ENOUGH TALK ABOUT CUPCAKES
OKAY GUYS, HERE'S THE DEAL: I am slipping into the dreaded Scientology Slang Stage. You have to help me! Lately everything is "amazing," "awesome," fabulous," or "great." And I say "geez" and "dang" constantly, though I have no real explanation for that. The only decent slang I've come up with recently is "wackulous." I REALLY NEED HELP. You're all geniuses, give me some words!
Now for my "real" entry.
Today I washed my electric blanket for the first time ever. Why the first time, you ask? Because they are sort of complicated to wash, plus I have been plagued with laziness and Attention Deficit Disorder for some years. So I soaked it in the just-cleaned bathtub and, when I pulled it out, there was a nice outline of black filth underneath it. How tasty is that? Now it smells fresh like just-cut lavender. At least I think that's what the lavender detergent smells like, I haven't actually ever sniffed just-cut lavender. Okay.
While the blanket was finishing up in the washing machine (second stage of complicated cleaning process), I thoroughly vacuumed the laundry room, including under the washer/dryer, all the fixtures behind them, the accumulated dust/dog hair/leaves on the walls/ceiling/doorways/baseboards. I scrubbed the dryer clean (we keep the laundry detergent bottles on it) and organized it neatly. All I can say to conclude this is: I COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT THIS VACUUM. IT IS THE FIRST WORD IN CLEANLINESS.
Tonight on the 5PM news, they announced that the city of Dallas is considering installing Red Light Cameras at traffic intersections to reduce side-impact crashes. As they finished up their report, they said that opponents didn't like the plan because it "infringes on their privacy rights." WTF. So it's okay for a cop to stand at the intersection and monitor everything or drive next to you, but it's a privacy-infringement to have a camera at an intersection? Do people think the cops are really going to see every little thing they're doing in their cars? Wouldn't it also be an infringement of privacy for them to monitor your speed while you drive? I don't understand all this paranoia about "American privacy" these days. I don't care if the Feds listen in on my phone calls. What do they care about my private life? I'm not doing anything wrong to begin with, so what's the big deal? WHO CARES? As for the camera thing, they already have cameras at the toll booths to monitor people who don't pay. What's the difference? How can people have brains and still think this sort of thing is a bad idea? I guess the opponents must be the ones who run red lights all the time.
1 comment:
I think it's silly to whine about a lack of privacy in a public area, like in the middle of the (public) streets. However, I do have a problem with my privacy being invaded in my home, but that's a different blog. The biggest complaint I have about red light cameras is that if they malfuncion, the courts are going to believe the camera and not the person. In that case I think it's better to have a police officer doing the enforcing, and not a robot!
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