Those car commercials

You know those car commercials that show a car swerving around bunch of giant pipes falling off the back of a truck? I hate those. I see them, and I think to myself, "self, this is ridiculous. Things like that don't happen in the real world."

So.

I'm driving to work yesterday morning (through Iowa) and I see this flatbed 18-wheeler pulled over, two police cars parked in front of it. It's got them giant pipes on the back. And I'm like, "oh, so he was probably speeding or whatever." Not another hundred or so yards down the highway behind him (I was going in the opposite direction) I see some of the giant pipes strewn in the median. Right where the pipes are the road curved, so I imagine he took the curve, the load shifted, and bam, pipes all over.

I would not recommend passing a truck laden in such a way on curves. Just a little heads up, alright?

And just for the record, I really, really, really, really hate that capital one commercial with Santa designing his card. First of all, I just hate capital one. Second of all, this bloated gas bag as 364 (or sometimes 365) days a year to design his stupid card. Why would he pick the one day when he actually has to do real work?

Breakdown

Not sure what possessed me to do this, but the flat screen is, indeed, on its way. I still managed to keep some frugality at the forefront -- it's refurbished, and I bought it online ... so while I paid shipping, there wasn't any tax. Oddly, it's going to show up right in time for Bowl season and college basketball games. ... so yes, we got cable, too. Hey, ok? It's a long, cold winter here. You have no idea.