A Foolproof Defense Against Speeding

Apparently, some teens in Maryland have discovered how to avoid speeding tickets. "Their method involves using glossy paper to duplicate the numberplates of one car and attaching the fake tags to a matching vehicle. Then they race past a speed camera to incriminate a teacher or fellow student."

So, next time you are hauled up in court on a speeding ticket, show this article (go down about halfway) to the judge. That should establish reasonable doubt about whether it was really you flying down that road at twice the speed limit, and you're bound to get off scot-free.

Or just make your own plates with somebody else's number and let THEM worry about it.

A Fun Fact

The local newspaper earlier this week had a very cool picture of a tornado in rural New South Wales, near Canberra. It didn't hurt anybody or do any damage.

But what surprised me was that the article said that New South Wales gets about 100 tornadoes every year. Admittedly, it's a BIG state - 20% bigger in area than Texas. But I didn't think anywhere had that many tornadoes outside the United States.

Think About Kink

I saw this little blurb in the Washington Post about Ray Davies of the Kinks playing at the 9:30 Club in DC. Sounds like a good show. I saw him at the 9:30 Club a couple of years ago, and it was great, makes me hope he and little brother Dave could get back together for a Kinks reunion tour.

Which reminds me - a few days ago I was in a JB HiFi here (sells music, videos, computers, etc). After going through the cheap CDs and the alternative shelves, I looked at the classic rock shelves. I looked for the Kinks. I found Carole King. I found LOTS of King Crimson. For pete's sake I even found TWO albums by the Knack.

And not one single, solitary CD of the Kinks. Inconceivable.