We're riding on the RV of fun, or something...

Mondays. Is there anything more dismal than the thought of Monday morning and the sight of all your lovely co-commuters on their way to work? You know, going to work in the wee morning hours is the best time to go to work. You don't have idiot people slowing down to under the speed limit & people trying to overtake you in a space smaller than the space a motorcycle would use. There are some down sides to traveling to work early in the morning...


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Early this morning a presumed drunk driver entered the I-10 westbound lanes going the wrong way and collided with a RV traveling thru El Paso in the early morning hours. Here in El Paso, wrong way drivers are a huge issue with our roadways, and a few months back , we almost had one each weekend for three weeks (two nearly days apart from each other). This morning's accident was one of the worst ones as of yet, but with a slightly better outcome. The passengers inside the RV escaped without serious injury, however the driver of the car did not survive.

Fear the roads

The state of Texas is participating in what penny pinchers would consider a red-letter day as all retail merchants will participate in Tax Free Weekend. Anything that remotely has anything to do with back to school is granted this tax amnesty. Yes, this is a good thing to do to boost the economy, the huge downside is the freeways around the malls and other major shopping centers are going to be FLOODED with people trying to get a piece of this annual sale.

Caveat emptor, voyeurs...

Am I supposed to update?

Hmm, I guess not. I dont have anything to offer for an update for today. Nothing has happened yet.

The death of a beloved friend

Its my sad, sad duty to inform everyone my laptop is dead. After fighting for months to repair a video connection problem on the motherboard, the computer decided to bite the big one. Yes, I am deeply heartbroken, it was truly a window to the world as I sat in my cubicle at work and watched the world as it happened.

It will be parted out. I am keeping the hard drive, mainly cause I have all my files still in it. I know someone who wants to buy it, I just have to contact him and see if he still wants it in its condition.

For now, I am laptopless. Wait, that sounded dirty...

I watch too much TV

I do. When I notice things that strike me as strange, and no one else picks up on them, I know I watch too much TV. Take this morning for example, I was watching one of those active lifestyle commercials of people who suffer from the ailments of everyday life, get up and show themselves to be active and alive.

You know, more power to them. I am just reminded of what my dad says all the time when he sees commercials like that. All these commercials are using music and objects to rekindle memories of youth and vigor. Depends (diaper underpants for adults) shows two women taking a road trip in a classic 60's Mustang convertible. Enbrel (an arthritic medication commercial) shows a couple running down to the beach after parking their 1970's GREMLIN.

All these products target the older generation who's health is starting to sulk downwards. I remember watching a sleeping aid commercial of Cass Elliot's Dream a Little Dream of Me playing in the background. I guess all this watch of TV is making me think of when I get to be in my late 40s. Will Sominex (sleeping aid) use Metallica's Enter Sandman? Maybe use Cult's She Sells Sanctuary to sell RVs or motorhomes.

I fear the future, people. Its going to be filled with a return of sell-out artists lending their songs to products, vacuuming robots and robots mangling man meat.