For some time, I’ve suspected that my car is invisible. Because whether Tim is driving or I am, people obviously can’t see it. That’s why they’re always doing death defying things like pulling out in front of us, stopping at green lights to talk on their cell phones when we are behind them, or cutting over from another lane and almost grazing us.
But I didn’t know that my own personal super power is invisibility until yesterday, when that guy at the post office could neither see nor hear me even though he was always within three feet of me. Oddly, as I was driving out, he was walking to his car. I had a CLEAR SHOT at running over him, and he wouldn’t have known I did it because my car and I are invisible.
Since Jandy needs photographic evidence, here it is.
Here I’ve parked my car next to a tree near the Astrodome in vain hope of getting some shade.
Here, that’s my car pulling out of Houston’s beautiful Glenwood Cemetery. I go there like it’s a park. Actress Gene Tierney is buried there, and I think Howard Hughes is, as well.
That’s me standing outside my car and admiring the dandelion fountain on Allen Parkway at dusk.
Me, getting out of the car at the entrance to Rice University, because you can’t drive on campus.
That big smile on my face is because I’ve scored this great parking space in front of the Menil Museum and won’t have far to walk to look at some of my favorite paintings.
Good thing my car is invisible, because it isn’t blocking your view of this sculpture in downtown Houston.
And this is amazing: Mine is the ONLY CAR on the Sam Houston Tollroad!
It’s fun to be invisible.
HAHAHAHH
i believe you now.
i gotta get me one of those fancy superpowers.
Here you go:
What’s Your Super Power?
wouldn’t you know it!
i had it all along and never knew!
Invisibility –
Hey, you’re like Invisble Woman (I
know, they where so creative back then
weren’t they) You know when you should be
seen and not seen by those around you.
Invisible woman
REAL NAME: Susan Richards
ENEMIES : Dr. Doom (again, not the most creative
people around)
SIDEKICKS: The Thing, Mr. Fantastic and the Human
Torch
What’s Your Superpower?
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There was a friend of mine from years back, Tommy, who would make a sound while running yellow lights to make his car invisible to cops. The sounds was like Chevy Chases in CaddyShack…nunununuunuunuununun. He would never get pulled over either. Even when the light turned red (which it did most of the time). You too possess the power of invisibility….use it for good, not evil. LOL
I love that noise and Chevy Chase in that movie.
Hmm. Judging by that last picture, it may be time to visit the car wash.
I have a stop over in houston on my way to New Orleans at the end of the month — I wish you had included a tour of the best places at the ATO.
(What is the ATO?)
I forget that you never worked for an airline! ATO is Airport Ticket Office … really it’s just the airport
I can no longer tell you the good stuff. I’ve only flown twice since the “do not cross this line without a boarding pass” rules went into effect, so now when I’m at the airport, the only things I see are baggage claim, one popcorn stand, and the location of the nearest bathroom.
I used to buy stuff at airports when I took friends and family to catch flights or when I waited to pick them up. As a matter of fact–and I know this is going to sound weird because I don’t like to fly–I have often parked at airports and found a good spot where I can watch jets land and take off.
I wonder how much retail was impacted once only travelers could shop in airport stores or eat in restaurants?
The light from the fountain does wonders to your hair! –Beautiful, my darling!
Backlighting: It’s a beautiful thing.