My friend, Grace, can’t ever do anything the easy way. Not only has she gone into labor on July 4th, it seems she is having a tough time with it. They have injected her with everything, waiting for her to dilate enough to bring her latest edition into the world. The last baby was the same way. One of these days, she is going to catch a break.
Praying for a girl this time. She already has two boys. We all wish you and Chuck a safe and healthy delivery…today.
Not much going on around here today. It is business as usual for us, despite the holiday. I am feeling a little pooped and out of it, after going out with Dani and Carla last night. We went over to the Treasure Island hotel, because Carla got some VIP tickets to the thing. It was a club. Not really my scene, but it was nice to be out dancing. It was the revamped Tangerine club, if any of you have ever been there, and I will say that it has a really nice view of the Strip from the back patio area. Other than that, it was wall-to-wall people, which you all know how much I love. If it hadn’t been for the private booth, I probably would have skipped it all together. Men on the prowl, drunk people and the games really don’t interest me. We ended up being out there until 2:30 in the morning, which is really late for me. I only had a couple of drinks, and stopped before midnight, so I was the designated driver. That actually wasn’t so bad, because we took Carla’s sporty Mercedes, and the drive back to Dani’s was far. I didn’t mind zipping across town in that thing, even though I was soooo tired. Next time I go out with them, I will make sure to meet them there with my own car. After dropping them off, that was a long trek from the edge of Vegas to my house.
My daughter has crossed over to the dark side. Not only am I Satan, I’m an uncool version of Beelzebub. During the summer, this is emphasized even more, because she lacks comparative models to put me beside, like the other parents at her school. That 13th birthday is still a few months away, so I thought I had some room before she completely turned into the devil’s spawn on me, but no such luck.
Did you guys hear that Chrysler is about to roll out an option called UConnect on 20 models of Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep automobiles? This will be a wireless router installed in the vehicle that will most likely be cellular-based, although they have failed to mention who the carrier will be. Uconnect will not only allow wireless-based devices to connect to the internet in the vehicle, it will also offer Bluetooth connectivity to allow syncing phone address books to the car’s 30GB hard drive, let you control iPods from the stereo or steering wheel, and you will be able to connect to the internet from a distance of 50 feet from outside the car. A rolling Hot Spot. How cool is that?
There will more than like be a monthly fee associated with the service, and guesses are that it will be along the same price as the OnStar service. The option itself is supposed to be about $500 for the upgrade. Totally worth it. If this was an option on my car, I would definitely have taken it. I guess we will have to see what the after-market brings.
The internal hard drive does, of course, bring the security issue into play. Wireless+soccer moms+data storage+mobility could be an incident waiting to happen. I’m sure that many of you will play out various scenarios in the comments on that one. However, don’t you think we are going to be seeing much more of this in the future? Certainly, other car manufacturers will jump on the bandwagon, and before you know it, this will be a standard option. Would something like this interest you if you were buying a new car?
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