Happy Halloween...(is it over yet?)

I wanted to get a Yoda costume for Jenkins this year - but couldn't bring myself to drop $15 on something that would be destroyed within 20 minutes (the plastic ears would be irresistable to Jenks). Maybe next year. If anyone stopped by tonight, I could have just said that he was dressed as a cigar smoking alien.

Don't look into his eyes, look away, look away..

A Venting Vanilla Latte

Dear lady driving the gigantic SUV, talking on her cellphone while in the drive-thru line to purchase 18 drinks:
Next time, please park your rig and walk inside to complete your good deed of the day for your co-workers. It took me about 30 seconds of watching you make your orders (while also on your cell) to note that I would have to wait at least 15 minutes for my coffee. No problem. I pulled my car around, parked and ordered inside. After making my order, I stood across from the drive-thru window and gave you dirty looks while waiting for my coffee. (Which you didn't notice due to your cell phone.) Had you made a 'normal' order or gone inside to order, I would've been halfway back to the office by that point.

Maybe I'm just jealous that I'm the only one addicted to non-folgers coffee in my office and no one else in the office makes 'coffee-runs'.... no, that couldn't be.

Seriously?

This morning, while driving across the bridge I found myself staring at the license plate of a Saturn Ion that read, "EARTHY". Unless the driver of the car likes to take their Saturn Ion off-roading through the mud - I can only guess that they are trying to say that their car is environmentally friendly. Isn't that like saying a low-fat doughnut (do they even exist?) is 'healthy'? Or a child throwing a tantrum 'happy'?
He didn't even have another passenger in the car with him. Put that license on the back seat of your 10-speed buddy and I will give you the thumbs up. Otherwise, you are a gas-guzzler just like the rest of us, leaving your environmental footprint just as large as anyone else.

Mario the Musician

The other day as I was driving home from my soccer game I threw in a Postal Service cd into the car stereo. As music goes, I am a fan of a wide array of genres and like to switch it up depending on what mood I seem to be in. I find listening to TPS calming in a weird way - until I noticed something odd about their music. All of their music sounds like it could be the background music in a Super Mario Brother's video. All of a sudden, while driving home, I couldn't get the idea of Mario and Luigi jumping in and out of gigantic green tubes, flying turtles, that wierd mushroomheaded thing and gold coins. I fear that from now on I will never be able to take TPS seriously - my brain will be too busy trying to get Mario Bros 3 out of my head.