Queen Prawn

This surprises you? EDIT: Looks like they are starting to match up the stories - ABC7 and NBC5 are both running very similar stories - previously, NBC listed the woman's age as 20.

The driver was 21, his passenger was 20. (NBC just updated the story) The whole thing s terribly gruesome - the truck dragged the Mustang 100ft before it could stop and the truck was on top of the guys hand delaying them from extracating him (they needed a crane to life the truck). I seriously hope the truck driver goes for counseling. It was, in no way, his fault, but after going through that, he will need the support of his family and a good counselor.

My mom says this all the time.

While I freely admit being a b**** and even though I am not a soccor mom yet (wait a few years on that lol), I can't stand Ellen D and don't think she is funny in the least.

I gave up chocolate last year and jelly bellies this year.

This city would be screwed if I was a cop or a state patrol chick. I would be a total b**** if I was a cop. Also - the mustang thing is because I know how Brian and his buddies that have mustangs can get. I will give Brian credit that he doesn't get stupid with his cars - he loves his cars too much to damage them.

I hope it does turn out to be just an accident (just an accident might be easier for the surviving person and the families and friends of the victims to cope with this tragedy) but a mustang+3:30AM+'high rate of speed' says something else to me.

Here's the NBC story - note the statement 'high rate of speed': Fatal Accident Snarls Route 53

No, they said the driver was speeding (when cops say high rate of speed I take that to be in excess of 80-90 mph) and bounced off of the side of the wall that is by the Higgins offramp. The pictures are gruesome that are on ABC and NBC. To be completely honest, I travel past there every morning on my way to work and have done between 70-80, you have to be well above that, sleepy, high or drunk to lose control at that speed in that area. If the driver was faster than that, the driver is to blame.

The current reports that I read are that the driver was going at a high rate of speed and bounced off of a wall into the path of the oncoming truck - that the trucker couldn't have done anything, it all happen too fast. There were also radio reports about the driver possibly being drunk, but that was what a few co-workers heard, I can't say I did.

I tried listening to him for a couple weeks and for those two or three weeks it was the same thing over and over again. To each their own. As for radio, I can't say I care too much what a dj says because I can change the station or throw in a CD. Lately I have been frustrated with morning radio because between the gjs yammering on and on and the over-abundance of commercials, there isn't much music being played. I would throw in a CD, but with the route I take to work I need the traffic reports - like this morning's accident - right by the exit I usually take. The reports came in and I changed my route and got to work early. If the current reports about the accident are accurate, my sympathies go to the trucker mostly and the family/friends left behind by the idiot that was driving the Mustang that killed himself and another passenger and sent a third to the hospital in critical condition.

Actually Stern talked about that in his movie 'Private Parts' (that was the name, right?), they listen because they want to know what antic is next. For the record, people I know that don't like him, don't like him because they find his show boring after a few days - it's the same topic over and over and over again.

I don't disagree in the least with what you have said, my comment was more towards the raising of the cost of the fine. To be honest, I don't know one person who likes Stern's show - and those people range in age from 21 - 50. So while he is getting ratings, there are still many people out there that don't like him. My only point is that I do think things are a bit over the top now (what is considered as ok, etc). I see how much more is acceptable now than was just 10 years ago, what's it going to be like in another 10 years?

While I think it would be better if some of these shock jocks, tv people and movie people cleaned up the content and language of their shows a bit, I don't agree with the amount they want to raise the fines. I also do not want to revert to the 1950s either.

I've been very pleased with Rowand and Koch so far. Hope they can keep it up and that Thomas and Konerko can wake up before opening day.

I am glad he is trying to do something about 'corpse ball' instead of taking a nap on the bench and tolerating it. I guess we will see what happens. I hope Frank, Maggs and a few other stand up to the rest to get the butts going.

The Devils VS Ducks last year - The hit that Stevens landed. I'm sure I'll think of more later.

We are going to see how these work out. If he wants something better, maybe in the summer. I'd like to get a better printer and a scanner first though.

Possibly an al-queda attack CNN and NBC reported that al-queda is claiming responsibility for the attack.

Yeah, that was bad.

Who's pitching?

Could this mean PK is starting to wake up this ST? I can only hope!

That's a DP just waiting to happen!

I keep meaning to pick up some books about that one. The most intriguing thing is how the police haven't caught him/her.

I did! I was gonna post about it in another thread, but being bored at work, I decided to start a new one. I got the email last night (around 5PM) that it was sent to their local UPS and at about 8 I received the tracking number with a revised delivery date of today.