Pot Holes --

I hate it when people swerve. Not cause they are drunk -- which is bad too -- but because they are stupid. Because they want to avoid pot holes. Because a 2 inch divit into the ground will mess up their car or something. Except its the other way around -- at least according to my trusted reference who will not be cited -- he says that swearing actually ruins the shocks.

Yeah, well, not only does it ruin the shocks but it ruins my day. I don't need some crazy driver swerving every 5 minutes -- for all I know they'll just run straight off the road. Or worse -- into me!

So just stop swerving. Drive straight. Like the rest of us normal people.

Drive Faster, it's JUST snow!

So here it is April. April the 11th. And there's snow. Only two weeks ago it was in the 70's and I was wearing sandals, yet here it is, after Easter, and there's snow. And not just nice powdery snow. This snow is wet. And heavy. It's a pain to brush of your car, because it clumps onto the brush. Good packing snow, if you're a kid and you like to pack snow.

But that's not my point today. My point is that when it snows, people drive like morons. That's not to say that they drive normally when there isn't snow. No, there will always be moron drivers. I'm saying that when it snows, it makes it about 5 times worse.

I think there should be a law about how slow you can drive when there's snow. Like, let's say, 1 inch or under, you can drive around 5 miles under the speed limit, but no more. 2-6 inches, 10-15 miles under the limit. More than that, you should just not bother driving at all. You'd be able to walk faster (although you'd be cold).

But under NO circumstances should a driver EVER drive 30 miles under the speed limit (especially if the speed limit is 30 mph -- or even 20mph -- don't ask how that's possible, but when there's snow, miracles of slow driving happen).

Anyways, I eventually made it to work today. And i'm alive. No thanks the moronic drivers who go so slowly they might as well be not moving (or even moving backwards!)

I seriously hate Estrada

If the devil had decided to create a web-design program, he'd have called it Estrada. Seriously.

You're probably thinking, what the heck is Estrada?

http://www.estradacms.com/e.asp?durki=559

Go there. Look around. Then download the Author manual.
It actually tells you to "Experiment to determine how many separators you must insert in order to display your content in the desired placeholder, or contact your Estrada administrator or template designer."

I think that's because the creators don't even know how to use their own program.
There's so much more I could say about Estrada, but I'll let you find out about it for yourselves.

Snow on Cars

Okay, so it's a bit late for this one, but I think about it all the time anyways. Snow. We had a lot this winter. A lot of snow over a short period of time. And sure, I had some snow days where I didn't have to come into work. And still got paid. That was nice. Obviously. Who wouldn't want to get paid to sit at home doing whatever they please?

Anyways, let's say that there's snow, like the night before it snowed and covered everything in let's say about 2 inches of snow. Enough snow to cover everything in a blanket, but it's not a snow day. So you have to drive to work. And so does everyone else.

So you're getting up a little earlier than normal, get your car sitting idle in the driveway while you get ready so that it's all warm and toasty for when you're ready to go. And you've got the defroster running to get whatever ice there is melted.

Then when you're ready to go, you brush off your car. All of it. Top, front, back, sides, whatever. There's no snow on your car. And, then you get in, and you're off to go to work. Or whereever else.

And you're driving along and then all the sudden there's a huge blanket of snow coming right at your windshield because some moron driver in front of you was too inconsiderate to brush all the snow off his car. He figures that as long as he can see out of part of the windshield and part of the back window that he's covered. Sure he's covered. And so are all of the other cars behind him who get snow blown at them as he's driving 40 miles per hour down the road.

So this snow is coming at you in bricks as your driving, and you can't swerve or anything, so you're just hit with snow and are temporarily blinded. You could get into an accident, and it wouldn't be your fault, cause the stupid person in front of you caused it. However, if you were to get into an accident and the police came, I don't think you'd get away with saying, "it's not my fault, the guy in front of me threw snow at me, and I got all messed up in my driving" because by that time the moron culprit who started it all is gone.

There ought to be a law saying that you can't drive until your car is completely clear of snow. It's just inconsiderate and dangerous not to.

And that's that for cars and snow.