So, as promised, I am going to give ya my "Game of the Week" to go watch.
This week, it's Saturday night's #8 Michigan vs. #2 Alabama.
This will see the returning BCS National Champions facing off against a highly ranked Michigan team in the neutral territory field of Dallas Cowboys stadium, which is an impressive venue, if you have ever been there.
Some close runners up this week include: Clemson vs. Auburn (Saturday), Boise State vs. Michigan State (Friday), and South Carolina at Vanderbilt (Thursday).
I'll be watching SMU vs. Baylor in addition to Michigan vs. Alabama.
ARE YOU READY!?!?!?!?!
August 29, 2012
August 21, 2012
We're all confused
I mean really confused. A few times in the past week, water droplets started falling out of the sky and landing all around us. Last Saturday, in fact, the water fell out of the sky so fast that it was creating puddles and lakes around us.
What is this plague that is happening? Why is the sky spitting upon us so?
In all seriousness, the rain has been good. The backyard is greening up.
Now I'm looking at what we need to do to plant some fall garden veggies out there.
What is this plague that is happening? Why is the sky spitting upon us so?
In all seriousness, the rain has been good. The backyard is greening up.
Now I'm looking at what we need to do to plant some fall garden veggies out there.
August 17, 2012
Games of Interest Weeks 11-15 (picked pre-season)
And here's the final installment of my preseason "games to watch" picks for the 2012 FBS college football schedule.
All times are still Central where noted.
All times are still Central where noted.
- Week Eleven
- November 8
- Florida State @ Virginia Tech (6:30 ESPN)
- November 9
- Pitt @ UConn (7:00 ESPN2)
- November 10
- Georgia @ Auburn
- Wisconsin @ Indiana
- Georgia Tech @ North Carolina
- Louisville @ Syracuse
- West Virginia @ Oklahoma State
- Baylor @ Oklahoma
- Iowa State @ Texas
- Texas A&M @ Alabama
- Kansas State @ TCU
- Tulsa @ Houston (4:00)
- Boise State @ Hawaii (6:00)
- Week Twelve
- November 15
- North Carolina @ Virginia (6:30 ESPN)
- November 16
- Hawaii @ Air Force (8:30 ESPN2)
- November 17
- USC @ UCLA
- Ole Miss @ LSU
- Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State
- Kansas State @ Baylor
- Oklahoma @ West Virginia
- Stanford @ Oregon
- Memphis @ UAB (1:00)
- November 20
- Akron @ Toledo (6:00 ESPN2)
- Week Thirteen (Hmmm, is this rivalry week?)
- November 23
- Nebraska @ Iowa (11:00 AM ABC)
- LSU @ Arkansas (1:30 CBS College Sports)
- Arizona State @ Arizona (9:00 ESPN)
- November 24
- Notre Dame @ USC
- Florida @ Florida State
- Georgia Tech @ Georgia
- Mississippi State @ Ole Miss
- Michigan @ Ohio State (11:00 AM ABC)
- Oklahoma State @ Oklahoma
- Oregon @ Oregon State
- South Carolina @ Clemson
- Virginia @ Virginia Tech
- Auburn @ Alabama
- Kentucky @ Tennessee
- Baylor vs. Texas Tech
- Idaho @ Utah State (2:00 ESPN3)
- Rice @ UTEP (6:00)
- Week Fourteen (light week)
- November 29
- Louisville @ Rutgers (6:30 PM ESPN)
- December 1
- Oklahoma State @ Baylor
- Texas @ Kansas State
- Boise State @ Nevada
- Oklahoma @ TCU
- Week Fifteen (one game, people)
- December 8
- Navy vs. Army (2:00)
Well, that does it. I hope you have printed all of these guides so you can go and set your Tivos and watch about 200 games of football or more this fall.
It's almost time for kickoff.
August 15, 2012
Games of Interest Weeks 6-10 (picked pre-season)
Here comes the second installment in my pre-season games to watch selections...all times once again Central.
