Resolution

It's a big one, and won't be completed this year... only started:

Masters Degree!!!

Oh I'm goin' there! And it's gonna cost too!

A shout out

I'm not sure who the credit should go to, but I sure am thankful that someone finally thought of this: The Snuggie. Finally, someone is taking their cues from monks and fashioning blanket-wear after them. What I want to know is WHY has it taken so long to come to be? I mean, seriously, why hadn't we figured out how to wear a sleeping bag sooner? Here I was all the time trying to keep my blanket on the old fashioned way while watching T.V. - lying it on me. Little did I know how much my back and shoulders were missing out by not WEARING my blanket. Damn!! Why should the front of my body have all the warmth? Thank you Snuggie!

Drive safely!

Many of you know this, but for those of you that don't, my dad is a truck driver. He hauls steel, tin, and aluminum coils for a living. He drives all day long in a giant truck that gets going really slowly and stops really really slowly. With a full load, his truck weighs something like 40 tons. I believe that is the legal max. Anyway, most people understand that these huge, heavy, rapidly moving vehicles cannot stop on a dime. Why then do people drive around them as if they can?

I admit, I hate being behind a truck just like everyone else, but I do know it takes several hundred feet for them to stop when moving at freeway speeds, so I do my best to not cut them off.

I was riding with my dad this afternoon - I haven't done this in like 10 years. I remember there being drivers jumping out in front of him and cutting him off, and he tells us all the time about these things happening everyday. Today, we were driving to Riverbank, outside of Manteca and a little red Honda Civic pulled right out in front of us. This would not have been a big deal if the car had pulled out and accelerated, but this guy poked along for a good 1/4 mile before we right on his tail (with brakes) and my dad had to blow the horn to get this clown's attention. Even then it took another second or 2 before the guy stepped on the pedal. Also there was no one behind us at the time so this means the Civic driver could have easily pulled out behind us and taken his sweet-ass-time without the danger of getting smashed by a ginormous truck.

Folks, when you're out on the roads, please take care around these big rigs. I know a few rogue drivers have given them a bad rep, but most of these guys are trying not only to keep their own driving safe, but are also trying to drive everyone around them - and guess what, that's impossible. And don't assume they can slow down or that they see you, their line of sight is way different than yours in a car. Be safe.