June 17, 2014 at 10:45PM

Okay @dmc_ryan, here's the DeLorean photos I promised: http://ift.tt/U8XUPF” too much awesome!!

— Douglas @JeepCruzer (@JeepCruzer) June 18, 2014

via Twitter http://ift.tt/16WSGs8

2013 Project 365 - Day 244

Day 259 - Project 366

They call me... MISTER Stig

If you don't know who The Stig is, I'm not sure you know me as well as you think you do.  But not knowing The Stig makes it almost impossible to explain why this recent gift makes me so giddy.

I'll include some links in this post, but the short answer is that The Stig is a character created for BBC television's  Top Gear.  He is a professional driver who races all the reviewed vehicles.  The Stig's costume, a nomex racing suit and helmet, naturally obscures his identity which has been the source of endless speculation and series features about who - or what - The Stig is.  


Since The Stig can be anyone, there is no reason The Stig could not be me.  Therefore I ask that you kindly refer to me as Mister Stig.  (You get brownie points if you catch the famous movie reference.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stig
https://www.facebook.com/TheStig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCvdTXrXsBc

Day 152 - Project 366

RT @388fw: @MakeAWish kids become #F16 fighter pilots for the day @TeamHill_UT http://t.co/TxgHewVh
11:42 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
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@DMC_Ryan Is there a pool where I can bet on what your next project will be?
11:09 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
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Emma's "Hermione" costume: literaly completed overnight by Hannah (with help from Heather.) http://t.co/7IilFcQw
12:26 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
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Disney's Theatrical Production "Newsies" goes from a brief 3 week run to Eight Tony® nominations. http://t.co/06HmZjBN
11:46 AM May 25th via bitly
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Any of my Hoosier brethren and sisters getting geared up for the 500?
10:44 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
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Such a jam packed weekend! Memorial Day, Air Show, Indy 500, Charlotte Showdown, and I'm getting out of town. Shame somethings gotta give.
10:43 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
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It's clear a travel holiday is approaching. Gas jumped 9¢/gal at every pump in my town within a few days. >:-(
12:37 AM May 25th via TweetDeck

How is it that I don't hear @TheRealNimoy doing more voice work? I love to listen to his dialogue.
9:39 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
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I can't drive on the sidewalk. Why do you jog in the road?
7:26 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
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RT @CleonTFulton: Problem w/Palin calling @OrrinHatch 'Mr. Balanced Budget' is that in his 35+ yrs in DC, the budget has only been balan ...
2:21 PM May 24th via TweetDeck

Uh oh. Did Carroll Shelby die? I noticed he's trending.
2:14 PM May 11th via TweetDeck
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Wow! I've spent 11 hours and 39 minutes of my life sending tweets. What about you? Find out at http://t.co/lK8Gfq7M
8:18 AM May 11th via TimeTweeting

Day 125 - Project 366

That'll ruin your day. >:-( http://t.co/nTg8Lzac
6:42 PM April 21st via TweetDeck

Day 96 - Project 366

Day 82 - Project 366

Doug Ingram - Google+ - The song in my head. http://t.co/WfZUw95b
11:46 AM March 8th via bitly
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Totally worth it. Besides, that song has morphed into Depeche Mode: http://t.co/MtqBvjYM @cuteculturechic
9:48 AM March 8th via TweetDeck
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RT @zpower: this editorial makes me ill — tesla has done virtually nothing of practical value, apart from spend taxpayer money. http://t ...
9:41 AM March 8th via TweetDeck
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Guess what Apple owners? A software update can't put a new radio in ur iPhone. Ur still getting the same data speeds. http://t.co/shSHGHLb
9:41 AM March 8th via TweetDeck
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RT @jkrums: Square rolls out sleek new design for credit card readers in NYC taxi cabs http://t.co/VaoFWzb7
9:30 AM March 8th via TweetDeck
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Now I'll have the Ramones in my head all day! http://t.co/7FDLHbQd RT @cuteculturechic Waiting to be sedated... http://t.co/QSHyuboK
9:28 AM March 8th via TweetDeck
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RT @elizabethgray1: As a woman, I'm disgusted by Limbaugh's remark. But I'm disgusted by what Bill Mahr said about Palin, too. Return Ma ...
5:52 AM March 8th via TweetDeck

