New Car

So, Mel and I decided to get a new car. After much debate, I wanted a Mini for my commute, we decided on a Subaru Impreza. We got a white '99 that is great shape and quite fun to drive. Well, after a week, I have already crashed it. Yep, I was in my first automobile accident ever, unless you count those times when Phil was driving, or that time I drove my dad's truck through the neighbor's fence and busted open that yellowjacket nest. Anyway, It was my first collision with another vehicle at highway speeds. I was on my way to work Thursday morning and using one of the rare passing lanes on 93 when this black Audi TT passed on the right going like 87.24 mph. Since the passing lane had already ended, the Audi merged in front of the Toyota truck I was following. The Toyota had to lock up his wheels to keep from colliding with the Audi and that sucked for me. I swerved into the empty oncoming passing lane to keep from rear-ending the Toyota, which was great except for the oncoming traffic and the fact that the Toyota chased me over there and hit me anyway. The Audi started to pull over, then flipped us off and sped away. Colorado plate 070-EBB. I am fine and the new Subi did surprisingly well. A new front quarterpanel and two new passenger side doors and it will be good as new. I wonder what would have happened in a Mini?

Great American Beer Fest

This is from last weekend. It was my birthday and I wanted to go to the GABF. It was pretty darn cool. They had thousands of beers on tap and thousands of people there to enjoy them. The only drawback was the scarcity of brewers to talk to. Mostly the beer was just served by blokes that had no knowledge of the beer they were serving.