Wow, lady. That sure is an ugly baby.

Just in case anyone out there is reading this, I want you to know right now that you will never see pictures of babies in this blog unless I'm making fun of ugly ones.

I sometimes choose to use the 'Next Blog' button to peruse the other blog offerings here. I've noticed that a lot of them are dedicated to families, and especially to children. I can see why people would do this; it's a convenient way to keep up with family from all over without clogging up their inboxes. Blood relations or not, no one appreciates 102 pictures all at once. Plus, you never know when some stranger might come by and comment on how cute your little snot factory is. And let's face it, who doesn't like compliments from strangers?

I wonder if people with ugly babies ever notice if/when people don't tell them their baby is cute. I wonder if they even realize thay have ugly babies. Do they know it deep down and deny it? Or is there some sort of invisible blinder that slips only onto the eyes of parents whenever they look at their little bundle of newly hatched flesh? I've heard of people being afraid they might end up with an ugly baby, but apparently none of those people ever realize their fears... or they don't seem to think they do.

This blog now has a purpose

So, I changed the title to reflect the new purpose of this blog. This will be for my rants and any other unsavory thoughts of mine.
I've toyed with the idea of cross posting some of my old rants from my LJ here, but will hold off on that for now.
I like to use my LJ to generally keep up with folks. I don't update it daily or even weekly with the minutia of my days, but I do hop on from time to time to let people know I'm not dead in a ditch anywhere.
I like to use the Myspace blog for things I think are important/thought-provoking (always cross-posted to my LJ).
I've used the notes feature on facebook a few times, but they're also always cross-posted from/to my LJ.
I'd like for this one to stand alone. I do a lot of cross posting because there are always a few people in each of those communities that is not in one or more of the others. So far, I've linked to this one from the others, but not advertised its existence to my friends. I still haven't decided if I want to or not. There's no hiding my identity; it's all connected. I'm ok with that.
It's just that, while I don't anticipate it ever actually happening, I would kinda like it if this blog turned into something that other people from outside my other/usual circles were to start reading and posting their own rants and frustrations here, too. But there's plenty of places for that on the internet. This one's nothing new.
And yet, I find that I'll use this blog all the same.

I'll take the express elevator down, thanks.

I saw a woman in the mall today with two little kids. I don't remember hearing any conversation between them to confirm my suspicions, but it seemed likely enough that she was their mother.
My first thought was, "Holy shit. Someone had sex with her. Twice"
Ick.

Certified Morons

Pop quiz, people.
You're driving on I-495 (Outer loop of Washington DC) on your way to work. The speed limit is 50 in the construction zones and 55 elsewhere. 85-90% of the traffic is actually driving 70 miles per hour. There are four lanes.
You feel like going 60-65 mph. Which lane should you be in?

If you say anything other than the far right, you're a certified fucking moron!

I drive this corridor every weekday. People fail this quiz every weekday.


If you drive with your blinker on for more than 30-45 seconds and you don't actually do what your blinker is warning people your'e about to do, you're a certified fucking moron.
If you drive with your blinker on for 5-10 minutes while you're going down a road on which there are no places to turn, you should have your car keys taken away and they should be used to beat you about the head and shoulders for the same amount of time you drove with your blinker needlessly lit.

Blog, yo.

I wanted to use Google Talk to catch up with some people. So I ended up with this login.
Might as well use it.
I haven't decided how much I'll use it, but all my sites are generally linked to one another.