Monday, October 14, 2002

I Stand Corrected I had a recent web log entry entitled "Only in San Francisco" that dealt with an organization called DogPAC, a political action committee fighting for the rights of dog owners and their canine friends. Turns out I should have entitled it "Only in Santa Barbara" since that's where it actually originated. Thanks to a reader for bringing that to my attention. 4:37:22 PM

Canine Clampdown Irananian cleric calls for the arrest of all dogs and their owners> "I demand the judiciary arrest all dogs with long, medium or short legs - together with their long-legged owners," Hojatolislam Hassani is quoted as saying in the reformist Etemad newspaper. The bad news: The above quote wasn't culled from The Onion or other satire site. It's from the BBC. My question: what would happen to the dogs that were arrested? Some sort of doggie jail? Doggie probation? 4:24:56 PM

Distracted Driver on Board Since navigating a few tons of moving metal through heavy traffic is a difficult enough feat in and of itself, I'm always chagrined when I enounter drivers who only partially engaged with the activity of driving their car. I like the bumper sticker "Drive now. Talk later". It's directed at the legions of cell phone users behind the wheel, cell phone pressed to their ear, eyes drifting off into space, their car drifting over into your space. Now the National Highway Traffic Saftey Administration has come out with a study that states the obvious -- that the profusion of gadgets in autos is distracting drivers more than ever. Time to my BART pass. 3:27:43 PM