Ready for a nice break?

Here it is. This Hump Day Hiatus is all over the map, with images from settings as diverse as ESPN’s Sports Center to a train yard under the stars. Taken together their sum is further proof that Planet Earth is one colossal and beautiful playground, (especially where humans haven’t messed it up). It’s a nice soundtrack from Ten Years After, …

I Hate Monday

And I hate even more when I get off schedule. But if you promise not to sue me, I’ll post this I Hate Monday a day late. And anyway, I’m sure it’s still Monday somewhere. Today, I would like to know what’s the deal with drivers who feel compelled to apply their brakes going down hills, even slight inclines. Let’s …

I Hate Monday

Nobody likes to see rude and inconsiderate behavior, but it seems especially thoughtless when it costs nothing to be civil. I’ll give you an example or two that paints a picture using traffic in the Augusta area, but it happens everywhere. Picture Washington Road in the Martinez area. It’s typical for cars to be backed up from the intersection at …

I Hate Monday

Allow me to state right off the bat: this I Hate Monday is pure trivia. It’s nothing vital and important, like I hate war or I hate cancer or I hate people who take more than 15 items into the express check-out lane. No, in the grand scheme of things this is inconsequential. Still, it’s annoying. What am I talking …

I Hate Monday, Monday Edition

Last Friday I had many miles of roads to cover around Aiken and Augusta and, although this might be a wee bit of hyperbole, it is unintentional, I assure you: I think 90% of the traffic lights I encountered were RED. And they were reds of the most annoying variety, like: A.) the light that turns red one second too …

It’s raining

Always be careful in the rain. You never know what might happen.

I Hate Monday

Don’t you hate it when you’re driving along minding your own business, and suddenly some ass cuts you off in traffic? And then another one does it, and another one, and another one, and another one…

I Hate Monday

As we do every Monday here at the sprawling world headquarters of the Medical Examiner, we examine something worthy of disliking. Sometimes we go heavy-duty; sometimes even we admit it’s a little trivial. Where does today fit in? You decide. Let’s say you’re on the way to an important meeting. You’ve left plenty of time; there’s no rush, but we …

We’re Going to Ho Chi Minh City

It’s Hump Day, so it’s time for a break. Let’s go to what used to be called Saigon, and as a bonus, everyone who watches this will get profound new respect for how smooth and orderly the traffic flows in [fill in the blank for your city, or the city you think has horrendous traffic]. I don’t think they believe …