Friday Rant

Andrew — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:58:07 +0000

Friday is such a great day of the week and I like to have a weekly decompression session. Friday Rant allows a cleansing, if you will, of negative energy before the weekend. This week the it is time to address people who cruise in the left lane on our highways and byways. I get a bit of the road rage, actually it can get pretty bad. The Tornado screams at cars when they use the horn, another pet peeve to be addressed in a future installment, because she is around me driving so much.

Let us make one thing clear; the left lane is the passing lane.

Everyday driving to work is a chore. I begin my work day at 3pm and am forced to endure the inevitable idiot, and yes I mean you if it applies, that finds the need to move to the left lane and do the speed limit. If you are this person please explain to me why you drive in the left lane.

First of all, yes I am a New Yorker. Second of all, yes I am admitting to driving above the speed limit. Finally, yes I probably should leave earlier for work. But, none of this really matters because the left lane of a two lane road is meant to be a passing lane. It is a simple concept – drive in the right lane and when you approach a vehicle opting to drive slower than you move to the left lane. Then return to the right lane to continue your trip.

So as I was saying going to work I will be driving along in the right lane and try to pass a car on the left, but get boxed in by someone doing the speed limit, or worse, less than the speed limit. To make matters even worse, when I flash the driver, which means move over, they just remain on course and even slow down. I, of course, proceed to go berserk spitting obscenities as if the other driver can hear me and pounding on my steering wheel. My heart can’t take it, I have high blood pressure.

Please stay to the right.

I am not asking for much, just drive your car. I have no problem if you want to drive the speed limit or even slower in the right lane. It is your prerogative to drive at a rate that you feel comfortable. But, once you move to the left you become am obstacle.

I feel my blood boiling as I type this, so for my health and well-being I am going to end this right now with a simple plea, Get out of my way!

Friday Rant: Perceptions

Andrew — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:01:00 +0000

I am going to introduce a new weekly post called the Friday Rant. Join me every Friday as I rant about something new. It may come from something I watched or read. It may come from a life experience. It may be about my wife, but please don’t tell her about it. Or it may simply come from my crazy mind.

The first installment will be about the perception that main stream television has of the father. I am a huge couch potato and watch most of the prime time shows and I mentioned to my wife how bad the father is often portrayed. You have the dead beat dad who often disappears from the picture never to be heard from again. Now what is great about this is that in “TV” world this occurs so often that is not surprising to any of the characters involved and seems almost expected.

Billy woke up this morning, brushed his teeth, got dressed, went to school, came home to find out dad is gone, and discussed what he learned in school today.

There is no shock, no moment of sadness, just move on to more important plot lines. So, since the lack of dad is the norm, does the responsible dad get celebrated? Absolutely not, just the opposite, there is nothing worse then the visible father.

In sitcoms the father usually is over weight, not too attractive, and dumb. Granted he usually has a hot wife that he wouldn’t even be able to speak to in real life, but at what price? Dad is the clown that ends up the butt of all jokes. The wife and kids walk all over him and left alone he screws things up and gets into trouble.

Now the drama is far worse. Dad cheats on his wife, abuses his wife, while molesting his children, resulting in murdering the entire family and he even runs over the family pet as he tries to flee. If a family member does happen to survive that family member simply becomes a serial killer, rapist, and abuser of small animals who escapes jail because it is dad’s fault.

Man, I feel the love.

Join me next week for the newest installment of Friday Rant. And if you have ideas to feed the fire in my brain just chime in.

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