June 17: Thoughts

Slow night on Yahoo. Here are some thoughts for you. This is important stuff, make sure and read carefully. There may be a quiz.

- I was at Wal-Mart the other day and saw, when walking back to my vehicle, a car that had "Baby on Board" written on the back window in shoe polish. Now, I've seen these signs before and I think I understand the paranoia that goes into protecting one's offspring. But I think the people who use these Baby on Board signs kind of live in a fantasy world. This (along with any derivative of this) never happens, no matter how much you wish it did:

(Someone's driving along and spots a car with a Baby on Board sign)
"By George, there's a small child riding in yonder motor vehicle! I must take great care not to make violent contact with yonder motor vehicle using my own car. Here, I shall move over into the adjacent lane, which is clearly a perilous move considering it is far more crowded. For over in yonder lane I do not have to take nearly as much care concerning striking the vehicle of another. And if I am the cause of a severe and possibly fatal automotive accident, I at least can have the peace of mind of knowing I did not hit anyone that was courteous enough to inform me of the presence of a young lad or lass."

It's not like a "Student Driver" sign, where you avoid the vehicle because it might do something stupid to hurt you. The baby isn't driving the car. If I'm wrong, please prove it to me. Because if I am I'm going to write "Don't Hit Me!" in really big letters on my car.

- Never go to Wal-Mart at 5:30 in the afternoon. Unless of course you hate yourself and like fighting through thousands of people and waiting in really long lines. Optimal Wal-Mart shopping time is 10 Pm - 11 PM. The crowds aren't as big, and they haven't started stocking yet. This is one of the most valuable things I've learned in college.

- Dual monitor display is like the coolest thing ever.

- Just to reinforce what I said in my last group of thoughts, you should never read Moby Dick. It doesn't get any better in the last 200 pages.

- I've done something recently that I never thought I would do: I've watched about 10 hours of a single documentary. I know what you're thinking... "What would possess you to do that?", "Dear God, why?", "Why do you think I care?". These are questions I asked myself. Except for maybe that last one. But it's interesting stuff. It's called "Ken Burns' Baseball". Watch it if you like awesome things.