Sweat the Small Stuff: Ranting about the little peeves in life
Posted in Driving on Oct 5th, 2007
This post may not make much sense to those that do not have the HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lane in your area, but for those that do, you undoubtedly will have seen what I am going to talk about. For those that don’t know it by HOV, it is the commuter lane, or the lane [...]
Posted in Driving on Jul 5th, 2007
Did you know that it is physiologically impossible for your to keep your eyes open when you sneeze? I remember learning this years ago and trying my best to prove that little fact wrong. Go ahead, try it. I tried and tried to no avail. Your body is simply wired to protect your eyes by [...]
Posted in Driving on Jun 27th, 2007
During the summer I enjoy driving my little convertible, for the sun, the air, etc. If I have to get in the car and drive, having the top down makes it so much more enjoyable. That is, until I get behind a vehicle that is out of tune and belching out a big black cloud [...]
Posted in Driving on Jun 25th, 2007
Back to a lighter topic today, which of course comes back to something to do with driving. I try not to always lean to my driving rants, but because I often write first thing in the morning after having driven in to work, that is what is most prevalent on my mind.
Today, manhole covers. I [...]
Posted in Driving on Jun 6th, 2007
“School’s for the summer.” I remember when those song lyrics brought joy to my ears as I headed into a few months of blissful lack of responsibility and carefree fun. These days it makes me feel empathy for my wife trying to fill the day with activities to keep our kids engaged and out of [...]
Posted in Driving on May 30th, 2007
On our recent trip we had to purchase a lot of gas, way too much gas! With gas price where they are, that was a painful part of our excursion. Buying all that gas did remind me of a personal pet peeve of mine, which is the 9/10ths of a penny in the [...]
Posted in Driving, General Rants on May 8th, 2007
Having moved across the country just 2 years ago, we have encountered a few problems here and there with different state policies. Nothing major, until yesterday. We have a Jeep Wrangler that broke down and we were not driving it at all. It was sitting in our driveway and we had cancelled the insurance. My [...]
Posted in Driving on Apr 26th, 2007
Traffic gets backed up for a variety of reasons. Whatever the reason, though, there are some little courtesies people can offer that make the situation a bit more bearable for all involved. One of those that has been on my mind recently is the gesture to leave a gap for people to cross traffic at [...]
I enjoy a clean vehicle. I actually even enjoy cleaning my car for the most part because I find the time I spend cleaning is a step outside of my normal day and even someone therapeutic. There is something refreshing about completing the task and having that shiny, clean auto in front of you.
During non-summer [...]
Posted in Driving on Apr 23rd, 2007
The route I normally take to work includes if you’ve left turns cross busy roads. Depending on the route only one of these includes a traffic light, so I have the opportunity to wait for a hole in the flow of traffic to cross the traffic and continue to make my way to work.
This [...]
