Meanwhile, in Tejas

Phoenix did a post today about blimps -- yes, of course, I did a phallic joke -- so I wanted to talk about the Helium Museum in Amarillo. Oddly enough, it seems to have disappeared. For years there was a sign on I-40 marking the exit to the Helium Museum, I was always hoping that it hovered a few feet above the ground. Maybe it finally just floated away.

There remains a Helium Monument in Amarillo (pictured above). It used to be right along I-40, but it now seems to be in another location. They claim the Army moved it, I prefer to believe otherwise.

Speaking of Texas, Mr. Toast has a terrific post about Texas drivers. No matter where you live, you will recognize that what Texas drivers do is very similar to what the drivers near your home also do. The following is just an excerpt, the full post is a great read.

On the Houston freeways in particular, everyone practices what I call the "hole theory" of driving, which is as follows: you own the "hole" that exists between your front bumper and the rear bumper of the car in front of you, and you guard it at all costs. This hole must be large enough to allow time to react if the car in front of you slows down or stops (the trick to this is to watch the brake lights not of the car in front of you but the car in front of him). But, if your hole is too large you will be taken advantage of and every other vehicle on the freeway will cut you off mercilessly. You might as well display a large sign on the front and rear of your car that says "PLEASE CUT IN FRONT OF ME. I AM AN IDIOT."