Suspended

Just checked and we are still suspended from prototyping our friggen self-driving wheelie thingie due to no parts at the door. I did interrogate the mail dude but he claims total ignorance.


Didn't See That Coming Did You?

Speaking of suspension, we are going to need some sort of suspension for our rover. However, before we dive into that quagmire of geometry and the inevitable tirade of swearing*, our rover needs a name.

What would NASA do? Well, they decided to have a ‘name this piece of shit’ contest and over 9,000 children responded. Not because they cared about a spacecraft but they just couldn’t resist 'talking shit'. Seems the king of the trash mouth kids was a nine year queen, Clara, with a curious mind.

Though I think a naming contest would be terrific, the amount of effort to promote the ‘Name Willy’s Rover Contest’ would take us far beyond my attention span. (BTW, 'Name Rover's Willy was not going to work at that middle school level.)

A name. What is in a good name? Let’s Google it. Superforcasters claim that 'Hezekiah' will be the top boy's name in 2016 and I can tell you right now that our rover will not be named Hezelwhatever. Next tack, Top Dog Names: Piper & Jax.

The tenth most popular dog name is ‘Marley’. And, given that the Wailer digs the Rastaman vibe, he’s going with ‘Bob’. Bob Rover or Rover Bob. Makes no difference as both sound great for a Mars Rover confined to the comforts of Mother Earth and her abundance of recreational hemp.

I wonder if Matt Damon could grow weed in human poop on Mars? "Screw the potato chips, you’re stranded on Mars for god’s sake. Crank up the Wailers and get high brother."

 Jeez, what’s that smell? Totally forgot what I was supposed to do in this post. Guess we are suspended again.

Rover Bob, Bob Rover
https://youtu.be/wWExueaMgaQ



 *Note: Recent research shows that people who swear a lot have greater vocabularies as they use words beginning with "A, F, S and 'friggin' a lot. Really a lot.