooled them good and told them I was Goyish!”
Yeah, they just don’t tell them like they used to. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
So today the Washington D.C. Metro has a full suspension of service for at least 24 hours over the entire system.
Metro says it is to check safety after a fire on the system on Monday, but the hastiness and extremeness of the action has many scratching their heads and asking “Terror Threat?”
Either way, better safe than sorry!
It’s funny because just on the way home yesterday, I took this photo of what I believe is a advertisement for taking Metro (instead of driving) or for some reason I took it as that.
Metro is supposed to get you there, but doesn’t always.
Still better than sitting in traffic or getting tickets downtown. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
No this isn’t my car, but it’s definitely old.
So we were going to go sell one of our older cars tonight.
One of the warning lights recently went on and when we took it to the dealer he told us it would be thousands to service it.
After agonizing about it, we resigned ourselves to just getting rid of it and not investing anymore $$$ in an old car.
We went to the car to empty it and get it ready.
As I watched Dossy cleaning it out, all these memories started racing through my head–seeing Dossy behind the wheel as well the kids.
Remembering all the good times we had driving here and there together.
But this was Dossy’s car and it was special to her and I knew it.
I looked again at her and said, “I can’t do it–let’s just keep it.”
She looked at me–and gave me the biggest smile.
When we went back inside, she said to me, “You love me!”
And I said, “Of course, I do.”
Now, we get the car fixed–some things you can’t put a price on.
P.S. Last week, she threatened to move out if I didn’t agree to fix it. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Nice convertible outside Starbucks yesterday.
Something very freeing about a big boat car, with top down, wind blowing through your hair, and everyone looking your way.
Anyway, these folks were having a grand ‘ol time–can you blame them–looks like fun. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
This is sort of hilarious.
Check out the signs on either side of the road.
– Right lane closed.
– Left lane closed.
Even more stupid, notice that the signs are reversed (the left closure sign is on the right side of the road, and the left closure sign is on the right side of the road)…oops.(
Thank G-d, there were three lanes–at least for a little while. 😉
(Source Photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)
Should I do it or is it too risky?
That’s a question we ask ourselves many times a day.
– Open our mouths at work or keep a lid on it.
– Run to catch that train or bus or slow down and go more carefully.
– Eat that greasy burger and fries or opt for a salad and smoothie.
– Invest in that highflier stock or put your money in the “G” fund.
The Wall Street Journal presents risk management as both quantifiable and qualitative.
For example, a MicroMort (1 MM, and sounds like micro fart) is “equal to one-in-a million chance of death.”
An average American has a 1.3MMs chance of a “sudden, violent end” on any given day.
However, climb to the base camp at Mount Everest (at 29K feet), that’s over 12,000 MM, base jump at only 430 MMs per jump, parachute 7 MM, and go on a roller coaster at only .0015 MM.
So there you have it–statistics tell the risk story!
But not so fast, our risk calculations also take into account our qualitative values. For example, we tend to lower the risk in our minds of postpartum depression (10-15% or higher) because we value having a baby.
Similarly, we tend to think driving (1 MM per 240 miles) is safer than flying (1 MM per 7,500 miles) because we believe we are in control of the automobile, as opposed to a passenger jet flown by a couple of pilots.
The result, “Scariness of an activity isn’t necessarily proportionate to its risk.”
That means that you can easily make a mistake and underestimate risk, because of your personality or cultural and social biases.
Rock climb at your own risk…BUT do you really understand what that risk even is or are you driven to do something overly dangerous and maybe stupid. 😉
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Rebecca got me on another mini-adventure today.
The T-Rex scooter had only 3 wheels, but packed quite a punch.
We navigated Las Olas and the Fort Lauderdale Beach pretty good in this thing.
So low to the ground, my hand could touch it, and no windshield so everything sort of just flies right through.
It was only an hour, but as we in this touristy-way waved at the passerbys and speed around town next to the other hulking vehicles, weaving and beeping on this crazy horn, it was a fun time and a good memory. 😉
(Source Photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)
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