Okay, I know its been a super long time since my last post, and I don't have much today, but for the sake of posting, I'll post two small trinkets. I got some bigger stuff coming down the pike (coming down the pipe? or pike?, weird this could have its own post), so this will have to suffice for now. My goal was to blog for year, and its been two years, so whatever. I still believe content trumps volume. Filling pages with crap is useless, I'd opt for a fewer amount of quality documents over tons of bullshit any day. Having said all that, I have two tidbits I have been thinking about for a while, and neither is really worthwhile for its own post (or anything for that matter), so condensing them into one seems appropriate.
Anyhoo, so I was at the grocery store a while back, and as I was getting out of the truck, there was a lady in an SUV next to me opening her hatch thing to put her groceries into her vehicle. She had a small child with her. I am probably not a good judge of small children's ages but I would wager this kid was maybe less than 2 years old. I cannot remember the kid's name exactly, but I believe it was Kevin, and so the lady says "Kevin, mommy has got to do something about the mess in this car!"
Think about that for a minute. clearly, she was not telling her small child this, he was too young to understand or care, hardly more than a baby. so this brings me to the conclusion that she was simply manifesting her own thoughts through fake talking to her kid. But then there is another issue, why would she do this in the Kroger parking lot? if her child were not there, and she simply said "i need to do something about the mess in this car" out loud in the parking lot, she would appear crazy. Is it really any less crazy to say this to a small child? I have also noticed this phenomenon between two parents, when one parent will say something to the other parent transitively through the child like "Darren, your father is a real asshole" or "Donna, I wish your mother would help me clean these blood stains out my underwear." These people are using their children as a shield from reality. These weirdos would be just as well off getting a hand puppet and expressing their true feelings through it. It sort of reminds me of the myth about orthodox Jews having sex through a hole in a bed sheet, and the subsequent various comedy bits about people doing all kinds of crazy things that were ok as long as they were done through a hole in the sheet. I guess in summary, I am simply saying that these people who talk to children as if they are adults or through children should stay at home and smoke their meth.
Completely different subject...
I drink too fast.. or do i? When I open a lovely carbonated beverage, I drink the entire thing generally in about 20 seconds. Is this good or bad, or does it even matter? No one generally notices that this happens, so maybe it is not that bizarre, although when I am in a restaurant, the waiter or waitress will sometimes comment because when they fill my glass, its empty almost instantly. A lot of times, they will eventually just leave a pitcher at the table to I can handle my own refills. This activity is not limited to just soft drinks by any means, I also do this with beer, wine, and liquor. I should also mention that my rate of consumption does seem to interfere with my enjoyment of said beverages. I don't really have much else on the subject, I was really just kind of wondering what the average elapsed time would be on an average person drinking an average beverage.
In hindsight, I should have just skipped this posting, and held off for quality content. This post is the reason I go for quality and not quantity.
