Reef suppression

Dig this link. Off the coast of Florida, the Navy and co. scuttled an old Essex class carrier. The goal was to sink it upright and let it become an artificial reef. That would not only create some habitat in the area, but bring in a little economy in the form of sports fishermen and divers. Not a bad plan, and it sounds like the EPA road their ass hard about pollutants. Check out the link, cause there's A LOT of really good high res photos of the boat going down. Can't wait to see it on the History Channel, cause there was a film crew with two cameras underwater there.

As for the suppression part of the title, I like cars. A lot. That's because I like driving a lot. Having an Aspire is a rough state of being in that case. Aspires are fun to drive, don't get me wrong. It's fun in a sort of Mario Kart style, though. It's like being at the go-kart track and having a fast kart, or having a normal kart but weighing at least 80 pounds less than anyone else. It's still better than being at the kart track and having the slowest kart out there regardless of weight, though. After almost six years of the Aspire, I hadn't even noticed I'd been driving less, nor had I noticed that I'd completely suppressed that car liking side of things.

So yeah, the new Mazda is a good thing. There's something to be said about being in traffic, deciding you want to be at a certain spot, and KNOWING you've got what it takes in control, acceleration, and braking to get there, with the same kind of efficiency as the "just in time" techniques that Dell Computer made popular in the business world. We'll see how it handles a road trip in a couple of weeks, but for now, the thing is perfect for the work and local conditions it's getting now.