I don't have road rage. I don't get THAT mad while driving. What would be the point? Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't get irritated enough to let slip a few bad words when other people's driving irritates me. Last week, two cars coming in the opposite direction passed a garbage truck in front of them - and they didn't care that they almost caused a head-on collision (with us!). That elicited more than just a few bad words from me (think finger gestures). They deserved it! Other... Read Full Story
I don't have road rage. I don't get THAT mad while driving. What would be the point? Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't get irritated enough to let slip a few bad words when other people's driving irritates me. Last week, two cars coming in the opposite direction passed a garbage truck in front of them - and they didn't care that they almost caused a head-on collision (with us!). That elicited more than just a few bad words from me (think finger gestures). They deserved it! Other... Read Full Story
I've touched on some of these things before, but thought it was about time to make one ultimate list of the things that bother me most on the roads. Anything you want to add, I'm always looking to expand my list. Your kid was student of the month at some ... Read Full Story
My Pet Peeves by Ron LeGrand As I go through life and deal with hundreds of people each month, sometimes it amazes me how some folks get to be adults and not get put out of their misery by some short tempered idiot who shoots first and thinks later. I rarely get mad or lose my temper, not even while I’m raising a 16 year old granddaughter going on 21 who thinks money is a right when one gets born, to be used up at will with a never ending supply and work is what you get for punishment if you... Read Full Story
Remember that scene in “Reality Bites” in which Winona Ryder’s character is asked on the spot to define irony…but she can’t?
I was remembering that over the weekend as my date cited instance after instance that he deemed “ironic.” The thing is, they weren’t. They were coincidental, or just unlucky. And it drove me nuts!
I’m not the type to pick apart an Alanis Morrissette song, but I don’t like it when people use words they don’t understand. And as I listened to him talk, I realized that... Read Full Story
[ quote=Keb] What bothers me is girls who can't move in skirts or stand to wear skirts when they're from worlds/times where every -other- girl wears a skirt. The excuses of "Can't do X in a skirt" don't pass muster with me, since women have done just about everything a human can do in a skirt of one kind or another through history. It's true that you wouldn't be able to wear some -kinds- of dresses to do certain activities, but the reason this really bothers me is the skirt thing seems... Read Full Story
Hokay, got a new one here, and maybe I’m over-reacting a bit when I say that people who do this should be shot in the FACE. Or at least made to watch Ishtar over and over again. I submit to you:
The guy who won’t pull UP:
Let’s say, for instance, you are moving into the left turn lane, next to a median with a cut-out that will hold 3-4 cars. The guy in front of you, in the turn lane, has like 1-1.5 CARLENGTHS of space between him and the car in front of him. That leaves you... Read Full Story
Bad Driving Handbook?
This is the first installment of a series I will be posting on driving pet peeves. Haven driven all over the US in most of the 50 States, I firmly believe we have the WORST overall drivers right here in sleepy little Colorado Springs. The. Absolute. WORST. Barring third-world and emerging countries, it is my opinion that the sheer idiocy and inconsiderate- ness (is that even a word?) level here is higher than just about any other city, in any other state. �
The... Read Full Story
In honor of yet another Monday, I'm taking this opportunity to run down a list of pet peeves. Disclaimer: This list is in no way in order of pet-peeviness, nor is it complete. 1) Printed phone books and yellow pages: Seriously, does anyone even use these anymore other than for making themselves a little better able to see over the dashboard? 2) The countless lovely ladies at bars and nightclubs whom I've witnessed coming out of a stall and walking right past the sink (and soap) and out the... Read Full Story
This is an article I wrote several years ago and recently was it brought to my attention by Nelson Fielding, who works in our office. I read it and thought, I wouldn’t change a thing today. Enjoy! A guy in my position gets to talk to a lot of folks out in the real world at the grass roots level. People trying to get as much as they can out of this short life and be the best they can be. The people I see are searching and it may surprise you to learn that not all are after more money. Some... Read Full Story
