I’m supposed to transport my DeLorean to Pigeon Forge, TN this June. I want to do it with a flatbed car carrier. In the UK these are known as slidebeds. In the states we call them rollbacks. I’d like to rent one but it’s impossible to find any decent information on the web. Tow truck drivers apparently aren’t especially web saavy. Nevertheless, I’ve added ”rollback” to my favorite search terms notification on ebay. I figure I could buy one of these suckers, use it, sell it, and still come out ahead. Shipping via car transport companies is wayyy too expensive ($500 each way usually). More to come on this dilemma.


I’m going to New Orleans on Friday night with some friends of mine and I’m glad to say I called ahead. Originally the hotel only reserved a single bed. After my phone call I’m now happy to say we’ll be getting two beds and a cot. If I play my cards right I’ll never have to sleep on the cot. What do they call it a cot, anyway? Cot?



I hope everyone had a nice Valentine’s day. I didn’t mention it in my last entry, but I dressed in all black on Saturday. Black sunglasses, trenchcoat, socks… you name it. Screw stupid Valentine’s Day! Bah. That evening I was thisclose to playing Quake 3 online and drinking a lot of Merlot. Instead, I read my PHP book and listened to NPR. One of those god awful cheeseball commercials for naming a star came on. Name a star? It’s such a scam. The girlfriend in the commercial was all, ”Oh my! You named a star after me? You’re so wonderful!” My arse. They say the naming is official because ”the new name is published in book form at the library of congress.” Folks, any book published professionally is in the library of congress. That doesn’t mean the star is going to be called My-Sweet-Sweety-Laurie instead of GU1984E1. How do you think the people who live on the planets that surround that sun would feel? First, they’d get fliers sent down to their planets informing them of the name change. Then they’d have to reprint all their books. Songs would have to be rewrittten. If it happened to us, people like Elton John would be super pissed. ”Don’t Let My Sweet Sweety Laurie Shine Down On Me?” Travesty. The star naming folks would of course send thugs down in case anyone was still calling the star by its old name. Bullets would fly. See what I mean when I say Valentine’s day is stupid? It’s so stupid that PEOPLE DIE BECAUSE THEIR STAR’S NAME CHANGED JUST BECAUSE LAURIE WAS SUCH A SWEET SWEETY!!!!!1