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Saturday, June 07, 2008

Yes - a 9-month absence, and then two days with back-to-back posts. That's how I roll.

The S&P 500 used to be the S&P 90. I find that to be inexplicably adorable.

Someone torched a car in front of our neighbor's house last night. We (me and SevenofTwo and our husbands) were sitting in the back yard around 1:30am when Mr. Blue noticed a giant black plume of smoke. We ran out into the front to see a car, three houses down, being absolutely ravaged by flames. So we got out some wire hangers and marshmallows - no, of course, we called 911... and then watched the car burn. Which was a really strange experience - the horn was blaring when we first got out, but then the electrical cables melted so it stopped... the hood blew open with a loud bang, and a couple of the tires exploded... and there was just so much fire enveloping the whole vehicle. (I've seen cars on fire on the freeway, and this was in a completely different league.) And I kept thinking, "Wow, that belongs to someone - and it's just becoming more and more irretrievably torched by the second." The police said it had been stolen before being ditched and then burnt to a crisp.

4 Comments:

  • At 2:55 PM, Blogger zandperl said…

    Wow, that's just bizarre. No other property damage I take it?

    You must be having a very bored weekend. :)

     
  • At 3:30 PM, Blogger Kate Wall said…

    Another reason why you should move into the house next to us (plus it rids us of the barking dog problem). See, the west side is looking safer by the minute. NO ONE has torched a car in our neighborhood!

    Yay for updating your blog!

     
  • At 10:26 PM, Blogger j said…

    Hmm... there was that whole incident where someone bled all over Josh's front porch... I think the verdict may still be out on which side of town is safest! ;)

    I think if I lived next to you, Kate, I'd be drinking a lot more wine. Not that that's a bad thing...

     
  • At 12:27 PM, Blogger The Poor Barn Mom said…

    Holy crap, a car-b-que!

     

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