Well, that's one more available parking spot downtown

This was taken right outside my building on Thursday afternoon. By the time I saw it, firefighters were already dousing the flames (actual flames!) coming out from underneath the hood.

I'm curious: is there a point at which you realize your truck is about to burst into flames, and is it at this point that you decide to get the hell out? Was the driver of this vehicle aware that his truck was likely to ignite, but he decided to press his luck anyway? Looking at the picture, you can see that the truck is in the crosswalk, but it's hard to tell that it's also in the middle of the street -- it would appear that the driver had faith until the last possible moment, else he would have pulled over before he got into the intersection.

Me, I always know when getting into a truck whether it's likely to burst into flames. It's kind of lame as far as superpowers go, but look at Green Lantern: he's a superhero only because he wears fuckin' jewelry. Why do they call him "Green Lantern" anyway? He gets his powers from a ring. I could respect him if he at least made the effort to carry around a clunky lantern. Bad guys would be all, "Y'arr, he gets his powers from that lantern! If I could only get me hands on it!" (I missed the issue where it's explained why all his nemeses are pirates, but they are, so deal.) And then the bad guys would get the lantern and think, "Y'arr, he be defenseless now!" but it's only a trick -- the lantern was just for show so bad guys would think, "'Green Lantern' ... 'lantern' ... he must get his powers from the lantern, and not from that tacky ring. Yo-ho, it must be true, or next ye'll be tellin' me that Wonder Woman gets her powers from those trampy earrings she wears."

I have nothing but the utmost respect for Wonder Woman, but the gal dresses like a floozy. You don't don an outfit like that and run for Congress, that's for damn sure.