I mean, political affiliations aside, you can’t make this stuff up.
It’s that time of year!
Happy “Last-5-work-days-of-reasonably-sane-traffic-before-the-onslaught-of-school-year-traffic-kicks-into-high-gear-and-wrecks-(-ha-ha-pun-intended-)-the-relative-bliss-that-is-driving-5-miles-without-being-stuck-behind-a-bus-or-in-several-school-zones-while-hours-of-your-life-melt-away-like-wax-in-the-sun-which-by-the-way-will-ALSO-be-waving-bye-bye-soon-so-soak-that-up-too-while-you-can-but-anyway-traffic-is-about-to-get-horrendous-in-this-here-city-but-you-know-what-now-that-I-think-of-it-it’s-already-pretty-unbearable-what-with-everyone-reading-and-texting-and-playing-Yahtzee-with-friends-while-”driving”-so-really-there-is-already-a-glut-of-unnecessary-accidents-which-cause-major-backups-which-cause-dangerous-blood-pressure-spikes-across-this-here-city-as-it-is-and-consequently-makes-me-want-to-prevent-my-own-children-from-driving-until-they-are-AT-LEAST-thirty-so-what’s-the-point-it’s-ALWAYS-bad-out-there-not-sure-it’s-any-worse-when-school-is-in-than-any-other-time-of-year-which-WOW-what-does-that-say-about-us-as-a-society” Week! Let’s make it a good one!
Rush Hour Math
There is a series of busy intersections near our house whose traffic lights SEEM like they were programmed by a group of juvenile barn mice who have fallen into the moonshine. I wish I could’ve been there when whatever counsel came up with the plan.
“Alexa, will you please forgive us?”
I, for one, am not very comfortable with our new digital assistant lifestyle simply because it doesn't enforce the common etiquette of manners observed in polite society. We, on our thrones of sentient thought, simply tell our digital underlings what to do.
See Something, Say Something!
In which I re-evaluate some reckless assumptions.
An Unnecessary Moment with Unsolicited Medical Practice Advice from an Unqualified-Yet-Concerned Citizen // #1
There’s a medical practice here in Louisville that specializes in a certain “medical issue” that is only applicable to men. They advertise quite frequently, boasting that they ONLY handle said issue. I won’t mention the issue specifically; those who live here will likely know the practice of which I speak, and others can use your imagination. … Continue reading An Unnecessary Moment with Unsolicited Medical Practice Advice from an Unqualified-Yet-Concerned Citizen // #1
Understanding Your Fellow Human // # 2
Everyone has as a story . . .or at least you can make one up.
