Creepy Technology

When I saw this, my first reaction was something along the lines of, "Holy cow what...!?" because this is some seriously creepy shtuff. I mean, I'm all for moving forward on the technology front, and it's hugely awesome, but this thing looks like a pair of disembodied legs attached to a tank, or a truly mutant monkey. Check it out. It's like, totally the beginning of the dalek invasion.

On other topics, the ambulance came today - second time in the three years we've been at this place. The first time was because someone fell off, but today, one of the dads thought he was having a heart attack. I was driving home from Adam's school, having taken him to Santa's Helper thing, and as I was stopping at the stop sign to turn onto Dillard, a firetruck blazed by, sirens wailing. I thought, uh oh, someone's got a fire.

Silly me.

Everything was fine, thank goodness, and I got to follow the firetruck into my own drive way, which was something new. Adam got a junior firefighter sticker for helping out (he fetched a chair), so he was happy about that. The dogs were joyous at seeing something new, and Jessie was completely out of control, dratted dog, sniffing at the firefighter's crotches as they tried to tend to this poor man. Jack, thank goodness, came right away when I called him and stayed put in the garage until they left, after which I brought him inside and gave him a treat as a reward. Jessie, dumb dog, got no such thing.

Anyways, some pics of the firetruck and ambulance, which I took on the sly, and Adam's Junior Firefighter 'badge'.

Here's the ambulance through the trees.

The fire truck from the garage

And Adam's sticker for helping out.