Just a couple of quick thoughts …

1. Do you need a permit to put in a parking pad, or can you just pour concrete over the garden? (Yes, I know there’s more to it than pouring concrete over a garden).

2. Do you need a permit for a roof-deck, and does anyone know how much a typical roof deck might run?

Oh, I found this, which seems to indicate roof-decks do, in fact, need permits.

(not my image, found it here)

Interesting Fact That No One Cares About:

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I was driving east on Sweet Air, listening to the radio, not totally paying attention. So when the car started pulling because I’d gone off the edge of the road, I pulled perhaps a tad too quickly in trying to get myself back on the road.

And I totally blew the right-front tire off my car.

Well, I shredded the hell out of it, anyway. Called Brooks-Huff and they sent the huge wig-wag truck to rescue me, and five minutes after he pulled up we were on our way to Cockeysville. Too late for them to do anything with it today, so tomorrow I’ll be shellin’ out for a new tire — the tires were purchased about six months ago so I’m hoping I can get away without purchasing two tires, but we shall see.

And of course I’m on a money-push at the moment, trying to get a whole bunch of bills in the mail by the 20th. Probably wouldn’t have made a lot of cash today anyway, but I’m still hurtin’ when you factor in the tips and hourly I’ll be missing out on tonight.

Oh well, now I don’t have an excuse to not do my laundry.

(The lesson here today is one I’ve learned often, and just don’t seem to pay any attention to, so, one more time: “Jeff, when you’re a dumbass, it costs you money. Stop being a dumbass.”)

via Upside-Down Hippo comes this Google trick. Don’t worry, Dave, I’d never heard of it either!

(I just did an advanced search on Google for “Jeff Benson is…”)

So, “Jeff Benson is…”

I was surprised to learn I was a fucking idiot. Oh, wait, no I wasn’t. Just for fun, I also went here and got this.

Moose (Alces alces) are impressive animals to view: they stand tall; have a floppy upper lip, a dewlap underneath their necks, a massive body, and a small tail. If you are lucky enough to see a bull, he may be carrying a rack, which can grow up to two meters across. They are the largest members of the deer family, averaging a height of one meter at the shoulder. This fact becomes very important if one was to meet a moose standing in the middle of the road. Their coats range from gold-brown to black, depending on the season and the age of the animal, and this fact, too, becomes important when encountering moose in the night. Another good thing to know about moose is how heavy they can get. An adult male in his prime can weigh between 1,200-1,600 pounds. So moose are tall, dark, and heavy, if not handsome. Why should people care? Because if you were to encounter a moose at night in the road, it could kill you.

I once almost ran over a horse in my Jeep … actually, I probably would have wrecked my Jeep in the process. I have also demolished several deer. (And really, after the first two, it’s more “Aw, fuck, more blood on the bumper to wash off” than anything else.

But, uh, I really don’t think I’d ever want to drive into a moose … because, like, they’re really fuckin’ big animals.