- Week Six
- October 4
- USC @ Utah (8:00 ESPN)
- October 5
- Pitt @ Syracuse (6:00 ESPN)
- October 6
- Navy @ Air Force (10:30 AM CBS)
- Arkansas @ Auburn
- LSU @ Florida
- Kansas @ Kansas State
- Georgia @ South Carolina
- Week Seven
- October 11
- Western Kentucky @ Troy (6:30 ESPNU)
- Arizona State @ Colorado (8:00 ESPN)
- October 13
- South Carolina @ LSU
- TCU @ Baylor
- Texas vs. Oklahoma (ABC)
- Louisville @ Pittsburgh
- Syracuse @ Rutgers
- West Virginia @ Texas Tech
- Week Eight
- October 18
- Houston @ SMU (7:00)
- Oregon @ Arizona State (8:00 ESPN)
- October 19
- UConn @ Syracuse (7:00 ESPN)
- October 20
- Stanford @ California
- South Carolina @ Florida
- Michigan State @ Michigan
- Baylor @ Texas
- Texas Tech @ TCU
- Alabama @ Tennessee
- New Mexico State @ Utah State (2:00)
- October 23
- Arkansas State @ Louisiana-Lafayette
- Week Nine
- October 25
- Clemson @ Wake Forest (6:30 ESPN)
- October 26
- Cincinatti @ Louisville (7:00 ESPN2)
- Nevada @ Air Force (7:00)
- October 27
- USC @ Arizona
- Baylor @ Iowa State
- TCU @ Oklahoma State
- NC State @ North Carolina
- Mississippi State @ Alabama
- Texas @ Kansas
- Texas Tech @ Kansas State
- Ole Miss @ Arkansas (2:30)
- Florida vs. Georgia (2:30 CBS College Sports)
- Michigan State @ Wisconsin (2:30 ABC)
- Boise State @ Wyoming (2:30)
- Hawaii @ Colorado State (6:00)
- Michigan @ Nebraska (7:00)
- Week Ten
- November 1
- Virginia Tech @ Miami (6:30 ESPN)
- November 2
- Washington @ California (8:00 ESPN)
- November 3
- Oregon @ USC
- Houston @ East Carolina
- Kansas @ Baylor
- TCU @ West Virginia
- Air Force @ Army
- Oklahoma State @ Kansas State
- Texas @ Texas Tech
- Alabama @ LSU (7:00 CBS College Sports)
There you have it. As I've gone through here, I've also noticed some opportunities to pick a "game of the week" or something like that, so maybe I will do that and even compare with what ESPN picks on their weekly podcast, I dunno.
Only 5 more weeks to go - did I miss your favorite game yet?
August 14, 2012
Aquarium Update
Armed with a 15% off coupon for plants during the month of August, I decided to do a little "gardening" in the aquarium, adding some live and artificial plants to complement those that I already had. The two tufts of purple onion grass and the big plant on the left are artificial. The giant Amazon sword in the back is real. The other plants (large bamboo on the right, small sword in the front, and anubias) were already there. The goal was to create more "rooms" or compartments in the aquarium so as to break up some of the line of sight between the fish - gives them a few more private quarters to retire to.
Oh, and not sure if you can see that they've already uprooted one of the purple onion grasses. Will have to try to fix that this evening a little more permanently. Kinda creepy how the flash made all their eyes stand out like that. Zombie fish.
Oh, and not sure if you can see that they've already uprooted one of the purple onion grasses. Will have to try to fix that this evening a little more permanently. Kinda creepy how the flash made all their eyes stand out like that. Zombie fish.
August 13, 2012
Games of Interest Weeks 1-5 (picked pre-season)
As we inch closer to football season, I am scouring the schedule to find games that are of interest to me in various weekends (which means you'll see lots of Baylor on the list). Anyway, no telling if I will still find these games interesting the week they are actually on, but it's a start towards picking a "game of the week" or something. All times Central where noted.
