What the hell do I know

Winter is comming

So...the cold is about to descend upon us and the days are getting shorter.  The past few mornings I have had to scrape frost off the windshield before making the far to long trip to work.  I have decided that I am officially suffering from SAD !  Dragging my sorry butt from the bed when I know that before too long it's going to be minus 5000 degrees outside is getting harder by the day.  They say you should embrace the day for all it's worth.....I say, screw the day, all I want to embrace is my pillow.  I am sure I am not alone in this feeling.  You just have to look at the faces of the people in the street to know that they would much rather be somewhere else, anywhere else, than where they are.  Maybe I should set an example that will change the outlook of those I come into contact with during my day.  Maybe I should have a constant smile on my face and a skip in my step.  Maybe I should take joy in the things around me and encourage others to do the same.  But then, maybe I should just mind my own damn business, which is what I believe most people would want me to do.

but then.......

what the hell do I know

One + None = Two

If you drive you must have noticed the “Multiple Occupants Only” lanes that are set up on some of the busier streets around you city. These lanes are a great idea to keep traffic flowing and a small thank you to those drivers that are trying to be a little ”green” by car-pooling.
I drive one such road every day and, as I drive alone, I do my good citizen bit by not using that particular lane. However, not a day goes by when I don’t see another driver blow by me all alone in their car. Now I don’t begrudge the guy using that lane, if he wants to run the risk of a ticket in the chance of saving a bit of time on his journey that’s fine by me. The problem comes when right behind this lone driver there comes a patrol car carrying one or two of our city’s finest, completely ignoring the fact that the car in front and probably the one behind, are breaking a traffic law. You have to wonder if in fact the multiple lane thing is just a suggestion rather than a law. Or is it that if you weigh as much as two people you can use it at will. Or maybe if at some point in time you have had, or intend to have, more than one person in your car you exempt.
It seems to me that this regulation is only needs to obeyed on the odd occasion that the local law enforcement can be bothered to actually enforce it.

but then……

what the hell do I know.

I will never get that time back

I just lost 30 minutes of my life with absolutely no chance of ever getting them back.

How ? By watching “Simple Life 2 – Road Trip”

Here in graphic detail is the result of my previously mentioned appointment television. Two women that have never had to fend for themselves in any way shape or form for their entire lives thrown into a pink truck with and Airstream trailer and told to drive across the US without money, credit cards or any other means of support. The premise is ridiculous, the production terrible and the point conspicuous by it’s absence.

But it’s like a watching train wreck – and I will be back for more next week !

so…………..

what the hell do I know

For Sale - The ability to entertain myself.

Many years ago as snot nosed kid, my friends and I used to spend many hours finding things to amuse ourselves with. Most of them occurred outside and most of them ended up with us looking much dirtier than we were when we started. As I grew older the things I found fun became a little more sophisticated and in many cases a little more expensive. Then came the interesting time when my attention was pretty much focused on one thing (I am sure I don't need to go into detail, I will credit you with enough imagination to figure out what I am referring too).
However, the worrying aspect of all this is that in the years since hitting my 30's I seem to have transformed into the one thing I vowed never to become - the dreaded "Couch Potato".
Now I know I am not as bad as many, but I am sure I am worse than some. I do exercise on a fairly regular basis and during the summer I spend a fair amount of time on yard work. But the realization hit me when a couple of days ago I found myself flicking through the TV Guide and making mental notes of some of the new series that are coming for the summer season and thinking that I would have to make sure to be planted in front of the TV at the appropriate times. I have become a victim of the so called "appointment television". Chunks of my evenings for the next 12 weeks or so will be set aside for mindless entertainment. Heaven forbid I should think to maybe pick up a book or magazine and as for actually concocting some form of entertainment from scratch, forget that !
Life has become far to easy, leisure far too convenient. My brain is slowly shrinking to the size of a pea and I am sure that the forces of evolution will eventually dictate that we will all be born with a TV remote in place of a hand. I should make the effort to do something about this before I am to far down the slippery slope to recover.

but then……..

what the hell do I know.

Car + Stupid = Natural Selection

So we had a big storm yesterday. Torrential rain, highs winds and a little hail thrown in for good measure. Oh, and a Tornado warning just to make it fun.
Now a little bad weather is something we all have to put up with, the real problem is that it throws a particular segment of the population into the limelight. Who is this group you ask ? They are the "I shouldn't be allowed to be in control of a pair of shoes - let alone a motor vehicle" crowd.
I have to ask myself how these people get through a driving test in the first place. Do we only test new drivers on nice sunny days with no other traffic on the road and some form of the bumpers they use for kids 5-pin bowling attached to the sidewalk ?
And there isn't a particular sub-section of humanity that this is peculiar to. Bad driving is blind to race, colour, creed, sex and hair colour. It must be genetic. There must be a flaw in the basic makeup of your typical bad driver. An apparently sane and intelligent person will suddenly turn into a bumbling idiot when confronted with inclement weather of any kind. Yet we continue to allow anyone who has the money to go out and buy a mode of transportation that is far beyond his or her capabilities to control on anything but a bright sunny day. Maybe we need to revamp our testing system. Maybe we need to up the legal driving age to above the age of consent. Maybe we just need to let them all kill themselves and hope they don't take too many of us with them. Or maybe we all just need to take the bus.

But then…………

what the hell do I know

The start of something

Ok………so I don't really know what I may have started here. Will this be a flash in the pan, or will it get addictive. Some of the stuff that could potentially get posted may not make any sense to anyone but me, but that isn't really that unusual.
I am also not too sure what kind of stuff I will choose to make public. I know there are some people that figure I may well be one sandwich short of a picnic already and it may not be such a good idea to voluntarily reinforce that theory.
But "what the heck", you take it as you find it. If you agree that's fine, if you don't that's fine too. All I hope is that it's not too boring, is somewhat informative and occasionally funny.

but then……….

what the hell do I know…