On a completely unrelated note, tommyrot, did you see this? [link]

Awww... widdle cutie kitty boo-boo snuffy-wuffy-kins!

I think most of the alleged "ugly" in that photo is the kitty's expression in response to being dressed in such a fashion....

Okay, not only do I need to not click on tommyrot's links, I need to not click on links that tommyrot likes! Hee.

I do the one car in thing, if...and this is important...I didn't seem them swerving out of the lane and racing down the opposite lane to jump position. I will let a car in if they slow down to the slowed lane's speed and signal. I do not let a car in that is stopped all the way up at the actual merge point because they can *see* that they're going to have to merge long before that, even if they missed the signs. I will let a car in if the signs are stupid, though, or confusing.

A friend of ours referred to people who refused to speed up when he got on their tails as "front-gaters".

Your friend would be well-advised to make sure his airbags are in good working order before he drives behind me.

My worst highway peeve is probably semis that don't bother to clear right lane traffic before merging back into the lane. Though of the non-dangerous variety, semi drivers that try to pass other semis only to match paces exactly for miles on end are pretty annoying.

Hee! I love our drivers' ethics!

Do folks know this? When a semi-driver is being passed at night, once the vehicle passing him is clear, he'll flash his running lights off and on to let the passing driver know. Then the passing driver will usually flash his running lights off and on to say thanks.

Usually truck drivers do this for each other, but sometimes they'll do it for cars too. If a truck driver is passing me I usually flash my lights off and on for the driver.

I don't know how to flash my running lights, but I really appreciate the truck's flash. It's really reasurring to know that i can move back over and, perhaps more importantly, that they see my little bitty car in front of them.

Photos of excessive dog grooming: [link]

Like, weird colors. Very weird.

Pooches got their freak on painted with Blo Pens — markers that simulate the effects of airbrushing — using non-toxic temporary food dyes. Super Groom 2007 saw 15 dogs transformed into everything from a Harley Doggyson to brightly colored butterflies, feathered Indian chiefs, and pirates at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas.

Myra Macias of Texas won first place (pictured above) by transformed her standard poodle, Peach Cobbler, into a motorcycle with the theme Poodle Rider in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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...Baker’s dog Missy, who looked like mutt-on dressed as lamb with fishnet stockings, high-heeled pixie boots and a powder pink top. “Let me put the hoochy in your poochy.” said Carmon of Borger, Texas, just prior to being eliminated.

I don't know how to flash my running lights,

In a car, the only way is to turn your lights all the way off and back on.

Where the hell is the Vegas chapter of the ASPCA?

Truck drivers are usually very courteous to others on the road. I remember once when I was passing a semi in the left lane (he was in the center lane), and I noticed his hand sort of waving me down as I started to go past him. So, I looked under his trailer and noticed a marked cop car in the right lane next to him. I backed down my speed a bit to slip in behind him and we all went a comfortable 55 mph until the cop got off at the next exit. As he went right, the trucker and I both picked up our speed and waved at each other as I passed him.