Secured

Friday I visited my local Motor Vehicle Bureau to get a replacement registration. Once again, the service was friendly and helpful. It was a bit crowded this time, but as I walked out I made sure this time that I had the right card.

While standing in line though I recalled the following exchange:

JERRY: I still can't believe, you're going out on a blind date.
ELAINE: I'm not worried. It sounds like he's really good looking.
JERRY: You're going by sound? What are we? Whales?
ELAINE: I think I can tell.
JERRY: Elaine, what percentage of people would you say are good looking?
ELAINE: Twenty-five percent.
JERRY: Twenty-five percent, you say? No way! It's like 4 to 6 percent. It's a twenty to one shot.
ELAINE: You're way off.
JERRY: Way off? Have you been to the motor vehicle bureau? It's like a leper colony down there.

Summer Reading

Wow, two posts in a week!

The Babes in the Wood by Ruth Rendell
Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
In the Shadows of the Sun by Alexander Parsons
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
Reversible Errors by Scott Turow
Tenney's Landing by Catherine Tudish
We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg

Deja Vu ???

Fans of this blog will surely remember the classic from July 31, 2007. I'll wait while you go look it up and read it.

Back? Good.

Well, today I was filling out a form for a school parking lot permit. I pulled out my registration to get some needed information. And I stared at it in disbelief. It was for my old Mazda. But I thought I had replaced this a year ago. Where the %#@* did this come from? I went thru my glove compartment and besides finding several pairs of gloves, the only thing I could find was a receipt for a registration. It didn't have a date but I'm 95% sure it is from 7/31/2007 because of the cost.

So I figured two things may have happened:

1) I went there that day and they processed a replacement. I got a receipt for a Toyota. But they printed out a registration card for my old Mazda. I find this hard to believe, because since Toyota registered my car when I bought it, the Toyota and not the Mazda should have been in their database.

Or
2) I actually did get the replacement that day but maybe lost it? And somehow the old lost one that I couldn't find somehow found it's way into my wallet?

Both seem implausible. So it looks like another trip to the DMV.

This is another one of those mysteries that I'll be dying to find the answer to when I get to heaven (if I get there).

WHY?

I was driving home today and got behind a car with an out of state plate. At first I didn't recognize it so I got a little closer. The background was white with a smattering of colors near the top. It had a dealer's frame so I still couldn't identify the state. So I got even closer and then I saw it. HA-VY-YEE!!!!

I won't even ask the question here.

Had He Lived......

HAL would have turned 16 today. His real name was HAL-9000, but he was known to his friends as HAL. He was a good guy, but a bit paranoid at times. And unfortunately, that was what led to his murder. RIP, good buddy HAL.

Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley.....

Love that DMV

Well, it has been a while since my last post. So here's the highlight of my Christmas Vacation. My Driver's License had expired and I had to get the new picture hologram type that the state of NJ was implementing. So off to the new DMV I went. For those who enjoyed my 7/31 posting will be glad to know that it was another enjoyable experience. In and out in 18 minutes. And the help and assistance was unbelievable.