- Week One
- August 30
- South Carolina @ Vanderbilt (6:00 ESPN)
- August 31
- Tennessee @ NC State (6:30 ESPNU)
- September 1
- Notre Dame vs. Navy (8:00 AM)
- Troy @ UAB (11:00 AM)
- Nevada @ California (2:00)
- Colorado State vs. Colorado (4:00)
- Clemson vs. Auburn (6:00 ESPN)
- Michigan vs. Alabama (7:00 ABC)
- September 2
- SMU @ Baylor (5:30)
- September 3
- Georgia Tech @ Virginia Tech (7:00 ESPN)
- Week Two
- September 6
- Pitt @ Cincinatti (7:00 ESPN)
- September 7
- Utah @ Utah State (7:00 ESPN2)
- September 8
- NC State @ UConn (11:00 ESPN3)
- Auburn @ Miss. St (11:00 ESPN/ESPN3D)
- UNC @ Wake Forest (2:00 ESPN3)
- Florida @ Texas A&M (2:30 ESPN)
- Iowa State @ Iowa (2:30 Big 10)
- Washington @ LSU (6:00 ESPN)
- Arkansas @ La. Monroe (6:00 ESPNU)
- Oklahoma State @ Arizona (9:30)
- Week Three
- September 13
- Rutgers @ South Florida (6:30 ESPN)
- September 15
- Va. Tech @ Pittsburgh (11:00)
- Sam Houston State @ Baylor
- TCU @ Kansas (11:00)
- Alabama @ Arkansas (2:30 CBS College Sports)
- FIU @ UCF (3:00)
- Notre Dame @ Michigan State (7:00 ABC)
- Texas @ Ole Miss (8:15 ESPN)
- BYU @ Utah (9:00 ESPN2)
- Week Four
- September 20
- BYU @ Boise State (8:00 ESPN)
- September 21
- Baylor @ La. Monroe (7:00 ESPN)
- September 22
- LSU @ Auburn
- California @ USC
- Kansas State @ Oklahoma
- Virginia @ TCU
- Troy @ North Texas (6:00 ESPN3)
- Michigan @ Notre Dame (6:30)
- Nevada @ Hawaii (9:30)
- Week Five
- September 27
- Stanford @ Washington (8:00 ESPN)
- September 28
- Hawaii @ BYU (7:00 ESPN)
- September 29
- Texas Tech @ Iowa State
- Texas @ Oklahoma State
- Arkansas @ Texas A&M
- Baylor @ WVU
- Ole Miss @ Alabama
- Wisconsin @ Nebraska (7:00 ABC)
And that takes us through the end of September. I'll keep scanning and update with any TV listings I find as well as times for the TBD games (maybe), and I'll be working on week 6-10 shortly.
Did I miss any "must see" games in your opinion? Let me know.
Cheers!
August 10, 2012
In the Land of Looney Tunes
So I've thought about this often, but I don't think I've ever written a post about it, so here it goes: I live in a Looney Tunes cartoon.
OK, not really.
But I have noticed a substantial number of animals (wild or not) in my general area that match up with a large percentage of Looney Tunes characters. Somehow growing up, I don't think I would have ever really thought of Texas as a locale for most of them, but I guess if Bugs Bunny missed his turn at Albuquerque, then maybe here he is.
So here's a fun rundown of animals that I have seen (live or squashed) within, say, a 3-mile radius of my house, as designated by their Looney Tune character names (and the animal I've actually seen to call it a "win").
OK, not really.
But I have noticed a substantial number of animals (wild or not) in my general area that match up with a large percentage of Looney Tunes characters. Somehow growing up, I don't think I would have ever really thought of Texas as a locale for most of them, but I guess if Bugs Bunny missed his turn at Albuquerque, then maybe here he is.
So here's a fun rundown of animals that I have seen (live or squashed) within, say, a 3-mile radius of my house, as designated by their Looney Tune character names (and the animal I've actually seen to call it a "win").
- Bugs Bunny (rabbit)
- Beaky Buzzard (could be a buzzard, but I'm going with vulture on this one)
- Cecil Turtle (turtle)
- Daffy Duck (duck)
- Elmer Fudd (yeah, I'm sure there are a couple of them around)
- Foghorn Leghorn (chicken/rooster)
- Speedy Gonzales (desert type kangaroo mouse)
- Granny (I've seen her too, I am certain)
- Henery Hawk (Red Tailed Hawk)
- Hector the Bulldog (Bulldog)
- Pepé Le Pew (skunk)
- Slowpoke Rodriguez (other type of mouse)
- Spike the Bulldog (double counting bulldog because someone in the neighborhood walks a pair of them frequently)
- Chester the Terrier (Spike's friend, a terrier, on the cartoons. A small terrier in real life)
- The Stork (OK, no way have I seen a stork around. But I have seen several egrets and cranes)
- Sylvester (black cat)
- Toro the Bull (Bull with intact horns - there's a longhorn just down the street)
- Wile E. Coyote (coyote)
- Road Runner (road runner)
- Yosemite Sam (Yes, that guy lives here)
I'm sure there are more - I just browsed the list of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters from Wikipedia to make my checklist above - would be interested to see if they have canaries at the pet shop around the corner so I could mark Tweety off the list.
