Double Standard

Why does it take so long for people to remember and notice something so obvious? Sorry gotta put this out for my HU peoples!! We love you Frenchie!

Need I say... anything.

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My New Toy

Being a total guy is cool. I've recently acquired my first purchased power drill from Lowes. That's right no more bugging dad and coworkers for their drills when I need one. I also bought a 60 piece set of accessories. To quote Tim Allen, "ARR ARR ARR!". It's phat too it's just what I need. It can be adjusted to different positions depending on the task, it takes all the pieces I bought and is easy to use. Even though it sounds like I'm talking about a few of my college and Cincinnati GFs, I can't get enough if it I'm like obsessed. I want to drill everything (Shut up).

So many projects to do in the house. This will help immensely.

Driving: The Long Awaited Commentary

Many have heard my opinions about driving and drivers. I'm bold enough to say what most people only say under their breathe and know it's true. Some people just shouldn't be on the road. Old people, blind people and stupid people. In the past week, we've seen three incidents where the AGE OLD (pun totally intended) debate has been sparked again.

Twice in Baltimore-area older people have caused accidents. On 695, this guy slowed down to a crawl in the middle of the highway to where a tractor trailor could not avoid the collision. The second tractor trailor couldn't avoid the incident either. Everyone walked away fine but good grief want an accident scene. When the older gentleman was interviewed he said he was totally qualified to drive. Let me be bold and say SIR YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO DRIVE A BIGWHEEL!! The second incident was that an older person drove into a Safeway. In Florida, the third incident involved an older woman who was about to take her driver's test. She ran into the DMV building and injured 11 people. All before Thursday of this week.

There are plenty of older people in this world who can drive just fine. But good Lord, I don't think I'm ever around them. I think once you reach 65 or 70 you should take a written and road test every year thereafter.

I mean seriously! If people with only a right eye continued to sideswipping people, causing accidents while changing lanes to the right or/and running into people crossing the street while trying to make a right turn wouldn't someone suspect that perhaps the lack of a right eye be the issue? No one's saying that people with only left eyes can't drive. It takes training and special treatment by qualified driving instructors and that 20/30 vision requirement in the working eye. But what if people with no or low vision in one eye were just handed licenses like nothing was wrong with them. Scary thought. Like older people. TEST THEM. DON'T JUST HAND THEM LICENSES. When I'm older I would like to be tested every year just to know I still have some sense. Hell by then I hope to get around the proper way for a 70 year-old. My kids!

Anyway now that I've probably pissed off a few people I'll end with a few reminders for those STUPID PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. Namely the idiots that were on 95 North with me at night during the rain and fog.

1. Don't turn on your high beams in the F&*#ing fog!

2. Don't drive or merge onto 95 North at 35 - 45 miles an hour! THE SPEED LIMIT is 65 mph. Trucks will kill you. I will want to kill you. It wasn't raining that bad or icy at all.

3. Going 90 mph up 95 North is not too safe when visibility is low, idoit! Especially when dealing with people who don't adhere to item number 2.

4. Item 1

My trip to the DMV

Before I begin my story I must ask why in the world do some states feel the need to call the same bureaucracy a different name.

I've been procrastinating changing my Ohio license, which I got merely months before moving back to DC-area. After buying a new car and switching my car insurance to the same company as my homeowners insurance, I was told that I need to switch. So after procrastinating a couple more weeks, I finally took my butt to the Maryland DMV (called the MVA).

I gathered my materials and took them to the MVA. I was thrilled that it was right down the street from my house in Baltimore and across the street from a mall. I pull into the parking lot and nearly got hit by a new driver. Then dodged an older driver in a big ass caddy trying to relearn how to park. So after I stole his space that was obviously too small for him because of the mounds of snow/ice shoveled in the adjacent space I walked in the MVA.

The smell of frustrated, long-waiting Baltimore City residents hit me as I came in. I got in the information line waited my turn only to find out I forgot my passport. The woman was nice. She said I could skip the line and go straight to her if I was coming back soon. She kindly took down my name. I went home, grabbed my passport and got a better park than I had the first time. I thought, "Yes, this is a sign!"

Well, I go back in the stink hole and the woman who was just there 15 minutes before had left. Her computer was logged off and everything was cleaned off her station. So I waited again. I watched the line get longer until my I reached the next station attendant. She looks at my paper work handed me the number. A101. I look up at the screens and saw B-something. C-something and A63 and A64. I laughed and waited to see how fast they were going. It just wasn't going at all.

I thought I could take care of something else in the tags and title line. It took about 20 minutes to realize that I couldn't do anything about that issue at that time, but I filled out the form for future use. At that point they were on A70. Thank God I brought my iPod too.

"What the hell." I thought. Let's go to the mall. I heard it was really ghetto, but I needed something to do. I walk over and see that it's not so ghetto... well... no more than PG Plaza in Hyattsville, MD. They had food and cool stores and then I discover the ultimate shoe store. The Stacy Adams store with huge signs that read $29.99 shoes 2 for 50 & $39.99 shoes 3 for $100. So I tried on a couple shoes consulted my budget and bought a pair of brown boots. I spent time debating on how comfortable I was in the 10 and a half size versus the size 11. I settled on the 11s. I continued my journey to the mall and thought about getting food. I decided to walk back to the MVA after joking with someone random about me still having a number at the MVA.
"WOW! I've done that. They're probably still on the 80s," he said.

Oh he was right. A86. I spent a while in that shoe store and in the mall and they were still in 80s. But before my eyes they jumped up to A98 within 15 minutes. I guess people went to lunch and came back. I was excited. Then they stopped calling the A numbers for another 45 minutes. Frustrated, I walked around. Texted people several times that I hated the DMV and I'm not doing anything else today but sleep and eat.

Finally A101 was called. I jumped up and walked to the attendant while another woman walked up. The attendant said the woman was a return customer she said could come straight to her. "WTF!" I thought. I now wonder if I should have checked her like a hockey player at that point. Instead, texted people what happened in more frustration. So I waited right in front row of those waiting benches just staring at them. The attendant finished up and I finally got to the promise land. BUT HER MACHINE WAS SCREWING UP!

She handed me my new license and said wait here. In my head I'm like. "No crap you have my passport and SS card on the freakin' scanner." A techie came through and still couldn't fix it. I watched both of them cut the scanner on and off 20 times before she handed me my documents and said, "Here you go dear. I don't want to hold you up."

I must admit despite the irony of that comment it felt good to finally here someone say that.

FIN