I was sitting on the back deck of my house, having a smoke and enjoying a cup of coffee when I heard screaming in front of my house.

Being the nosy bastard that I am, I grabbed my cell phone (in case I needed to call 911… again!) and ran for the front door. Apparently the neighbors across the street had witnessed some asshole running over their cat and then taking off (actually… he never slowed down).

This is a real problem on our street. There’s a golf course at the end of the block, and people have a tendency of driving rather fast to and from it. The speed limit is 25 mph (40 kph), but people don’t seem to pay much attention to that. 40 – 50 mph (64 – 80.5 kph) is pretty normal (can’t be late for your round of golf!!). Unfortunately… there are a lot of kids in the area and it’s a matter of time before one of them get hit.

We’ve called the police, we’ve called the city, but since the golf course is owned by the city, they’re hesitant to do anything that might make people want to golf elsewhere (like pull them over and write tickets or install a stop sign or a speed bump to encourage people to drive the speed limit). My neighbors have gone fairly ballistic over the speeding… spraying cars with hoses when they come racing down the street, yelling at them, and in some cases, walking out in front of them and stopping them to have a word.

Danger!

In other news… I’m getting central air today. My next door neighbor, Ben, is picking up all the parts at cost and we’re installing a 3 ton unit on my house (total cost for everything: $730… cheap!). As the weather has gotten warm, and I have a ton of huge windows that face south… this will be nice!

Link of the day: The Official Ninja Webpage. Don’t settle for a cheap imitation, insist on the “official” one! (now with more crappy midi files!!)