- As I mentioned last week, tonight’s a great chance to see li’l ol me in action, closing the Darryl Hall and John Oates Mumbo Jumbo Hour at 8 and opening The Next Big Broadway Musical at 10.
- When suffering computer problems, whine about them on the internet. That’s where computer users seem to hang out these days. Big thanks to Thad and to Alex Hoffman for helping me through those dark times.
- When first getting on a Segway scooter, please pay attention to the instruction manual, which reads, “If you try your first ride without a spotter, you are at greater risk of injury and you probably won’t enjoy the experience as much.” Even if you’re the President.
Fanny Roborat
14 comments
Murray
June 14, 2003 at 9:31 am
1The Segway requires balance. Is there anyone who leans more to the right than W?
ghani
June 14, 2003 at 10:39 am
2Oh there are plenty of people leaning further to the right than the ‘President’. They just don’t try to take a ride on the Segway because they know they’ll fall over or they can’t even get on.
tim
June 14, 2003 at 11:37 am
3Where’s Chevy Chase when you really need him?
Anne
June 14, 2003 at 6:31 pm
4Ooooh. I just knew it. Felber’s got a Segway. Humph.
Bet all the gang at “Wait, Wait” roam the hallowed halls of various NPR stations with ‘em.
sly
June 14, 2003 at 10:07 pm
5I’m surprised he’d use one. I picture him standing over it, puzzled, saying “It takes no gas at all?”
Catherine
June 15, 2003 at 5:49 am
6I noticed that the instructions also recommend a helmet. Preventing brain injury is a good thing. Oh wait, it’s Dubya. Never mind.
Jason
June 15, 2003 at 9:11 pm
7funny those things aren’t realy supposed to topple over…. he must have been really leaning to the right
Dave
June 16, 2003 at 12:50 am
8Should we be surprised shrub would crash a Segway? This is the guy who couldn’t operate a pretzel…
I wonder if he was given a sobriety test after that bit of reckless driving?
Landis
June 16, 2003 at 10:01 am
9Someone around my little town was cruising on a Segway and let others give it a try. After seeing a couple people on it, it became quite obvious how it works and it was incredibly easy. Then I looked at the image sequence of Bush trying to get on it. He had it leaning so far back when he stepped on it he had no choice but to flip over.
I guess that’s what happens when you pay no attention to anyone else and just think you can do it without help or even paying attention to other’s experience. Sounds like our foreign policy now that I mention it…
Chicory
June 16, 2003 at 11:25 am
10Are y’all implying that our Prez is unbalanced?
Shrub? (activate evil laugh mode)
t.a.
June 16, 2003 at 2:10 pm
11this is the guy who landed a jet on an aircraft carrier? o yea.
Rana
June 16, 2003 at 3:52 pm
12First the pretzel, then the Segway. Dang, we’s got to get ourselves some more competent assassins!
Thad
June 17, 2003 at 4:00 am
13Dang, we’s got to get ourselves some more competent assassins!
Okay, who hired Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme for this job? C’mon, now, fess up.
[ATTENTION INS/DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY MONITORS: JOKING! JOKING, JOKING, JOKING! PLEASE don’t deport my ass back to Canada. It’s cold up there. So… very… cold… ]
Also, Adam, muchos gracias for the shout-out, though I’d feel better if any of that blather actually helped you solve your problem. What ultimately did the trick for you?
adam
June 17, 2003 at 4:05 pm
14The Bad News: Eventually, sadly, I had to reinstall the system software.
The Good News: Mac OS X’s “Archive and Install” option worked like a charm! All my applications, files, and preferences were saved while the system reinstalled, the whole process took less than an hour, and suddenly my computer was running perfectly with all the same settings that it had before the problem appeared.
That’s pretty cool. Even with the Macs of yesteryear, reinstalling system software effectively usually required wiping out most everything you had. So I’m pretty durn pleased.