There are few things more aggravating than when you're angry at someone and you can't get your horn to honk. You just look like you're really pissed at your steering wheel...or like you have no control over your arms. Then you just get more aggravated, so you scream but you're in your car so they can't hear you and then you look like you have torrets. Then you realize you're being an asshole and either pass them or deal with it.
Are all hybrid drivers assholes? I don't know what it is, but I swear to God every time I get stuck behind someone driving a Prius they are doing 60 in the fast lane and refuse to move and are COMPLETELY oblivious to my indications that they are too slow and are wearing on my patience. Like, is it not fuel efficient enough to match the speed of the person crawling up your ass? Do they just not go above 60? Or is the whole fuel efficiency thing just bull shit and in actuality your speedometer says 80 when you're only doing 60 so you think your car is fuel efficient but it's actually just slow?
And school buses in the fast lane. WHAT IS THAT? I mean, I know a carload of screaming kids is a nightmare, but are you actively trying to kill them and yourself? Especially the minivan buses. Seriously, just quit.
Finally, I wish parallel parking didn't exist. Contrary to popular belief, I'm actually a pretty good driver. I mean, I have momentary lapses, but I'm not bad...then you see me attempt to parallel park and MAN that's embarassing. I had to get out of the car and have a man parallel park for me the other day. Do you know what that feels like for a Smithie to do? To admit defeat to the man?! So now I'm determined. I am going to go out and practice and parallel park EVERYWHERE. Even when it's not necessary just because I'll be able to. OK actually, I really hate it and will probably avoid it at all costs even if I miraculously become good at it.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Some long-suppressed rants
On Curt Schilling:
If Curt Schilling replaces Ted Kennedy is Congress I am out of this country so fucking fast your heads will spin. He supported the Bush administration and the Iraq War from the start - those facts in and of themselves are proof that either he is not playing with a full deck or that he suffers from terribly poor judgment. The problem is that a disturbing number - indeed perhaps a majority - of Americans are so stupid that they would vote for someone simply based on name recognition and fame rather than qualifications. Here's the thing: being a big mouth does NOT qualify you to hold public office. Here's a lesson in civics: the Senate is perhaps the most important entity in our government. The President cannot do ANYTHING without Congressional approval and the Senate is the major veto power. In fact, the Senate was deliberately designed by the founding fathers to reign supreme in Congress because the House is more directly responsive to the whims of the public - the same public who elected an unqualified actor to the presidency in the 60s. Case and point. So before you think of the bloody sock and start drooling and subsequently relinquish your civil liberties and any hope of policies that benefit the majority of Americans rather than the wealthy few, please consider the consequences of your check mark in that voting booth.
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On the Cord Blood Registry:
Oh look, another indicator that the wealthy are valued over the average American: it is so expensive to preserve your baby's cord blood that only the wealthy can afford to do so; THEREFORE, only the children of wealthy people deserve to be cured of otherwise untreatable conditions and illnesses. And that brings us back to the healthcare debate: if you don't have the moeny to pay for your treatment, oh well. Good luck with that cancer! Why should someone who was not born in to wealth have to suffer while someone who just fell into the lap of luxury gets world class treatment? Why should someone who works themselves to the bone at a job that doesn't provide ample benefits have to die? Why should the poor be denied treatment they need to survive? Isn't the right to life one of the long-revered "inalienable" rights that Americans like to brag about so much? The US is the ONLY Democratic country in the world that doesn't care if its citizens live or die. How can we possibly brag about being the land of the free, the greatest country in the world, the country that guarantees you life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness when we can't even provide our citizens with the basics needed to acheive those things? It's all a lie if we don't take care of each other.
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On the elderly:
Turn in your driver's license NOW. What is up with this summer? They're picking people off left and right! It's like an epidemic! I just don't understand it. And those of you who think that mandatory driver's tests for the elderly is age-based discrimination and a violation of civil rights: fuck you. The right to run innocent people over is not a civil right. If it's a matter of public safety and well-being it is permissible for the government to enact such "discriminatory" statutes.
