tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post321260898171177850..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: The Madness of Saint NickSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-81653862367936629502009-12-23T11:18:09.126-08:002009-12-23T11:18:09.126-08:00I have a Jaguar Vanden Plas that's about an in...I have a Jaguar Vanden Plas that's about an inch shorter than my wife's Expedition. LA traffic has gotten exponentially nastier since I started driving; and the holidays are about 50% worse than the usual hideous conditions. I wouldn't feel safe in a small car. This isn't green, but I flat-out don't care; when they build a green car that doesn't fold up like an accordian when the asshole in the SUV backends it, I'll start paying attention.<br /><br />Safety first, kids ... and certainly for <i>my</i> kids ...Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-67245037494046946122009-12-23T05:17:39.552-08:002009-12-23T05:17:39.552-08:00You call it madness. I call it job security.You call it madness. I call it job security.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14121086704006525841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-27855790685954944022009-12-22T18:07:04.951-08:002009-12-22T18:07:04.951-08:00I'm a professional driver. That just means I ...I'm a professional driver. That just means I get paid to drive. As it happens I specialize in over-dimensional freight. Heavy Haul we call it. Everything I do requires state permits.<br /><br />Interestingly enough some states shut me down for two or three days BEFORE the holiday until after it's all over.<br /><br />There might be a reason for that.evmickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345726039742529074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-9963000799679036922009-12-22T17:28:34.837-08:002009-12-22T17:28:34.837-08:00I have minions doing yard work. One left for a Ho...I have minions doing yard work. One left for a Home Depot run, and called me from his car saying he just couldn't fight the traffic back to my house any longer and he would be by first thing tomorrow morning.Nancy Holderhttp://www.nancyholder.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-18921671777388948302009-12-22T16:50:15.354-08:002009-12-22T16:50:15.354-08:00People just can't multitask. Their minds get c...People just can't multitask. Their minds get clouded with something (usually trivial, like what present to buy your pre-teen nephew), and they forget the other life-threatening activities they're engaged in. <br />Watching LA traffic, it's super surprising that more fatalities don't occur.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138545573425777067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-67510177369179879242009-12-22T15:15:24.681-08:002009-12-22T15:15:24.681-08:00Uh-huh. It gets worse. For some reason, the holida...Uh-huh. It gets worse. For some reason, the holidays have become more and more insane with the passage of time. Christmas gets less jolly every year.<br /><br />When I first moved to Seattle, I worked for Costco in the graphics department. The brief time I was there included the holidays, and I saw things that damn near traumatized me. Old women fistfighting over electronic games for their grandchildren. Asian women screaming with an unholy pitch at each other. Grown men getting into fistfights in the parking lot over spaces.<br /><br />I try my best to only shop online nowadays.<br /><br />Oh, and that bit about people speeding to get in front of you, then going SLOWER than the speed limit? What the fucking monkey fuck is THAT about? I see that all the time, some crotch-wanking retard damn near causes me to swerve into oncoming traffic because he thought half a car length is plenty of room to rev out in front of me in, and after risking his life (and much more importantly, MINE) slows the hell down to 1/4 the speed limit.<br /><br />??????????<br /><br />I don't suffer from writer's block. Too much weird shit happens out there for me to use THAT as an excuse. Regular people are far more insane than any axe-wielding maniac in a hockey mask that I could conjure up.Bobbe Edmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14346040017021718774noreply@blogger.com