IdeaJones

Month: May 2015

  • Right-of-way, Simplified

    Amtrak arrival

     
     
    When
    you’re
    out
    on
    the
    roadways,
     
     
    remember,
     
     
    trains have right-of-way over
    emergency vehicles, which have right-of-way over
    trucks, which have right-of-way over
    cars, which have right-of-way over
    motorcycles, which have right-of-way over
    horses, which have right-of-way over
    bicycles, which have right-of-way over
    skateboards, which have right-of-way over
    pedestrians.

    Legally? Not necessarily. But functionally, right-of-way is determined by a combination of inertia and maneuverability. Which is to say, to prevent a collision, know where you stand in the right-of-way hierarchy, and be prepared to give right-of-way whenever someone (especially someone with more mass and/or inertia than you) seems intent on taking it. You might be right in your assertion of your right-or-way, but if you don’t want to be *dead* right, show some respect for physics, and stay aware of your surroundings.

  • Shades of Carmichael

    Headed out to an event we’ve never been to before. Shades of Carmichael features about 80 hand-decorated market umbrellas, which will then be auctioned off as a fundraiser for the park and for the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Joey has painted an umbrella for the event, and has also booked a table as a “vender” (sic), which means we’ll be at the mercy of the weather. We’ll take our portable pop-up shade, and the weather report says to expect warm but not hot temperatures, so we should be okay.

    Here’s one of the focal points from the umbrella Joey painted:
    owlCU

    Fingers crossed!

     

     

    Event follow-up: Had a fine time. Weather was great, if a bit too breezy for our display materials. Lunch from the gyro truck on-site. Met some fun people, sold a painting (an owl based on the same Northern Saw-Whet owl seen above) and had some good arts talks. Only thing that would have made it better would have been more people in attendance.