Pet Peeve #3

It's been raining a lot here in the Midwest, and every time it does, I amazed by how many people do not turn on their headlights. For example, this evening, around 6:30, we had a strong thunderstorm. The sky was fairly dark and the wind was blowing the rain all over the place. In the short seven-mile drive from my parent's house to my condo, I counted 10 cars that did not have their headlights on. I'm thinking about posting a sign on my side window that reads "Turn on your headlights, idiot!"

Pet Peeve #2

I spend a lot of time at my desk at work. To kill the monotony, I surf the web and try to keep up with the latest news around the world. I've discovered that I'm particularly bothered by the ability to leave comments on news stories. I like to read the straight news. I don't want to know what Joe Smith thinks about about the garbage crisis in Naples, Italy. Our society lives by hair-trigger responses and news agencies are feeding our desires to give our two cents ON EVERYTHING. That's why we created blogs, right? We have a controlled venue for our family and friends to keep up with our random thoughts and not-so-random daily activities. Why would I want to leave my opinion open to potential criticism and heartburn by perfect strangers?

A Pet Peeve

When I found out about Tim Russert's death this afternoon, I exclaimed and said, "Oh my God, Tim Russert is dead." I did not expect the following response from my colleagues, "Who's that?" Are you kidding me? An hour or so later, another co-worker came up to me and told me and I thanked God that someone on my team is informed. I really have a hard time dealing with the fact that so many people do not pay attention to what is going on in our political world, or even the rest of the world. I get that most people are not as obsessed about television than I am, but I think they should at least watch the really good quality shows.

Ignorance is not bliss.