Me Only

I once meet a young man who in their first 18 months of driving seemed to get in accident after accident because of his recklessness and disregard for his fellow driver and humans in general.  I unfortunately meet him because his parents were in desperate need of an assigned risk auto policy, because their insurer wanted to cancel them if they didn’t remove him from their policy.  All he wanted to know when he met me was, if he got a sportier car, would it cost more to insure.  He wasn’t paying the bill, so why should he care.  He had little regard for how his actions affected others; it was clearly all about him.  People like him are a main motivator for me to have a Cabin In The Woods.

Cabin 95

It Has Passed

Thanksgiving use to be a big family event.  We’d travel to my parents and meet up with the rest of the family that we hadn’t seen all year.  Then when my parents couldn’t do it, my sister took over.  It was a weekend event with many traditions.  Well now my sister isn’t healthy enough to do thanksgiving, so it’s just a big meal at my house with the spouse and kids.  Basically just another day.  It’s so sad that with the passage of time things come to an end.  I think one of my many nieces and/or nephews needs to step up and restart this tradition, it would be nice.

Once Again

An office sent in a form with the birth year written as “17” and ass(u)med we would know they meant 1917.  Then they called to correct it and made a sarcastic remark about us not working with pediatrics.  I corrected them, yah we do (my highest professionalism).  A strong desire for my Cabin In The Woods then overcame me.

Why?

When you call a doctor’s office, the first thing you might hear on their phone system is, “If this is a true medical emergency, please hang up and dial 911”, well duh, why the f*ck are you calling them to begin with?  Do you think they’re going to drop everything and come running to your aide?  That’s what EMS is for.

Laying An…

One of my older siblings raised pigeons when they were growing up and discovered somethings about pigeon reproduction.  First they learned how to tell male from female pigeons, something to do with the bone structure down there, so exciting, not really.

Then during the first winter they felt sorry for the birds since it was so cold out.  So they installed heat lamps to keep them warm.  Well that apparently singled the pigeons to start lying eggs.  Who knew, so the lamps were removed from the coop.  Thou the winter made it easier to clean up after them.  They would sit in the same spot to keep warm and it would all pile up behind them, as opposed to being everywhere when it was warmer out.  As a side benefit, our garden had a lot of fertilizer.

They also raised a breed called a “roller”, the pigeon would fly along and then proceed to roll and crash to the ground.  Knowing this, once when my friends were visiting the pigeons were flying overhead and I acted like I was shooting at them.  On cue one of the rollers dropped to the ground.  They were shocked.

Turkey