Oh, you better not shriek, you better not groan

For the weekend after my birthday bunny_hugger and I were to go to Cedar Point, to enjoy the Halloweekend dressing of the amusement park and also enjoy the luxury of staying at the Breakers Hotel just outside the park. That it was right after my birthday was partly happy coincidence; the park gets really, really packed in October, with last year's visit seeing crowds estimated at 70,000 without my exaggerating any in the park. So we figured to go earlier, when it might be a little warmer and not so insanely overpacked.

We set out after a detour that let us get to a bar in Ann Arbor for lunch --- Ashley's, one of many lovely spots there and one that makes garlic fries and puts Stilton cheese on things and was really great --- and for that matter, in my car, which we hadn't used to go to Cedar Point before. We haven't made so many long drives since I moved in, at least not relative to the amount of time I'm around, and my car is the more sensible one to use given that it's more generally comfortable, isn't being so heavily used otherwise (I didn't start it at all in July, though bunny_hugger barely started hers, since that period included 16 days of honeymoon), and it has a stereo system which bunny_hugger actively envies.

Unfortunately I don't have the cable needed to connect an iPod to the port labelled ``iPod'' in my stereo system, and my attempts to get one from both the Toyota dealership --- which told me they had none and suggested I try Best Buy --- and Best Buy --- who had none and suggested I try a Toyota dealership --- haven't succeeded. But we did pull out CDs from my collection of ``stuff I had in the car'', which contrary to the impression I do cultivate some, was plenty to provide the three hours of music to head out there. I have perhaps more swing music than the average person my age might be expected to have, but then I also have several Beatles albums and the Beach Boys' ``Pet Sounds'', so it's not like I'm necessarily over 45 years out of date.

Trivia: Considered for the Lunar Module's Super Weight Improvement Program were changes in the spacecraft design which could reduce its (ground) weight by 0.1 pound or more. Source: Moon Lander: How We Developed The Apollo Lunar Module, Thomas J Kelly.

Currently Reading: The Science Fiction Bestiary, Editor Robert Silverberg.