happy birthday to me

I'll have a hunka-hunka birthday cake tonight, or more specifically- PIE! I'm old, but who cares.

As far as I could tell, nothing of great interest happened on this day in 1969 other than my birth. In 1968 Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon. 1970 Elvis Presley met with President Richard M. Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss fighting drugs. Hunka-hunka creepy dudes.

better than duct tape

I was going to just post this photo to my cell phone pics gizmo, but it was to genius to be missed. I had to put the picture here. I can only assume it must be the work of a clever electrician, but I don't know for sure since it was just parked on the street downtown. Apparently, the Honda Element has a utilitarian bolt-on roof rack system- probably at least $399.99 from the dealer. This ingenious owner probably spent less than $30 for 4 junction boxes, several feet of conduit, some bolts and a few cotter pins. Good jorb.