I just so happen to live in that unfortunate part of the Midwest that was a participant in the ice storm last week. I knew crazy people existed, just not in the numbers that I had heard about. Sure you hear stuff on the news that is so 100% true that you start telling your friends about, who then start telling their friends, and so on, until the next thing you know Cher is doing QVC selling Tupperware and Donald and Rosie are getting along. Well, suffice it to say that when the news said no one was out on the streets, everyone was tucked safely away at home in Nevernever land, I thought I'd go out and buy a few winter storm staples; floss, Ziploc bags, and ready-to-eat toast. Let me just say that I experienced creative driving while I was out.
I've yet to figure out how people can get so upset when others drive fast in this weather, when all you see when you go out in it is loonies. People were going ass-slow on the cleared streets and crazy-fast on the 2" solid ice sheets. As a sane person, ( I have the documentation to prove it ) I must say that this kind of behaviour is totally unacceptable. To all you crazy people out there: A little bit of consideration to all the other people on the road who aren't crazy would be so nice. Keep your KitKats and duct tape in the backseat until you make it safely home.
In other news, I recently read Machiavelli's The Prince, and not living in a Renaissance period, let me say Whoa! it's striking how applicable it is in the Modern world today. Why aren't school children required to read prose such as that?
Cheers,
--R.
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I've never read the Price, but I read "The Little Prince." It was good.
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