I'm just saying...

If you pitch a cigarette from your car and it hits my car, I think I should be able to shove said cigarette up your nose as far as my fingers will let me. The world is not your ashtray, you stinky bastard.

Southland

I've been invited to screen the upcoming Season 2 premiere of Southland, which I've to admit, I'm thrilled about. I loved the first season, that aired on NBC, even though it was short. As with most dramatic programming, the season finale ended with a cliffhanger. Of course when the dopes at NBC decided the program wasn't coming back, I was pissed. It seems like everytime there's a decent, well done cop show, it gets yanked. Remember Boomtown? Another NBC programming mistake . Seems like they're making a lot of those lately (I'm with Conan.)

Anyway, someone with a brain over at TNT saw the show for what it is and picked up the program much to the rejoice of it's fans. They began re-airing the first season in January and are leading right into the second season, March 2.

Here's a little teaser of the show if you're not familar.

Private eyes, are watching you

Driving an unmarked, nondescript vehicle is kind of fun. Not only do you get to see people acting the fool, but you get to enjoy that priceless look when the cops are suddenly up in their grill.

"Where'd I come from?" Magic.

Mmmm, waffles.

This is for Beat and Release.


I've made waffles on two non-consecutive occasions.

Close call

The other night we received a little winter precipitation in the form of heavy, wet snow and freezing rain. My first stop was a very large unoccupied and out of the way parking lot where I proceeded to mark out a course in the untouched snow. Shortly after finishing, I turned off the dash cam and began the first lap of the Fatal Funnel 500.

It was fun power sliding and drifting through the corners of my "track," gunning the engine on the straight-aways. On about lap 10 after nailing the first turn and heading into the second, I got a little overconfident and slid into the corner too fast, losing control of the car and sending it spinning into a 360. With an empty lot, I had only two fears - smashing into a curb, or taking out a large light pole.

Lucky for me the vehicle had lost most of its momentum when it hit the curb, so no noticeable damage can be seen. I did notice the car pulling to the left a little afterward though. Oops. It was at that time I decided the Fatal Funnel 500 would be called on account of "not wanting to be unemployed," and the only injuries seemed to be a slight misalignment and one puckered butthole.

I'd like to say I learned my lesson, but we all know the truth will rise to the surface if we get another storm.