Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

So, my speedometer is reading 135-140 MPH, and I decide to post to LiveJournal about it[*] ...

No, I mean right now, as I'm typing this, the speedometer of my car is registering in excess of 135 MPH.

I'm not making this up -- come on over and look through the car window. Then ring my doorbell and offer me a jump start, and we'll see what the speedometer says when the electrical system has the right voltage supplied to it. (If I turn the key to the "on" position, the speedometer drops to 120 and the tachometer climbs up a bit from zero; if I try to engage the starter, the tach drops back to zero and the spedometer pegs again. I wonder whether I can translate those readings to the actual voltage in on the battery, or this behavious is just a random quirk of the system. I never had a clue that my guages were electric until now, since they're needles, not illuminated digits.)

In the meantime, having observed that I went into a ten minute "one stress too many: bad day" brain-freeze trying to decide what to do, whom to call, etc., I'm going to eat a slightly too-big bowl of instant mashed potatoes with lots of pepper, extra butter, oregano, and a pile o' grated cheddar, and Postpone Coping until this evening. Maybe I'll even sleep. And drink decaf Earl Grey tea. Then I'll start finding out who is local and has time to come lend me several electrons tonight or tomorrow morning.

(The Jury Commissioner's office insisted that I get out of bed way too early, I had my lights on for the parking garage, I failed to remember them when I got home, and left them on ... and three or four hours later, I got back in the car and the battery was flat. Maybe the terribly annoying (and currently broken) door/keys/lights beepchime is good for something after all. So anywho, yeah, I done it to me'self, but the result for now remains: one thing wrong too many and not enough sleep, and I'm just not dealing right now.)

And for the record, no, I've never actually driven 130+ MPH in this car. I don't think I've exceeded 115 MPH since that time in Ewok's Oldsmobile on the NJ Turnpike.

[*] That's not what they mean by "high speed Internet"?