I can't believe it: It's been eight years to the day since my very first blog post. A lot has happened since then. So many memories (births and deaths, graduations and marriages, birthdays and anniversaries, vacations and holidays, and everything in between) it's hard to remember them all.
I'm not sure which direction I'm going to head in. Whichever direction I choose, it will be forward.
It just so happens that the night I decide to revive this blog is the night that the Oregon Ducks play the Ohio State Buckeyes for the National Championship of college football.
I'm going to keep my thoughts on hold for now.
Monday, January 12, 2015
Saturday, December 01, 2007
OUTRAGE
ALAS, SOMETHING SO OUTRAGEOUS THAT I AM DRIVEN TO WRITE.
AS I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE DON SHULA EXPRESSWAY, I ENCOUNTERED A TOLL BOOTH. THE TOLL WAS $1.25.
IN MY POSESSION, I HAD THREE QUARTERS, TWO NICKELS, THREE PENNIES, ONE FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL AND SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS.
I HANDED THE TOLL COLLECTOR MY FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL.
SHE LOOKED AT IT AND ASKED ME FOR MY DRIVER'S LICENSE.
IT IS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR A TOLL COLLECTOR TO REQUEST THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL TENDERING THE FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL SO THAT THE TOLL COLLECTOR CAN WRITE DOWN THE DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER ON A SHEET OF PAPER ALONG WITH THE DATE, TIME AND LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THE FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL.
I REFUSED. I EXPLAINED THAT THE FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL WAS A PERFECTLY GOOD FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL AND THAT BY EXAMINING THE BILL, WITH ALL OF THE ANTI-COUNTERFEITING DEVICES THAT HAVE BEEN IMBEDDED INTO THE BILL BY THE U.S. TREASURY, SHE COULD DETERMINE THE BILL'S AUTHENTICITY.
SHE SAID SHE UNDERSTOOD; THAT SHE WAS JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS; AND THERE WAS NO WAY SHE WOULD ALLOW ME TO PASS WITHOUT ME SURRENDERING MY DRIVER'S LICENSE SO SHE COULD WRITE DOWN MY DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER.
I REFUSED AGAIN AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO HER SUPERVISOR.
SHE CALLED HER SUPERVISOR, AND I WAS TOLD THE SUPERVISOR WAS ON HER WAY.
IN THE MEANTIME, TRAFFIC IS BACKING UP, AND THE DRIVERS BEHIND ME ARE HONKING THEIR HORNS BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS GOING NOWHERE.
THE SUPERVISOR ARRIVED. SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS IS THE WAY THE MIAMI-DADE EXPRESS WAY AUTHORITY DOES BUSINESS AND THERE WAS NO WAY SHE WOULD ACCEPT THAT PERFECTLY GOOD FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL WITHOUT ME GIVING HER MY DRIVER'S LICENSE SO SHE COULD WRITE DOWN MY DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER ON A SHEET OF PAPER.
I REFUSED AGAIN TO SURRENDER MY DRIVER'S LICENSE.
WE WERE AT AN IMPASSE. I WAS NOT GOING TO SURRENDER MY LICENSE; AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THE FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL UNLESS I DID.
THE SUPERVISOR THEN SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE A NON PAYMENT OF TOLL NOTICE AND SUBMIT THE $1.25 TOLL BY MAIL.
I AGREED THAT I WOULD DO THAT.
IS THIS A CRAZY WORLD OR WHAT? WHO IS CRAZIER, THEM OR ME? WHO IS MORE SUBBORN, THEM OR ME?
AS I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE DON SHULA EXPRESSWAY, I ENCOUNTERED A TOLL BOOTH. THE TOLL WAS $1.25.
IN MY POSESSION, I HAD THREE QUARTERS, TWO NICKELS, THREE PENNIES, ONE FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL AND SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS.
I HANDED THE TOLL COLLECTOR MY FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL.
SHE LOOKED AT IT AND ASKED ME FOR MY DRIVER'S LICENSE.
IT IS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR A TOLL COLLECTOR TO REQUEST THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL TENDERING THE FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL SO THAT THE TOLL COLLECTOR CAN WRITE DOWN THE DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER ON A SHEET OF PAPER ALONG WITH THE DATE, TIME AND LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THE FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL.
I REFUSED. I EXPLAINED THAT THE FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL WAS A PERFECTLY GOOD FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL AND THAT BY EXAMINING THE BILL, WITH ALL OF THE ANTI-COUNTERFEITING DEVICES THAT HAVE BEEN IMBEDDED INTO THE BILL BY THE U.S. TREASURY, SHE COULD DETERMINE THE BILL'S AUTHENTICITY.
SHE SAID SHE UNDERSTOOD; THAT SHE WAS JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS; AND THERE WAS NO WAY SHE WOULD ALLOW ME TO PASS WITHOUT ME SURRENDERING MY DRIVER'S LICENSE SO SHE COULD WRITE DOWN MY DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER.
I REFUSED AGAIN AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO HER SUPERVISOR.
SHE CALLED HER SUPERVISOR, AND I WAS TOLD THE SUPERVISOR WAS ON HER WAY.
IN THE MEANTIME, TRAFFIC IS BACKING UP, AND THE DRIVERS BEHIND ME ARE HONKING THEIR HORNS BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS GOING NOWHERE.
THE SUPERVISOR ARRIVED. SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS IS THE WAY THE MIAMI-DADE EXPRESS WAY AUTHORITY DOES BUSINESS AND THERE WAS NO WAY SHE WOULD ACCEPT THAT PERFECTLY GOOD FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL WITHOUT ME GIVING HER MY DRIVER'S LICENSE SO SHE COULD WRITE DOWN MY DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER ON A SHEET OF PAPER.
I REFUSED AGAIN TO SURRENDER MY DRIVER'S LICENSE.
WE WERE AT AN IMPASSE. I WAS NOT GOING TO SURRENDER MY LICENSE; AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THE FIFTY-DOLLAR BILL UNLESS I DID.
THE SUPERVISOR THEN SUGGESTED THAT I TAKE A NON PAYMENT OF TOLL NOTICE AND SUBMIT THE $1.25 TOLL BY MAIL.
I AGREED THAT I WOULD DO THAT.
IS THIS A CRAZY WORLD OR WHAT? WHO IS CRAZIER, THEM OR ME? WHO IS MORE SUBBORN, THEM OR ME?
Friday, January 12, 2007
TERRORISTS FIRE ARTILLERY SHELL AT U.S. EMBASSY IN ATHENS.
WHY WOULD ANYBODY WANT TO DO THAT? WHAT HAS THE UNITED STATES DONE TO ANYONE TO INCUR THE WRATH OF THESE HOMEGROWN TERRORISTS?
HOW ABOUT INVADE A SOVEREIGN NATION; DESTROY ITS INFRASTRUCTURE; KILL ITS DEFENDERS, ITS MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
HOW ABOUT INVADE A SOVEREIGN NATION; DESTROY ITS INFRASTRUCTURE; KILL ITS DEFENDERS, ITS MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
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