If Curt Schilling replaces Ted Kennedy is Congress I am out of this country so fucking fast your heads will spin. He supported the Bush administration and the Iraq War from the start - those facts in and of themselves are proof that either he is not playing with a full deck or that he suffers from terribly poor judgment. The problem is that a disturbing number - indeed perhaps a majority - of Americans are so stupid that they would vote for someone simply based on name recognition and fame rather than qualifications. Here's the thing: being a big mouth does NOT qualify you to hold public office. Here's a lesson in civics: the Senate is perhaps the most important entity in our government. The President cannot do ANYTHING without Congressional approval and the Senate is the major veto power. In fact, the Senate was deliberately designed by the founding fathers to reign supreme in Congress because the House is more directly responsive to the whims of the public - the same public who elected an unqualified actor to the presidency in the 60s. Case and point. So before you think of the bloody sock and start drooling and subsequently relinquish your civil liberties and any hope of policies that benefit the majority of Americans rather than the wealthy few, please consider the consequences of your check mark in that voting booth.
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On the Cord Blood Registry:
Oh look, another indicator that the wealthy are valued over the average American: it is so expensive to preserve your baby's cord blood that only the wealthy can afford to do so; THEREFORE, only the children of wealthy people deserve to be cured of otherwise untreatable conditions and illnesses. And that brings us back to the healthcare debate: if you don't have the moeny to pay for your treatment, oh well. Good luck with that cancer! Why should someone who was not born in to wealth have to suffer while someone who just fell into the lap of luxury gets world class treatment? Why should someone who works themselves to the bone at a job that doesn't provide ample benefits have to die? Why should the poor be denied treatment they need to survive? Isn't the right to life one of the long-revered "inalienable" rights that Americans like to brag about so much? The US is the ONLY Democratic country in the world that doesn't care if its citizens live or die. How can we possibly brag about being the land of the free, the greatest country in the world, the country that guarantees you life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness when we can't even provide our citizens with the basics needed to acheive those things? It's all a lie if we don't take care of each other.
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On the elderly:
Turn in your driver's license NOW. What is up with this summer? They're picking people off left and right! It's like an epidemic! I just don't understand it. And those of you who think that mandatory driver's tests for the elderly is age-based discrimination and a violation of civil rights: fuck you. The right to run innocent people over is not a civil right. If it's a matter of public safety and well-being it is permissible for the government to enact such "discriminatory" statutes.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Coming home to Merilee and Jacey yelling my name to come play from across the street is quite possibly the best way to come home from a long day at work. I know they don't necessarily remember how much time I spent with them, but I remember taking care of them as infants and now that they're walking and talking they're even more fun. They're the sweetest, most loving kids and I can't help but smile even when they're misbehaving. And they're definitely more fun than most of my clients.
Miss Jacey
Miss Merilee
Miss Jacey
Miss MerileeSunday, August 16, 2009
On Dating Sites
I was listening to the morning show on FNX the other day on the way to work and I heard an ad for yet another dating website. However, apparently it is not a dating site - it's "an activities club for single professionals." After they blasted all of the other dating sites - eharmony, plenty of fish, match.com, etc. - I started to wonder, is it THAT difficult to date these days that we really need all of these services to help us? Is it that difficult to find someone and to plan dates that we need activities clubs just to get us out of the house, off the computer and socializing? I recall that there was a time when the people who tried to find dates online were the social rejects who everyone outside the cyber world thought was creepy, but now it's much more socially acceptable and almost the thing to do. So, what is it about this generation, this time period that makes us incapable of going out and meeting people? When did it get to the point where you really don't want anything to do with the guy who just bought you a drink because men who pick up women in bars are sketchy and can't be trusted?
Really, this is completely unprecedented. Even personal ads did not reach this point. People were able to date and marry before the internet and since this phenomena the divorce rate has not dropped. So what is it with the cyber dating and why are we so infatuated with it and dependent upon it?
Really, this is completely unprecedented. Even personal ads did not reach this point. People were able to date and marry before the internet and since this phenomena the divorce rate has not dropped. So what is it with the cyber dating and why are we so infatuated with it and dependent upon it?
Sunday, August 2, 2009
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