Road rant..

Life has me driving way more on the expressway than usual of late. I know this is nothing new, but why are so many drivers so clueless and/or obnoxious or is it just too much caffeine?

It's 10pm and everyone is cruising happily at 70+mph yet I glance up and see two headlights adhered to my rear bumper, even when I am in the middle lane and they could just go around. I happily tap the brake just a speck in case they zoned out and it does no good and they get even closer if that is possible. So of course I wait until a semi is in the next lane and then slow down just enough to block them in next to it. Still fast enough so no one can complain. I stay like that until I think they get even more frustrated, then when they drop back and go around the truck, I speed up just to see them in front of it...and of course they are on their cell phone, no big surprise. Oh, and it is usually a big SUV too.

Three cheers for public transportation and better yet, walking!

I swear...

I won't give up my dreams, goals and ambitions...though sometimes daily life tries so hard to take them away. We are having the worst session of thunderstorms and flooding in 20 years.
It's hard to think about writing, drawing and being a well-rounded person when you have to keep the water from trashing the basement and the child from having nightmares...

Ok, so I got a scooter

A bit behind the curve, sure, but then I was way over 12 when the razor-type things first came out, even over college age I guess. The kiddo wanted a two-wheeled one, too big for her toddler version and they had such good deals at overstock.com, where the Titan claimed to hold up to 350 lbs (way more than anyone I know, for sure, though I'm not sure I believe it), I figured why not.

It was really a lot of fun going scootering w/the child and her friend and they don't seem to think it's too silly. A fun change from the bike.


Most of this blog has been insignificant random rambling so far, but it was originally started in a midlife crisis mode, so I'm sure more of that will need to come out soon, be warned....

It's all relative

Well, she can't ride her bike without training wheels yet, but she Can use a wrench to take them off and on, and the pedals too, and even tighten the axle nuts enough. I think that makes me even more proud.

Things you never thought you'd need to say to your children, Take 1

Today's was: "DON'T throw your shoes onto the garage roof", which followed shortly after "Don't carve your name into the stone of the porch with a gas line marking flag you pulled out of the ground at the construction site near your school...."

The first classic one, when she was 3 or so, was "Don't lick your shoes"...and we had to say it more than once.....eeeeewwwwww......

I'm sure this just gets harder the older they get. I can't wait to see what Take 147 is, and if it involves the police.

Hello, world....

Any other geeks out there appreciate the title?
I have a houseblog ,
but there is too much else in life that I just need to go on about,
so this is for everything else. You have been warned. Pictures later.