"Untitled: A Blog Post With No Name; or My Untitled Blog Post"

Well, the Bee Van has really amped up the pressure this week.

When a vehicle really doesn't like you, it doesn't just break down. If it did, you'd just get it fixed (as we have many, many times already); and if it broke down at a completely inopportune time, you might actually just consider junking it.

Instead of just breaking down, however, the Van began showing a few signs of trouble like dark clouds on the horizon. First, the "Service Engine Soon" light came on -- then went out -- then came on for a couple days -- then went off, then blinked right back on.

Hmmm....

Not really something to worry about, we thought...but then the speedometer stopped working (which also meant the odometer and tripmeter weren't working, as they're all part of the same component) but only until we stopped somewhere. When we got back in restarted the car, it began working again...and the speedometer was working again.

Then the speedometer stopped working, the Service light came back on, and engine hesitated, just for a moment, but enough to make us hold our breaths a little wondering if maybe this time, something was REALLY up. But then it was running fine...until my wife pulled up to a stop sign and it stalled out. But then she restarted it and everything was fine again.

I can't take this! I began thinking; and the Van has begun the long, slow, torturous process of making us lose our sanity.

Ugh.

In other news, I missed a perfect opportunity two days ago for the perfect blog post. Asia had one of the longest eclipses it will have this century. The post that I inadvertently omitted:

PEOPLE OF ASIA NOW HEAR THIS! YOU WILL ACKNOWLEDGE MY SUPREME AUTHORITY AS EMPEROR AND SOVEREIGN RULER OF YOUR PUNY CONTINENT, BOWING PROSTRATE BEFORE ME, OR I WILL BLOT THE SUN FROM THE SKY! THE DAY SHALL BE AS NIGHT AND YOUR LAND COVERED IN DARKNESS! FOR, SAY, 6 MINUTES AND 39 SECONDS GIVE OR TAKE...