some rants and some raves...

rave: Chris's bronco is fixed and he is on the road again... somewhere in Utah, and should arrive at his dad's sometime today...

rant: every day since halloween (right after the time change) it has taken me at least an hour and a half to drive the 20 miles home... every day! and some days it's taken me 2 hours!! WTF??? i mean seriously... there haven't been any accidents, just rubber necking... i can't take much more of a commute like that... i either need a new job, or a new house...

rave: coworkers that make me not want to leave my job... and the type of work we do makes me not want to leave... so that means i'll likely get a new house before i'd get a new job...

rant: i know my dad and i haven't spoken in nearly a year, but i thought he'd come around and at least send me an email or a card wishing me a happy birthday... but he didn't... kinda feel let down... when am i going to stop letting this man hurt me like that?

rave: i did get a b'day card and gift from my friend Mel (Handy)!!! i haven't talked to her in about a year either... but we did exchage a few cards/notes early in the year, but nothing for a couple of months... so it was really nice to hear from her...

rant: the radio stations here play the same 6 songs all day long... no kidding... i the mornings coming in to work, if it's a slow moving traffic morning, the song i hear at 6:15 when i leave my house is the same song i hear at 7:15 when i arrive at work... it's a talk show in the morning anyway... they only play 4 songs an hour... and two of them are the same stupid song... and they have the same playlists everyday for a week... geez... play something new... or heck, something old... just anything different...

rave: the sound of rain outside my window... so nice and relaxing after it's taken me 2 hours to drive home and i've heard the same 6 songs at least twice on the drive...

rant: read an article in an engineering journal (i'm a tool, i know) this morning... a jury in NYC has finally determined the blame for the 1993 WTC bombings... they find the NY/NJ port authorities 68% responsible, and the terrorists 32% responsible... again WTF??? what is this country coming to??? no wonder other countries hate us, and think of us as a joke...

and finally, big rave: Hershey's Cherry Flavored Kisses!!! so yummy... you should try them!!!