Unsurprisingly, I have little to add to Chuck's excellent coverage of yesterday's town hall meeting about the proposed I-45 expansion. I don't live near I-45, but I share Chuck's (and others') sentiments that if you didn't want to deal with long commutes and shitty traffic, you shouldn't have moved so goddamned far out to begin with. That's the tradeoff for getting a 4-3, 3,500 square ft. hourse for $165K.
But after seeing the headline to his article ("We don't want another Katy Freeway"), I couldn't read it without hearing Tina Turner in my head and visualizing Max taking on Blaster in the Thunderdome.
Just part of the burden of growing up in the '80s, I guess.
I had that discussion about commuting choices with cow orkers who lived in Katy when I worked at ADP out in Westchase. I was told that I just didn't understand. What I didn't understand was how someone could be dumb enough to buy the "downtown in 30 minutes" hype. Still don't.
I think that if one lived with a significant fraction of one's teen years in the 80's, it is basically impossible to go through life without making some sort of comparison to Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. For me it's probably weekly.
I should probably compile a list of '10 essential 80s movies', essential not because they're awesome but because without them our society's cultural language would be impoverished.
1) The funniest thing I ever saw at a concert was Michael Stipe, during the "Green" tour, giving the other band members a break by standing alone on stage and doing a dramatic reading of Thunderdome. It was damn near Shatneresque.
2)You oughta try your hand at finishing that song - hell of a chorus ya got already.
3) Most importantly... you can get a 4-3, 3500 sq ft house down there for $165K? I can't even buy a 1 BR, 650 sq ft condo around here for that price. I gotta move down there, man. Your company hiring?