Happy Memorial Day

To my fellow veterans and to all those currently serving. A Memorial Day greeting to you all. I'd like to reprint a poem below by Theodore O'Hara titled "The Bivouac of the Dead."

The muffled drum's sad roll has beat

The soldier's last tattoo'

No more on life's parade shall meet

That brave and fallen few;

On Fame's eternal camping ground

Their silent tents are spread;

But Glory guards with solemn round

The bivouac of the dead.

God Bless you all.

R.I.P. ,my old shipmate, Kyle Peterson who has been sleeping beneath the waves these past 18 years.

Stupid Drivers (again)

Not much to say except I watched 4 cars blow through 4 different lights out on the road this morning. WTF people? I swear to Christ, and you can print this and present it at my trial, if someone broadsides me because they ran a red light I will murder them.

PAY ATTENTION while you're driving

Don't you hate it when you're behind an ignorant asshole who can't seem to pay attention to his/her driving? This seems to happen more often than not. Today's retard was some old bastard who sat at a green light while the cars in front of him drove on. He snapped out of it just in time to make the red light. I don't like using the horn so I screamed out the window instead "PAY ATTENTION!" The light changes and he drives and then he slows down for no reason. Then he brakes. Then he drives. Finally he finds the street he wants and almost comes to a complete stop before making the right turn. I should have thrown a handful of bolts at him as I drove past. Why are old antique people driving still? I one time saw an old bag cruise right through a red light. She was going slow enough where you can see she was oblivious to it. Just a wrinkled old dinosaur without a clue in the world. Thank Christ nobody got hurt. Stupid bag of dust. Just have renal failure and die already before you kill someone.

The Pot Calling the Kettle Black

In my opinion, I think former president Carter may be smoking peanuts instead of growing them. Whether you like Bush or hate him you have to admit that it is pretty nutty (no pun intended) for Jimmy Carter to call Bush's international relations the worst in history. This is the guy who got nothing accomplished while our people were hostages in Iran. He's just jumping on the Bush-bashing bandwagon and trying to reflect the waning sunlight of the public eye before his star burns out in the night sky. Go back to building houses. It's the one great thing you did.

Stupid, Dangerous Road Hogs

My street intersects with a narrow, curvy road with plenty of blind spots. This road, as short as it is, has had its share of accidents and even a death. You would think it would be the last place to find bicyclists. You would be wrong. We've got bicyclists, dog walkers and joggers who think nothing of putting their lives at risk by taking up residence in the road with traffic. I've been on other similar dangerous roads around here and inevitably there would be one of these people in the way. The piss poor thing of it all is that there is a park about 8 minutes away that has a bike path through the woods. People jog and walk and take their dogs there. Intelligent bicyclists can be found there as well. I don't know why these assholes insist on using these types of roads. I'm often stuck behind this archaic mode of transportation, crawling along, waiting for an opportunity to pass them. One day someone is going to get creamed and they will cry out against the car. Get it together you spandex wearing future roadkill! Be safe, stay off these roads! (shaking my fist - "Stay off these roads!")

Big Mouths, Story Tellers and Liars

What's the deal with the three types of people mentioned in the subject line? Sometimes I come across a real 'winner' who possesses all of these traits. Big mouths just can't keep their yaps shut. They hear some juicy gossip and feel compelled to spread it around. What is their reward for this? Do people praise them for delivering such wonderful tidbits of personal information? If they're lucky, people will forget who said what. Otherwise they will end up a very uninformed and lonely individual.

Story tellers are also liars but liars are not necessarily story tellers. For example, if you deny breaking something, you are a liar. A story teller, however, will come up with some elaborate bullshit to explain away the item that is broken. I think story tellers are worse than liars because I think liars are just out to protect their interest. Story tellers insult your intelligence with the shit that comes out of their mouth. More often than not, story tellers are lonely, boring people. They make up shit to enhance their pathetic existence. Just save us all some trouble and jump off a bridge. At least the end of your life would be interesting.