Monthly Archives: May 2005

Humor

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I decided that I need more humor on the ol’ Realm of the Wombat. I mean, I’m now the #1 hit in google for the search realm of the wombat (without quotes at least). Ok here goes.

So Odie and I were driving into SF a couple weeks ago, and we’re turning onto Mission from 9th, and I look across the street and I see a local convenience store. I see the name, channel the bumbling cartoon superhero in me and yell, “Go Go Corner Market!”

Did anyone pick up on the Inspector Gadget reference? I would say that you had to be there, but Odie didn’t think it was funny. In fact, he found it more funny that I thought it was funny. The name of the store is “Go Go Corner Market.” I think that screams Inspector Gadget. That’s what passes for humor in my head these days.

Dodge Ram (Downtown Berkeley)

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Yet another solid pickup from last Sunday, five total. I pretty much stopped traffic to get the driver side shot. I just noticed that the roof is white, which means that the owner painted it blue for the sea backdrop. I assumed that the vehicle was originally blue. This could actually be a work in progress with all of that empty space, although the simplicity is pretty cool.

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Volvo 1800 (South Berkeley)

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Melissa spotted this Volvo on the way home from church the other day. You’ve got your standard hippie-type art on the hood, a fan favorite.

Beaudry and I were speculating on how many Berkeley cars are out there. It seems like there are more than I expected. This is number 42, I have a couple in the queue, and there are still some that I’ve seen but wasn’t able to capture on film. Also, it seems that any time I drive around for a little while in Berkeley, I see multiple new specimen. Could there be more than 100 in the East Bay? Odie says that there are even more in SF. Wow.

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Weezer – Make Believe

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[Weezer - Make Believe] After the first listening I wasn’t too thrilled with this album, but it’s been growing on me over the last week. “Beverly Hills” is one of those songs that I like at the moment, but I’m afraid that between the radio and it’s placement as the first track I’m going to hear it so many times I’ll be sick of it. “Perfect Situation” opens with a Green Album-esque intro and morphs into an outstanding track. “We Are All on Drugs” rocks as well.

The reviews have been mixed on Make Believe. This is a general problem when artists set the bar for themselves at the spectacular level. Then when their next piece is merely pretty damn good, people complain. There’s only going to be one Blue Album, and there’s only going to be one Pinkerton.

Happy, Happy, Happy

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[Happy, Happy]
Now here’s some vintage Berkeley. This guy stands on his table at the entrance to Sproul Plaza and yells “Happy, happy, happy!” at students all day. He used to do this every day, and he had some other sayings like “Not one penny!” or “People are dying because of the war!” Then he disappeared some time in 2002 and now only shows up sporadically, so it’s sort of a treat when we see him. One time he was in front of me in line at Albertson’s with his signs and everything. I guess even protesters have to stock their kitchens.

Sagacity

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We were at the College of Chemistry commencement last night, and one of the student speakers used the word “sagacity.” It was clearly a suggestion from the Microsoft Word thesaurus. Anyway, I thought I should look it up, although Odie knew the definition.

noun
The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.