Topic category: Other/General
More odds and ends.
Were this to happen, the fundamentalist moonbats (a redundancy) would be presented with some tough choices. They’d have to decide what to do if the Pope or a cardinal of the Catholic Church faced them down. They’d have to decide what to do if a bishop or metropolitan of the Eastern Orthodox Church did the same. They’d have to decide what to do if a Muslim cleric, a Buddhist monk, a Baptist minister, or the Dali Lama blocked their weapons. Would they claim that the killing of such individuals was Allah’s will?
Says who? Anyone checked with Allah on that?
I don’t know the problems that the mother of this newborn was facing. I do, however, know that whatever they were, they just – very rightfully – got a whole lot worse.
Saith the study: "Driving while talking on a cell phone is as bad as or maybe worse than driving drunk."
Do tell.
One hopes that the researchers didn’t spend a lot of money conducting this study. That’s because anyone who drives nowadays could’ve told them the same thing and given them endless examples of the automotive antics of those who have these things surgically attached to their ears.
Minor aside: the researchers also found that those who use cell phones believe that it doesn’t affect their driving at all.
Remarkably similar to the thinking of those who’ve been drinking, isn’t it?
The other night I went on a foraging mission to the kitchen. In the fifteen or so steps it took to get there from the sofa, I started thinking about something else - a new widget for my toolbox, going fishing next week - whatever. When I came back to the moment, I found myself staring at the innards of the refrigerator with no earthly idea of why I was there.
My wife looked up and said: "Milk."
"Milk?"
"Look in your hand, Larry. You’re holding an empty glass. It had milk in it, but you drank it all and wanted more. That’s why you’re standing in front of the refrigerator with the door open. That’s why our electrical bill is so high. Your attempt to single-handedly cool the North America is costing us money. Take the carton out, pour yourself a glass, and come sit down."
That made me feel a bit foolish but it’s not quite as bad as those moments when I’m talking with someone I’ve known for years and just can’t quite remember his or her name.
Such things seem to be happening a lot more often lately.
It’s only going to get worse, isn’t it?
Larry Simoneaux
Biography - Larry Simoneaux
Larry Simoneaux is a regular columnist for The Everett Herald in Washington state. He is a retired ship driver for the US Navy and NOAA.