And yesterday went to hell, minus the handbasket.

To say yesterday was bad would be an understatement. Sometimes I think the universe gets some preverse enjoyment out of torment. Lets start with the first thing in the day:

1)Get up, hit toes on bedpost.

2)hobble to bathroom, try not to dump books into toilet.

3)Wonder how normal toilet has now become a Blue Water B'day *BRRRRRR*

4)Get coffee into blood stream - Chew coffee as somehow the filter decided that it would work better by dumping grounds into coffee.

5)Go back upstairs - Catch shoe on stairs - rip shoe

6)Take Judi to work -Take car to garage for odd noise

7)Watch as they take apart front of motor discoverign things as they go- waterpump bad, 2 pulleys shot, new belts

8)Watch as of course parts are not avalibe except by special order till monday

9)Begin to reconsider plans for trip we were leaving to go on Friday noon



Then for no reason, things turned around. It's wierd. Parts were found, things got done, naps were had. It is almost unbelevable. Suddenly the universe was righted again.



Okay, todays rant: Excuses



I read another one this morning on cnn.com (All hail CNN, your rights are reserved and copyright). These two kids who killed a 45-year-old man and injured a 19 year old woman while shooting at cars from an overpass say they were inspired by the game Grand Theft Auto. They both plead guilty to reckless homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.

Alright, wait a frigging minute! This is one of my pet pevees real bad. The video game did not cause you to do anything, nor did any movie, magazine, sugar additive, or anything else for that matter. You two did it. People today like to shuffle the blame for things they do. I think the blame lies with two groups: The kids and their parents. Want parents to get more involved with their kids? Fine, charge them as well. First few who do time or pay fines that are gonzo costly will shock the SUV crowd into action. Maybe.



And on the subject of SUV, what the hell is going on? Any bigger and they should be busses! And get this, the other day I saw a stroller with seats for 4 kids. Stroller SUVs???? This is getting out of hand. Perhaps we can stem the tide of the SUV invasion by requiring a special permit for them (With an added tax of course) Just prove you need one. Plain and simple. Example: Your a re-enactor and you use it for events to carry all your stuff and other people - APPROVED. You want one cause you see the hommies with one and think it is going to make you cooler and less subburban - DISAPPROVED (and turn around that hat) You need to carry 12 kids to a soccer games - APPROVED. You just got a promotion at work and want one - DISAPPROVED. I knew back in the 80s we shoud have allowed YUPPIE hunting. All of this would have been solved back then. Now their larve have matured and are driving, making their own larve.



See? Simple solution.

Or we could just make them spend a year driving a 1976 Ford Station Wagon Land Yacht first. (Hehehe) After that, economy car here they come!