I was at BoA today and my realest parts dude Bo gave me a free hat. I don’t know if they’re really just passing out free hats right now, or if I just caught Bo in a really good mood, but the lowdrag tip of the day is stop by and pretend your head is cold or something. It’s really a nice hat.

Fence Update: My driveway is featured prominently on the front page of the paper today. It’s a big story about the city council approving ten-thousand more tax dollars to try to acquire my driveway. The newspaper writer doesn’t seem much more amused by this than I am. There are some quotes from the city attorney explaining why they are doing this though. It would seem that there is a lot of private property being used by the public around here and they need to make an example of me. I guess I feel better knowing that it’s not just because they hate me.
But anyway, the real weird deal is this: If you’ve been keeping up you know that I went to visit a couple lawyers who were reputed to be pretty good with this stuff, but I wasn’t really thrilled with either of them so I held out, thinking that the force of the arguments in my answer would persuade those in power that it was all good, and they should try to work things out with me in a more civil manner. This had the side benefit of being a real money-saver for me and my fellow taxpayers. But alas, it was not to be.
So anyway, Kevin is talking to Carlisle about my sad plight one day and another cop overhears and says something like: “Hey, I just took this Leaving the Scene Collision and the victim said he’s a lawyer that specializes in helping property owners who are being oppressed by expansionistic municipalities” and presents the business card of said attorney.
Anyway, this seemed like too good a story to pass on, so I went to see him and the guy is too cool. He’s fired up about the whole thing and seems to think he can save my driveway. Whee! Unlike the other two guys who seemed to be trying to sell me on their pricing structure before even looking at the case, this fellow is very confidence-inspiring. Finally some good news in this saga. Stay tuned!