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chips

Saturday, October 10, 2009

I like [some] Pringles potato crisps. For years I wondered why it is that when you remove the lining inside the cover it often likes to rip the inner lining of the cardboard case off with it, but it was a minor inconvenience (especially in the era [many moons ago] when I’d eat a whole [...]

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am i the only one outraged?

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Starting Friday, gas stations around the Triangle started spiking their prices. They raised them because hurricane Ike might disrupt future gasoline production. The cost of the gas they have in the ground is totally unaffected by whatever may or may not happen with this hurricane. But folks made runs on gas stations fearing prices would [...]

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gum must die

Saturday, August 16, 2008

What is wrong with people? Why is it that activities considered totally uncouth with “normal” chewing is thrown out the window when people chew gum? When you chew food, you chew with your mouth shut. When you chew food, you don’t crack it. You don’t blow bubbles. But when people chew gum, they feel the [...]

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toll revenues are down, and they do what?

Friday, August 1, 2008

USA Today reports that toll revenues are down because (drum roll please): fewer people are driving, they’re driving shorter distances, or they’re taking mass transit. What is the response from the organizations that run toll roads? Why, raise tolls of course. That’s right: like any other time the government gets involved in something, instead of [...]

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why alcohol and cars don’t mix

Sunday, July 13, 2008

I found out today when I logged into my email that one of my former coworkers was involved in a crash yesterday. 19 year old Justin Crouse was drunk and rammed my friend Philip’s car when he ran a red light in Raleigh yesterday. Right now, Philip’s in ICU in Raleigh. His girlfriend, who was [...]

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am i the only person who *didn’t* skip that day…

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

I seem to recall – and not too horribly long ago, either – that people used to at least approximate being polite. I’m pretty sure we as a nation used to encourage being polite, sharing, and thoughtfulness. We used to try to make our kids be those things starting before kindergarten (Sesame Street pops to [...]

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my first act as president…

Friday, April 25, 2008

…will be to eliminate the TSA. I was in Chicago this week for work, and on my way back the TSA gerbil found a knife in my briefcase. The same briefcase that made it through RDU without anyone noticing a knife. When I am elected president in 2016 the first thing to go will be [...]

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the inanity of ‘special’ lanes

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Carpool lanes do not alleviate traffic. They encourage folks to either a) ignore the ‘carpool-only’ signs, or b) get pissed-off at other drivers ignoring the signs. I’ve been in California for a few days on a working vacation, and the carpool-only lanes are stupid. Because I’ve been driving by myself to work, I do not [...]

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other drivers suck

Thursday, October 19, 2006

I went to upstate NY for my fall break this past weekend. The trip up was great – until I got about 5 minutes from my parents’ house when a dumptruck driver decided he didn’t like Mazda Proteges and just changed lanes whilst I was next to him. Fortunately I-787 has fairly decent shoulders there, [...]

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