Last Sunday at about 10 AM, my stepkids were visiting from Ohio, and we were driving through Brownsburg. This car just pulls out in front of me! She’s at a full stop, looks both ways and then pulls right out into traffic. The roads were slick and there was no way to stop, so my "Grocery-getter” just plowed into her ass, making a total mess of her passenger side. In fact, the roads were so slick that it just pushed her sideways like a 2000-pound sled.

If the roads been clear, it could’ve been tragic. I think her vehicle's willingness to give way to the laws of physics and the forward momentum of my van insured that we all were unhurt because the impact felt minimal after the slide on the ice slowed both vehicles WAY down.

My "grocery getter" is a 96’ Dodge Caravan with 196,500 miles on it (I likes to drive. What can I say?) and the Kelly Blue Book says it’s only worth about $1095 and there's over two grand worth of repair work needed. So I’m thinking BONUS--give me the cash! When the repairs outstrip the value they usually buy you out. I was expecting the chick's agent at State Farm to try to barter me down, and I’m all full of attitude and swagger, telling myself that under no circumstances accept anything less the $1095! I figure they’ll lowball me but they shoot me $2300 for it. Can you believe that ?

Holy mother of God, I needed that dough, too. Awesome! Hit me up this weekend if you see me if I owe any beers to you people. It’s payback time!

My girlfriend Kim is going to Cabo San Lucas over New Year's and I will be Bach-ing it. If anyone wants to chaperone me and keep me outta trouble and outta jail, I'm sure she’d appreciate it. Right now she’s been wound pretty tight being pulled in 1000 different directions at once between the new job, Christmas, and moving in with me. She needs Cabo in a big way. If you see us out before she leaves (Dec 27th), make sure you wish her a safe trip.

Things are moving along in preparation for the Elvis Show. PRN Graphics gave me a great deal on the T shirts and I’ll be hocking them at the show. They are similar in design to the red, black and white Elvis poster for the same show. PRN did an awe-inspiring job on my Cash Bash shirts from last year and they ended up selling out all 65 in one night. Those guys give great quality at very reasonable prices and turn around times. I highly recommend them for all your silk screen needs.

I also talked to Danny from The Messarounds and Alex Scumbag today. Everyone is busily prepping their set lists for that night. This show is going to be real fun!

Well that’s enough for now. Sorry for the rambling and lack of focus!

Posted by wayneb at December 22, 2005 06:00 PM