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Baseball bat stands on end

It would take a few tries to do this.

Randy Johnson hits bird with 95MPH fastball

What’s the call on that one?

Seagull runs off with golf ball

That’s got to be annoying.

WTOP‘s weather forecasting is usually right on the money. Their meteorologists are much more reliable than any online source. However, I could do without the commentary. You just tell me today’s highs and lows, the chance of rain, and maybe a bit about humidity or wind, then I’ll decide if it’s beautiful, sweltering, or a little nippy. You may be completely accurate on the high temp of 92, but your assertion that it’ll be unbearably hot may not apply to me. Don’t tell me I’ll want a jacket in the morning, just tell me it’s 40 and windy. I’ll decide if that requires a jacket.

I saw a comic strip earlier this week that said something like “When you’re waiting at a traffic light to turn left, why would you inch forward into the intersection besides to block my view as I’m trying to turn right on red?”
That came back to mind as I was trying to turn out of BJ’s a few nights ago. Why on earth did that girl in the Explorer pull out into the intersection???

When I’m riding my bike, I like to play “Who’s the dumbest driver on this road.” It’s a great game to play. Helps me be prepared with the horn or the brake when somebody merges into my lane. I’m starting to think Beetle drivers are just bad drivers. When I’m riding I feel like most drivers are very courteous to me — giving me more space than they would give most cars and generously yielding the right of way. Unfortunately, some drivers just don’t pay much attention.

I’m not really into telling people they can’t drive safely while on the phone. DC drivers cannot drive safely while they are on the phone. In DC it’s illegal to drive while talking on a cell phone without a hands free device. So I constantly see people driving around, either with an ear piece in, or with their speaker phones on, and holding the phone out in the air. I also see the people with the ear piece in and gesturing with both hands, while the wheel just goes untended.

That’s all I can think of to complain about right now.

On the way in to work, I saw a Subaru Outback with far too many bumper stickers on it’s metaphorical ‘tocks. Of course, I pulled up closer to read the stickers. (Pasting words in tiny letters on the back of your car is not safe.) Among a few other left wing activist-inspired stickers, there was the requisite “If You Aren’t Completely Appalled, You’re Not Paying Attention” sticker. I have to admit, I was completely appalled by the number of slogans pasted on the back of this off-roading station wagon. I’m still wondering why one would say “you aren’t” as opposed to “you’re not.” I think “aren’t” is one of the most obscene, not to mention useless, words in English. I hate to hear it and I really hate to say it. I’m pretty much over that bumper sticker, though. Every time I see one, I think to myself, “Are you still completely appalled? Maybe you should think about just loosening up a little bit.”

A woman on the elevator with me today noticed I was carrying a helmet and asked me about my bike. She said her “husband was going through a midlife crisis or something” and bought a motorcycle. She obviously wasn’t very happy about it, especially after he got in an accident a few months later. She told him he should get a girlfriend instead.