Comments on: Fetus Updates

By: kelley

kelley — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:41:56 +0000

Congrats, Xrlq! And, thanks. But I won’t race ya; I don’t even have a fetus yet. We’re still embryonic over here!

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:54:44 +0000

CW: nah, any officer can bind the corporation. You don’t need the whole board to sign a contract, why should they all have to ride in your car for that “person” to have a presence there?

JB: thanks for the suggestions, but Wolfgang definitely won’t work, as Xrlq 2.0′s (real) middle name is Wolf.

By: Joe Bodag

Joe Bodag — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:21:32 +0000

For migrains Advil Migrain always takes away the pain for me. If I take it when my eyes start to bug out I don’t feel any pain at all, just some pressure in the head. And I can keep working/playing.

For names you can use the two I wanted for my kids (but, of course my wife wouldn’t let me!) Boy= Wolfgang Clyde; Girl= Chalawanda

By: See-Dubya

See-Dubya — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:04:26 +0000

Wouldn’t you need the whole board of directors in there with you? Unless, as friends of mine have done, you are in charge of your own, one-man corporation.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:31:52 +0000

Of course this is only true if the number of cars in the carpool lane is not substantially lower than it would be if it were a general-use lane.

Which, of course, it always will be, for at least two reasons. First, this fascist little experiment has never been a very effective incentive to carpool, as anyone who has driven at rush hour on any freeway with a carpool lane can attest. Second, even if there were a significant incentive effect, that effect would drop off precipitously as the carpool lane usage rate began to approach that of general use lanes.

To paraphrase the old Arnold, we don’t have a carpooling problem, we have a not-enough-freeways-for-our-huge-population problem. To paraphrase the new one, I say build it. Unfortunately, it isn’t going to happen anytime soon, at least not in SoCal.

By: aphrael

aphrael — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:02:04 +0000

XRLQ – the argument on the other side is that everyone benefits from that perk, because to the extent that it encourages people to carpool, it reduces the number of cars on the road and therefore alleviates congestion.

Of course this is only true if the number of cars in the carpool lane is not substantially lower than it would be if it were a general-use lane.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:43:52 +0000

Aphrael: that’s a decent point, but wouldn’t it be fairer still to abolish carpool lanes outright, or to fund them exclusively through a tax on carpools? I’m not sure there is a “fair” way to force 100% of the driving population to pay for a perk that is only available to 5-10% – and I’m saying that as part of the privileged 5-10%.

CW: Nah, I’m staying put, at least when on company business. Fetuses may not count as “persons,” but surely corporations do, right?

By: See-Dubya

See-Dubya — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:39:10 +0000

Congrats! Now get out of the carpool lane.

By: SayUncle » Congrats

SayUncle » Congrats — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:57:49 +0000

[...] To Xrlq on another child, thought that’s a strange way to announce it. [...]

By: Not Exactly Rocket Science

Not Exactly Rocket Science — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:50:28 +0000

Good News and Bad…….

First the good news: My migraine is much better. My usual remedy: a long VERY HOT shower, Tylenol Flu (which they evidently no longer make due to Psudoephedrine issues…. but Walgreens does. Yay!), and a nap. Somedays it just takes……