Hogging the Carpool Lane vs. Adding 30 minutes to about 5000 peoples commute....

So the other day I was cruising home from work around 6:30 (Yes, I know, first mistake.) and I got to about 2 miles before the tunnel on the 10 and began about 30 minutes of "driving" between zero and five miles per hour. When I finally found out what the "problem" was that was holding up traffic, I thanked god that I didn't have a gun in the car.

I spent 30 minutes crawling in traffic because.....The EASTBOUND side of the 10 was closed due to an accident....bear in mind, I was in the WESTBOUND lanes, which were completely unaffected by the accident. In fact, the accident was right by the stack. For those of you that can't picture this section of road, let me explain it a bit.... The eastbound and westbound sections of the 10 are both suspended above the 17 and some industrial parks below, meaning it's basically a giant bridge at this point...but it's not one bridge, it's two, there's about 50 feet of space where you can see down below to the industrial areas below, then the other side of the 10, meaning the ONLY possible excuse for this delay was people stopping to look at the accident across the way.

Now, about 4 or 5 times a week I will see motorcycle cops writing tickets to people who are driving by themselves in the HOV (carpool) lane. For those that don't know, these tickets are $300 for the FIRST offense....

What I want to see is every time there is an accident on the freeway, there should be about 3 or 4 motorcycle cops sitting there to stop and ticket anyone who slows excessively or comes to a stop with no one in front of them, just so they can get a better view of the accident. Because that one person stopping adds about 20 minutes to the commute of the 5000 people behind them.

I think this ticket should start out at a warning for the first offense, and $500 for the second, third offense $1500, fourth = no more drivers license for at least 6 months. I don't think this is unfair, in fact I've somewhat lessened the costs from what I was thinking yesterday.

I ask you non-commenting slime to leave me your feedback, let me know your thoughts, and if you are against my idea, all I ask for is your name, address and phone number so I can contact you to find a nice convenient time for both of us, so that I may come and slash your tires.

The life of a Hobo

Click the link above and play a game that illustrates the life of a hobo. I won the game on the first try.

btw...bomberman sucks.

Old Boss....

So my old boss called me the other day and left a message on my machine at home. She explained how she was just calling to see what I've been up to, and find out how I've been. Oh yah, and by the way she's having some virus issue on her computer, so if I could call her back and help her figure this out that would be great.

She neglected to mention a few details though...
1. She got shitcanned from DHelL and needs the computer to find a job.
2. When they shitcanned her they took her company cell phone.
3. A phone number to call her back at.

So all in all I guess I'm doing pretty well. Hope that virus issue got taken care of. It was nice catching up with you. Let's do this again soon, it reminds me of back at DHelL when I'd have to explain things to my "superiors" such as "yes, to send your e-mail you have to click send" or "No, I can't take that call in queue because I'm busy explaining to 5 different newbies how to do something you neglected to even mention during their training, like 'this is e-mail', 'this is a phone', 'you need to inhale AND exhale', and other minor details".

That's my venting for the day.

“Just squeeze your rage into a bitter little ball, and release it at an appropriate time. Like that day I hit the Referee with the whiskey bottle. Remember that?”

I am still alive

So I know I've been slacking lately and haven't bothered to update this thing. Could that be because I'm just plain lazy or is it just the fact that nothing utterly and completely idiotic has happened as of late? Okay, I'm fucking lazy.

Here's an article for your enjoyment.... High School mis-spells it's own name on diplomas... click here to mock them, err read the story...

If PCDude hasn't posted this on his blog already I'd be shocked, but I guess it's just another example of our wonderful public school system in action.