The last two days have been really strange for me.  Lots of weird things going on.   For instance, last night, Veronica and I were all set to get into L.A. for dinner and a concert (Eugene Edwards in case you're interested).  I picked her up at 6:30 and we got on the 710 freeway.

Well, after driving for about 5 minutes, we heard this horrible noise.  At first I thought it was the engine, but we soon discovered that it was the tire instead.  I pulled off to the side of the road.  The front tire, which I thought was flat, was fine.  Then I looked at the back one, and it was shredded to pieces!   

I got the spare tire out and the jack, but after fighting with it for a few minutes, I gave up and we called AAA.  The guy showed up about 40 minutes later and tells us that it's the 12th shredded tire he's seen on that stretch of freeway in the last couple of hours.  I'm assuming we hit something in the road.

Anyway, I have to wrap this up, but to make a long story short, he put on the spare, then gave us a jump (because the hazard lights drained the battery!), and we finally made it into L.A.   We had dinner at Spaghetti Factory and then went to Taix for the concert. It was a fun night, despite the tire incident.

... And now my car is at Pep Boys getting 4 new tires.. $500.. ouch!  But well worth the money!