Katie and I have traveled a bit since Memorial Day. Summer. That is what you call that time period between Memorial Day and now. Moving on from the lesson on seasons...The Ninja's Mazda has crested 193,000 miles. The vast majority of those miles have been on the one and only Interstate 84 (I-84). Mostly, my fellow drivers are respectful, and as fueled by common road courtesies as by 89 octane. That being said, I have a few observations and questions for my other road dwellers.
- So, orange 2009 Dodge Calibers don't have cruise control? That is why you have passed me, then slowed down 4 times in the last hour, right?
- Where are you from that it is okay to do that? You know - pretending that I wasn't traveling at least 10 mph faster than you when you decided to change lanes to take 13 minutes to pass the big rig that is going...the same...speed...that you are.
- Don't text and drive. Even Kansas City Chiefs rookie running back, Dexter McCluster, agrees with me.
- I see that your family consists of two big stick people, one medium sized stick person, a small stick baby, and two stick dogs.
- I was going to ride your ass for the next ten miles, until I saw that "Back off - I have kids" sticker. Well played. Note: This sticker was the inspiration for my new sticker: "Back off - I ate some leftovers earlier".
- Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not the one with a confederate flag on my back window.
- $25 a year. Maybe $35 a year. I may or may not alienate one of the 17 faithful, awesome people that at one time have enjoyed something I wrote with this one. Vanity plates are just about the biggest waste of money I can think of. I'm not talking about the ones that support a university or breast cancer research - I'm talking about the ones that identify a 1997 Chevy Suburban as "CRAIGZ" or inform everyone that the dude driving his PT Cruiser is "JUSCRZN". Simply stated, someone paid the state of New York extra money to put this (see pic below) on his/her license plate.
Tom out.
