My President is black, my Lambo's blue...

Been a very, very busy week.

You know you've driven the Midland Hwy too much when:
1) You get to Kempton and feel like you're only a short jump from home.
2) The staff at Launceston BP on Wellington St recognise you as you stock up on petrol and energy drinks.
3) The back seat of your car clinks with empty drink bottles.
4) Your car has done 440km in the last week - and you've only driven it twice.
5) You're prepared to compromise on quality and drink a Lemon V rather than a Red Eye Platinum (the connoisseur's choice) if your preferred choice isn't available. Don't ever get a regular V (rookie mistake).
6) You've used the toilet at St Peter's Pass. Bonus points for chatting to the wallabies.
7) You've stopped at Bridgewater McDonalds.
8) You've even learned to like the crap songs on the CDs in your car.
9) Your favourite song on an album has changed at least once. At the moment it is Jay-Z and Young Jeezy with As Real As It Gets.
10) You get to an overtaking lane with no cars in front of you and feel like you're wasting an opportunity.
*EDIT*
11) You know it is called the Midland Hwy, not Midlands. I forgot to include that one.

So much driving. A bit more to go next week.

In the meantime, here are some links.

- Want to live longer? Follow this simple list.

2. Never get on a 4-wheeler ATV. These are the most dangerous vehicle that I know of. ATV’s have produced more quadriplegics than anything else I have seen.
10. If anyone tries to force you into your car or car trunk at gun point, don’t cooperate. Fight and scream all you can even if you risk getting shot in the parking lot. If you get in the car, you will most likely die (or worse).

- Interesting article on how to deal with criminal regimes from one of the men who helped write Ronald Reagan's "Tear down this wall" speech 20 years ago.
- Miranda Devine makes the point: what is the ratio of human life to environmental protection? About 40 deaths and 600 injuries a year, according to people working on the Pacific Hwy.
- Why NBC is dying, and who is to blame. Also, I love this quote from 30 Rock's Jack Donaghy:

“I’ll have you know,” he snarled at a rival a few weeks ago, “that Barry Diller and I are working on a whole new approach to media … combining all … the … digital … God, just let me drink!”

Nose + grindstone = great success.