Tuesday's Random Thoughts

TUNNEL VISION: I hate people.
Wait, not any of you. I know you. You're not people.
Unless...
No, seriously. People are the individuals in the world who think the rules don't apply to them. They're the ones who go out of their way to do stupid things. They're the ones who require companies to put safety instructions on boxes of toothpicks.
Some recent examples of "people" in action:

The postal carrier walking down Cerritos near James Madison Elementary in Anaheim. It's only one-lane residential-type area, but a pretty widely used street to get from one end of Anaheim to the other (all my Loara peeps out there know what I'm talking about). Anyway, the dude is two houses from the corner, and a light to cross the street, but he's standing, waiting for traffic to clear so he can jaywalk. And this example is something I see ALL the time in Moreno Valley. It's 10 more yards to the crosswalk. Make the effort.

Getting on the freeway to come home near Cal State Fullerton the other day. There are two lanes for the on-ramp, and both have the metered lights at the end. We pull up to the red light and stop. The car in the left lane sees the red light and just speeds right on.

The driver who sees the school bus on the side of the road, with its red lights flashing so the students can get off safely. And yet, because there's a whole extra lane worth of room, they zoom on by.

And, of course, there's the car behind me, tailing me in the carpool lane. When I'm doing 80. I finally relent and move to the fast lane so he can pass, and he follows, thinking he's going to pass me, then dives back around, glaring over at me with a scowl ... while on his cell phone.
What is it like to go through life that clueless? I mean, we all have brain fart moments where we do something stupid. But the people I'm talking about don't see it that way. They live in a tunnel vision world. The rest of us -- the responsible ones -- are for cleaning up the mess they leave behind, so they can do it again and again and again and ...
The worst part? There's not much we can do about them (legally, that is). Sigh.

SIX MONTHS: I'm getting a little tired of the constant bashing coming from Republicans over the performance of President Barack Obama.
I realize that most of us have a trial period of three months at our jobs, and we're given a review. But most of us aren't the President of the United States.
To declare the economic plan a "failure," as Newt Gingrich did the other day, after this short of a time period, seems to be jumping the gun to me.
After all, there's no training manual for fixing the mess he inherited. And it's certainly not Obama's job alone to do. He may be the figurehead leader, but there another 535 people in Congress who have to work together to make the changes needed to jump start our economy. And they tend to get along as well as Itchy and Scratchy.
The more people such as Gingrich talk, the more it sounds like sour grapes. Frankly, if things aren't going the way you want them to, get back into the game. Stop going on TV to talk about it, get yourself elected. Go help the process. And don't just scream that it has to be done this way or that way. Work together. This whole two-party petty bickering is getting more than tiresome.
Nothing is going to get fixed overnight. Or in just six months. And not everyone is going to like the way that we get there.
And things still aren't going well by next November, we can pick a whole bunch of new people who won't be able to get anything done in Washington.

THE DAY OFF: Really needed the Monday off. We had a rough weekend as far as getting to spend family time together. And you could really tell Luc needed time to be with his daddy (especially after the fit he threw when mommy left for work Monday morning).
During our time, we went shopping (daddy got his new toy ... errr ... phone). We went to the park to play. We got lunch. We visited Gina's dad (who is happiest when his grandson is around). And we went to visit my mom at the preschool she works at (where Luc got to run around and play, since all the other preschoolers are already out for the summer).
By the time we were done seeing grandma, he was tuckered out. He slept the entire trip home. And after a little rest at home, we met mommy and went to dinner. It was a much needed day together.
Today, Tuesday, we try to get back into routine. Some time at home before heading off to day care, while I get to go shopping. Before all the fun of work starts again tomorrow.

INTERACTIVE PORTION: What was the one show you "had to, had to" watch every day when you came home from school (or every Saturday morning)?

Lightning Round coming tomorrow.