How many cartoon characters hang out around your house?
August 8, 2012
Olympic Fever
OK, so I haven't really been watching the Olympics all that much. There's a reason for that. I've been doing other things.
However, I have (on three occasions) let myself get sucked into a multi-hour Olympics-watching festival, chanting "USA, USA" every time we qualify for a medal round or win some hardware. I couldn't really find myself that into sculls when it was on during our anniversary outing, but I have been sucked into Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings' run at women's beach volleyball, and the track and field events sprinkled in between.
What I have found myself annoyed by, primarily, is the commentary and production of the Olympics for U.S. television. Thanks, NBC.
While I can overlook the delays to prime time to attract more viewers (I mean, I wouldn't be watching in the middle of the day, so I get it), the delay should add flexibility to the production schedule, but apparently it doesn't.
Let's contrast some things:
However, I have (on three occasions) let myself get sucked into a multi-hour Olympics-watching festival, chanting "USA, USA" every time we qualify for a medal round or win some hardware. I couldn't really find myself that into sculls when it was on during our anniversary outing, but I have been sucked into Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings' run at women's beach volleyball, and the track and field events sprinkled in between.
What I have found myself annoyed by, primarily, is the commentary and production of the Olympics for U.S. television. Thanks, NBC.
While I can overlook the delays to prime time to attract more viewers (I mean, I wouldn't be watching in the middle of the day, so I get it), the delay should add flexibility to the production schedule, but apparently it doesn't.
Let's contrast some things:
- Good Production: Consolidating a men's high jump heat into back-to-back jumps, showing the entire heat in under a minute.
- Bad Production: Cutting to commercial in the middle of a volleyball game only to return with the score changed by 5 or more points.
- Good Production: Showing entire races during track and field events
- Bad Production: Showing dead-time in between events when there are other events with action being cut out.
- Bad Production: Pretty much half of what Bob Costas says.
- Bad Production: Comments made during the intro parade that some countries (like the one currently on your screen) are just fodder for the others to beat.
- Bad Production: incessant talking over the entire opening ceremonies (because we are too dumb to figure it out).
- Bad Production: cutting to commercial during the (delayed) opening ceremonies and returning with chunks missing (Sex Pistols anyone?)
Anyway, the opening ceremonies were the worst of it, and someone probably should never be involved in a live event (on delay) again for the way that was handled (go produce reality TV on a B-tier cable network), but the problems have persisted even into the coverage. It's too bad, really.
The delay I can live with (though the first couple of times I "spoilered" myself by using Wikipedia to look up an athlete only to see what medal they won in the event I was currently watching made me smack my forehead). I should know Wikipedia and our other internet friends will be far faster than delay reel to US television. My bad.
The inane talking head business, though? That I could do without. And the "good stuff" on the cutting room floor? That's inexcusable.
Still a few days left, NBC. Fix it.
Oh, and I'm probably not watching anymore anyway. Unless I get sucked in again.
August 4, 2012
Predicting the Future from the Past
OK, so there is no real science to this, or there is, depending how you look at it. Basically, here's what I've done: Using my calculations, etc. from my fancy college football numbers algorithms (should I have been a baseball fan if I am interested this much in the stats? I guess if baseball wasn't so boring), I ran through the week 1 schedule of the 2012 football season and predicted the outcomes of the games using the 2011 season as seed data (this makes this completely unreliable, FYI, but this is provided for entertainment purposes only).
So, here's how you read this lovely chart below. First I have them ranked by my "confidence factor" and I have the Away team and score versus the Home team and score. In some of these games, it's a neutral site game and I just used whichever one was listed last in my input schedule file as the home team. Then I've given a "confidence" on how much the model thinks you should trust the result (win/loss) - for my internal notes, that means Extremely High - factor of 2+, High - factor of 1-2, Good - factor of 0.75-1, Medium - factor of 0.6-0.75, and Low (coin flip) 0.5-0.6. I've also formatted so that the winner is bold, to make it easier to read.
The scores really should just show spread capabilities and are not meant to represent ACTUAL predictions of scores. Though it would be interesting to see how that plays out (I've run against some actuals from 2011 and it was OK in some instances, not in others. Will be interesting to see how confidence metric versus score actuals plays out. Perhaps after Week 1, I'll revisit these predictions to see if it is anywhere close.
edit: Realized this was backwards with Home & Away - and then couldn't really swap the columns, so for now you get it backwards (but now labelled correctly). Will work to fix in future predictions.
