My problem was I had gotten used to the speed of the truck (over, say, a bicycle or 3-wheeler), but wasn't aware enough of spatial differences to realize that I couldn't bank around a particular tree with crunching into the one on the other side. I'll never forget that sound.

My dad let me steer the car a few times (I leaned over from the front passenger seat while he took care of the pedals) when I was in junior high, and my sister took me out for my first car driving lesson when I was 15, down country roads that were still only gravel-paved, but are now double-laned and surrounded by subdivisions.

I also remember the time we were done with our swimming lessons at the local motel (indoor pool with annual fees for the local residents and lessons offered made a great YMCA alternative in the years before the Y finally opened a branch nearby), and the parking lot was a bit slick and very empty, so Dad did a few donuts. We kids were shrieking in delight, and Mom was yelling, "Karl, for God's sake, stop it!"

I thought I bookmarked this discussion, but apparently not. Can anyone remind me how to put a Netflix account on hold?

So. Yeah. I read all of Ezekiel 4. I'm stuck between wishing the people selling it had, and hoping they haven't.

Because context is important.

Heh. Oh, dear.

Meet the ex-gay penguins. Seriously.

From the Focus on the Family No-Moo-Lies site:

Meet Roy and Silo...
...two penguins living in Manhattan's Central Park Zoo.

A few years back, they started spending a lot of time together — and became celebrities as Manhattan's "most famous gay penguin couple." Even the zoo started selling books to kids about the two male penguins who loved each other.

Then something happened that messed it all up: Silo met Scrappy, a female penguin from California.

Silo ditched Roy and built a nest with Scrappy. They've even started trying to have kids.

It just goes to show: Penguins can change.

Why can't we base our behavior on what animals do?

Why can't we get rid of stupidity?

eta: Warning - the No-Moo-Lies front page has an annoying (and stupid) voiceover....

I was about 10 or 11 when I drove a tractor for the first time. I couldn't reach the pedals, though, so I sat on my Dad's lap and steered while he did the pedals. I thought I was wicked cool.

I got my license the day I turned 16. I like driving.

Can anyone remind me how to put a Netflix account on hold?

Some people apparently have the option on their account page. I don't, but we e-mailed Netflix, and they said they can put anyone's account on hold if you call them.

Why can't we base our behavior on what animals do?

Ok.

goes home to have sex with husband and then eat him.

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Wait, can *I* put anyone's account on hold if I call them? 'Cause that would rock. Fear My Powers, Mortals!

The dog on the no-moo-lies site is pretty cute. However, more and more, I am beginning to believe that people are morons. Except I also beleive that there is something good in everyone. This are hard beliefs to reconcile.