Day 67 - Project 366

That's what happens when U can't afford gas to drive. RT @UtahGov Traffic fatalities in Utah R the lowest in 37 years? http://t.co/3geQ6luJ
12:00 PM March 1st via TweetDeck
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Nothing suspicious about that. [Sarcasm] RT @eEditor RIP Andrew. RT @Drudge_Report: BREITBART DIES AT 43 http://t.co/qY8dFjD5
11:21 AM March 1st via TweetDeck
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RT @zpower: really, the only player that isn't doing its job is the FCC. the carriers' only job is to maximize shareholder ROI.
11:16 AM March 1st via TweetDeck
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That's my Birthday! Sweet. Don't delay me Irrational. RT @OXM The wait for the next BioShock is no longer as... infinite. October 16, 2012!
7:04 AM March 1st via TweetDeck
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RT @eEditor: Show me a man that buys a single Little Caesar's pizza for his family's dinner & I'll show you a man who's "family" is a cat.
6:58 AM March 1st via TweetDeck

This is excellent. @zpower asks some great Q's RT @verge The Verge Interview: Marty Cooper, father of the cellphone http://t.co/k0ooiPYc
5:58 PM February 20th via TweetDeck
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Absolutely. Regardless of your station in life, everyine should own a minivan. RT @youtah Should I buy a minivan?
5:22 PM February 20th via TweetDeck
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Every set of bad parents in the county is here today. Geeze. (@ Cafe Rio Mexican Grill) http://t.co/kx1BZTyT
1:02 PM February 20th via foursquare

The guys at Parts Plus are the best. Great prices, friendly know-how, what a deal. (@ Parts Plus) http://t.co/yVM3CNpR
2:08 PM February 4th via foursquare

Jeepcruzer

Why didn't I see @BenBHorsley on my ballot yesterday?
12:17 PM September 14th via TweetDeck
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@centervilleut City Council Top 3:
Lawrence Wright 599 18.00%
John T Higginson 552 16.59%
Kay R Ashton 499 15.00%
http://t.co/NqYZbRL
12:15 PM September 14th via TweetDeck
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13.7% of @centervilleut 's 9,092 registered voters decided the final election line up. The biggest turnout of any city in the county.
12:10 PM September 14th via TweetDeck
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Correction, thats Left Pattern traffic on RWY 34 to be precise.
8:06 AM September 14th via TweetDeck
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Just watched a 172 fly LP traffic at BTF. His downind leg was right through bravo airspace. #charts #afd 's #usethem
8:05 AM September 14th via TweetDeck
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RT @zpower: still not comfortable that ducati and mercedes benz are working together. strange bedfellows. http://t.co/GyvixAM
6:53 AM September 14th via TweetDeck

Conversations With Emma

Emma and I are listening to a song while driving in the Expedition.
Song Lyrics: ...Talk is cheap...
Emma: Dad! Talk is cheap!
Me: Yes, yes it is [chuckle.]
Emma: You should buy some talk dad cause it's cheap.
Me: I should huh? [More chuckles.]
Emma: Cause you're cheap too - right dad?
Me: Um, yes. Thanks Emma.
Emma: You're welcome daddy.

The Utah Wedge - or - Deconstructing Doug's Random Things

Because many have inquired, I have elected to expound on the 17th item of my post "25 Random Things About Doug." Number 17 states:

Doug hates the "Utah Wedge" (and that's not a hair style.)

The "Utah Wedge" is a motoring phenomenon which is actually not exclusive to Utah at all, but seems to be more prolific here, thus the moniker. The Wedge occurs on multi-lane highways when a driver occupies the outside lane and is then passed by another car. The passer does not then return to the outside lane ahead of the original driver, but also does not continue to accelerate. This results in the passing vehicle essentially driving "in formation" with the original driver where the rear bumper of the passer is inline with the front bumper of the car in the outside lane.

This process repeats it's self for the max number of lanes and soon, you have several cars passing each other in sequence but never accelerating beyond the car to their right and thus creating a "wedge" which prevents anyone else from passing in any lane and bogging down traffic.

This phenomenon can occur in mirror sequence (starting at the inside lane) and can also cascade symmetrically from the center lane.

The Utah Wedge is not to be confused with the "Utah Claw" which is a hair style prevalently popular among young women in the 90's that seemingly remained popular in Utah far longer than anywhere else. The dominant feature of this hairstyle were the bangs - curled upward and outward from the forehead, sometimes in grand flourish with a diameter of several inches. At it's peak of popularity it seemed the larger the diameter of this curl, the better. Because the bangs curled around and met the forehead at their point, the term "claw" was coined. Due to the prolonged popularity of the style in this region, it became known, mostly to outsiders, as the Utah Claw.

P.S. If I were to give the term "Utah Wedge" to a hairdo, I would assign it to the currently popular style where a woman allows her bangs to fall naturally to each side of her face, not longer than her shoulders, and then trims the hair lengths in sequentially shorter strands toward the back of the neck. This style appears to me, when observed from the side, to create a wedge. I find this style, IMHO, to be largely unflattering on the majority of women and I look forward to the day when it is no longer in vogue.