So, here's how you read this lovely chart below. First I have them ranked by my "confidence factor" and I have the Away team and score versus the Home team and score. In some of these games, it's a neutral site game and I just used whichever one was listed last in my input schedule file as the home team. Then I've given a "confidence" on how much the model thinks you should trust the result (win/loss) - for my internal notes, that means Extremely High - factor of 2+, High - factor of 1-2, Good - factor of 0.75-1, Medium - factor of 0.6-0.75, and Low (coin flip) 0.5-0.6. I've also formatted so that the winner is bold, to make it easier to read.
The scores really should just show spread capabilities and are not meant to represent ACTUAL predictions of scores. Though it would be interesting to see how that plays out (I've run against some actuals from 2011 and it was OK in some instances, not in others. Will be interesting to see how confidence metric versus score actuals plays out. Perhaps after Week 1, I'll revisit these predictions to see if it is anywhere close.
edit: Realized this was backwards with Home & Away - and then couldn't really swap the columns, so for now you get it backwards (but now labelled correctly). Will work to fix in future predictions.
Prediction Rank | Home Team | Home Score | Away Team | Away Score | Confidence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Utah | 30 | Northern Colo. | 21 | Extremely High |
2 | Oklahoma St. | 39 | Savannah St. | 17 | Extremely High |
3 | Indiana | 23 | Indiana St. | 36 | Extremely High |
4 | Akron | 10 | UCF | 37 | Extremely High |
5 | Tulane | 20 | Rutgers | 31 | Extremely High |
6 | New Mexico | 15 | Southern U. | 34 | Extremely High |
7 | Fla. Atlantic | 18 | Wagner | 31 | Extremely High |
8 | Kansas St. | 38 | Missouri St. | 24 | Extremely High |
9 | Mississippi | 21 | Central Ark. | 33 | Extremely High |
10 | Temple | 30 | Villanova | 15 | High |
11 | Middle Tenn. | 22 | McNeese St. | 30 | High |
12 | Idaho | 24 | Eastern Wash. | 33 | High |
13 | Air Force | 36 | Idaho St. | 27 | High |
14 | Oregon St. | 28 | Nicholls St. | 26 | High |
15 | Kansas | 24 | South Dakota St. | 38 | High |
16 | Maryland | 23 | William & Mary | 31 | High |
17 | Memphis | 22 | Tenn.-Martin | 37 | High |
18 | Duke | 21 | FIU | 31 | High |
19 | BYU | 28 | Washington St. | 27 | High |
20 | LSU | 29 | North Texas | 21 | High |
21 | Arizona | 35 | Toledo | 45 | High |
22 | Stanford | 34 | San Jose St. | 23 | High |
23 | La.-Lafayette | 39 | Lamar | 26 | Good |
24 | Houston | 38 | Texas St. | 26 | Good |
25 | UTEP | 23 | Oklahoma | 35 | Good |
26 | Vanderbilt | 15 | South Carolina | 26 | Good |
27 | Southern California | 30 | Hawaii | 29 | Good |
28 | Kent St. | 19 | Towson | 34 | Good |
29 | Mississippi St. | 22 | Jackson St. | 33 | Good |
30 | UNLV | 19 | Minnesota | 33 | Good |
31 | Boston College | 17 | Miami (FL) | 25 | Good |
32 | Fresno St. | 33 | Weber St. | 34 | Medium |
33 | Navy | 23 | Notre Dame | 30 | Medium |
34 | Wake Forest | 24 | Liberty | 35 | Medium |
35 | Iowa St. | 26 | Tulsa | 34 | Medium |
36 | Florida | 23 | Bowling Green | 23 | Medium |
37 | Louisville | 24 | Kentucky | 21 | Medium |
38 | Rice | 22 | UCLA | 36 | Medium |
39 | Virginia Tech | 26 | Georgia Tech | 25 | Medium |
40 | Nebraska | 21 | Southern Miss. | 31 | Medium |
41 | North Carolina | 29 | Elon | 23 | Low (Coin Flip) |
42 | Pittsburgh | 22 | Youngstown St. | 36 | Low (Coin Flip) |
43 | Michigan St. | 20 | Boise St. | 30 | Low (Coin Flip) |
44 | Auburn | 20 | Clemson | 38 | Low (Coin Flip) |
45 | Washington | 27 | San Diego St. | 36 | Low (Coin Flip) |
46 | Oregon | 31 | Arkansas St. | 30 | Low (Coin Flip) |
47 | Syracuse | 23 | Northwestern | 29 | Low (Coin Flip) |
48 | Alabama | 26 | Michigan | 24 | Low (Coin Flip) |
49 | Connecticut | 25 | Massachusetts | 28 | Low (Coin Flip) |
50 | Central Mich. | 25 | Southeast Mo. St. | 29 | Low (Coin Flip) |
51 | South Fla. | 20 | Chattanooga | 27 | Low (Coin Flip) |
52 | Florida St. | 32 | Murray St. | 30 | Low (Coin Flip) |
