Officer, I would like to buy you a drink

Tonight we saw the Star Trek movie again, but this time in IMAX. (The Saturday show we were forced into sitting in the front row and enduring poor angles - this was much better.) It was pretty awesome, but not the most awesome part of the evening. The most truly awesome moment of the evening involved a little schadenfreude but it was so, so necessary.

The IMAX is down at the Bullock museum, and we lucked into great free parking. So we were driving home on MLK, headed towards Mopac. (Austin residents will note that west of Guadalupe on MLK there are a couple lights close together before the road turns downhill towards Lamar.) The light past Guadalupe was yellow and so we came to a dead stop just before it turned red. A black Volvo roared past us in the right lane after we stopped and ran a completely red light AND changed lanes without signaling. Mike exclaimed fail! But from our left, first at the light, a police car peeled out after them and zoomed up close behind.

We waited with breathless anticipation, but they went over the hilltop without any clue. We wondered if the police would pull over the jackass in the Volvo, because surely they would have to be blind to miss a guy running a light that was long red. We crested the hill. Just as the road curves past the KVUE studios, we saw the greatest, most awesome flashing red and blue lights. As we drove past, one officer had the driver's door open and a second was looking in the passenger side with a flashlight.

I shouted "YES!!" with as much glee as as a Kentucky Derby winner. How many times have I seen someone do something unbearably dangerous and stupid, and wished a police car was there to see it? Finally, finally - some jackass moron driver got what he deserved. I may have even cackled with glee.

Now - about Star Trek:
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