NoVA

I'm headed to northern Virginia this weekend to visit the little woman. I made an interesting discovery whilst in college about that area. Despite a nearly universally accepted abbreviation -- NoVA -- no one I've met yet in northern Virginia refers to the region by that abbreviation.

The Chevy Nova failed to succeed in Latin American areas, but initially, no one knew why. Turns out the translation of "No va" in Spanish means, "doesn't go." Go figure. This would be slightly better than naming a car for sale in the English speaking world, "Hits Things."

Speaking of failures, I saw an interesting clip from MacGyver the other day. I was just flipping through the channels, but I saw MacGyver mixing some household chemicals together to create a make-shift smokescreen to cover his escape from some bad guys. He throws this stuff down and watches the smoke come up. Satisfied, he turns, walks around the corner, and gets shot in the face, falling out a window. I thought MacGyverisms always worked! What happened?

No, there isn't really a point to this post. Enjoy, anyway, and have a good weekend!