53 | Purdue | 21 | Eastern Ky. | 30 | Low (Coin Flip) |
54 | Colorado | 25 | Colorado St. | 30 | Low (Coin Flip) |
55 | Penn St. | 17 | Ohio | 24 | Low (Coin Flip) |
56 | Utah St. | 24 | Southern Utah | 33 | Low (Coin Flip) |
57 | UAB | 25 | Troy | 32 | Low (Coin Flip) |
58 | California | 22 | Nevada | 38 | Low (Coin Flip) |
59 | Texas | 26 | Wyoming | 27 | Low (Coin Flip) |
60 | Ball St. | 22 | Eastern Mich. | 34 | Low (Coin Flip) |
61 | Illinois | 19 | Western Mich. | 34 | Low (Coin Flip) |
August 2, 2012
August 1, 2012
Open Letter to Drivers (myself included)
Excerpt from actual police crash report - I am shown as "Unit 2" |
But it made me think about driving a little bit and how horrible most people (myself included) are at driving. So since then (while cruising in my sweet rental car), I've been observing stupid things that drivers do (every single day) and so I'm asking, for your sake and mine (and our insurance premiums), don't do these things:
- Think you are a good driver -Let's be honest, you aren't. Or at least the percentages are against you based on the number of people I see doing all these dumb things.
- Use your cell phone for things other than talking - texting, getting maps, or dialing numbers manually to make a call all take your eyes off the road. And most of you (and occasionally me), think that you are watching the road the whole five miles I drove next to you watching you stare at your phone.
- Follow too closely - This causes all sorts of excessive braking, and at least one rear-impact collision that I pass on my way to work per week
- Drive too fast - OK, I'm not going to say you have to go "grandma-style" under the speed limit, but on the tollways, I occasionally see people (and I'm especially talking to you, guy-doing-handstands-on-your-crotch-rocket-motorcycle) driving close to 100 and doing really dumb weaving in and out of traffic.
- Drive too slowly - particularly in the left lane.
- Ignore where you are going - Changing lanes? Might want to check the mirrors and blind spot and use your blinker. Backing up? How about you look over your shoulder like they taught you in driver's ed?
- Try to avoid traffic - TONS of traffic problems that I see are from jerks that are trying to zip up and around all the slow traffic and then merge in at the last possible second - causing, guess what, slow traffic.
- Think you are more important than other drivers - Let's face it. This is the crux of it all. Most of the impatience and crazy driving I see is because you, the bad driver, think that you are more important than the other people on the road, and therefore are entitled to get there faster, with less hassle. You think that you don't deserve the traffic around you and that you are so important that you must get to your (insert here: job, proctology exam, IRS audit, Kenny Chesney concert) quicker than the rest of us, so you do stupid things to get there faster, and you get irritated when your stupid things (or the stupid things that others do) slow you down. Say it with me: you are not that important. And where you are going is most likely not going to be enjoyable anyway. And if you are that late, perhaps it is your fault, procrastinator. Leave earlier next time. Priorities.
Anyway, bad drivers of the world, this is just a starting point. I am sure there are a hundred other stupid things you (and I) do that are stupid, dangerous, and contribute to the overall bad driving and heavy traffic on the planet. Just stop it. Give a little room for the car in front of you. Leave yourself enough room to stop so the bad driver behind you doesn't slam into you when you have to stop suddenly. Watch the road, not your ongoing game of Angry Birds or Words with Friends where you finally got to play "quinoa" on a triple letter score against your cousin.
Just be better. And I hope, as a result, you never get listed in an actual police crash report as "Unit 1" or "Unit 2" or "Unit whatever." Even if it's the OTHER bad driver's fault.
Cheers!
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