When I pull up to a stop light on a two-lane road, I think it's important to be as far away as possible from the car in the left lane. All those people who are waiting behind me to turn right should just hold their horses.

posted by Steve 11:35 AM [edit]

Tuesday, December 26, 2000

Isn't it great how there are so many religions in the world? Protestants, Baptists, Presbyterias, Lutherans...

But they all get along, and they all believe in Jesus our Lord!

Can you image in the time before Christ when there was no religion? Like, before 1776?

Hell must have been more crowded than a California jail.

posted by Steve 1:26 PM [edit]

Sunday, December 24, 2000

Why on earth do they make those compact parking spaces so small? Sometimes I can barely get out of the doors of my Ford Expedition because those other cars are so close.

posted by Terrie 4:43 AM [edit]

Wednesday, December 20, 2000

It's a good idea to pull over while using a cell phone and driving, but it can be so inconvenient. I discovered a great solution yesterday while going down the 55 mph stretch of Bodega Avenue. Just slow down to a safe speed (say, 30 mph or so) while you talk and drive with your car half on the berm, half on the road. This signals to the drivers behind you that you may have a reason for slowing down, but they have your permission to pass if they can. But you don't actually have to stop completely, so you save several seconds in reaching your destination!

I'm such a genius sometimes...not to mention a safe driver!

posted by Terrie 6:24 AM [edit]

Monday, December 18, 2000

I go to McDonald's twice a week, and there's always SO much to choose from on the menus, I have to stop at the register and figure out what I want. Of course, I always end up getting the same thing, but it takes me several minutes to find it. I don't know why people are so impatient.

posted by Steve 8:00 AM [edit]

Tuesday, December 05, 2000

It's been such a frustrating week.

First of all, I was out shopping at the mall. I brought little Timmy with me, but he's so independent and didn't want to be in his jumbo-stroller, so I let him out to roam the aisle while I perused the cosmetics. I made sure to stay right in the middle of the aisle so I could easily get to either side while I browsed. Unfortunately, there was this scary woman right behind us the entire way...I could sense her first over my left shoulder, then my right. After a few minutes I became scared for Timmy and called him back to the stroller, while the scary woman squeezed through to my left. You just can't be too careful these days.

Then I went to work. It's just too difficult to get my Mazda SUV into those little parking spots, so I just parked in front of some cars that were parked in the regular places. Wouldn't you know it, one of our stupid customers put a ding in my SUV as she was pulling out of the wedged-in spot across from it. She hunted me down and gave me her insurance info and she seems on the up-and-up, but I'm thinking of sueing for emotional damages.

posted by Terrie 7:08 PM [edit]

Friday, December 01, 2000

There's this one clerk at the grocery store - she is SO funny! Even though there are five people behind me in line and I'm only buying tothpaste and a candy bar, I can't help but stop and chat with her. Today, we were talking about love handles; she calls them 'hate handles' - that's just one example of how funny she is! I don't know why she's working at such a low-paying job, when it's pretty clear that she could easily be a stand-up comic.

posted by Steve 6:19 AM [edit]