Under The Influence

Well, actually more like the aftermath of being under the influence. Of Bendryl. Actually, diphenhydramine. I buy the cheaper generic of most OTC drugs that I take. The cost savings is remarkable and the ingredients are exactly the same. Why would you pay for a name-brand at 2 or 3 times the price?

Anyway, got hit hard this weekend by apparent allergies and suffered headaches and nasal blockage Saturday afternoon and most of Sunday. So, when I got to work yesterday and started feeling the stuffiness returning after a sneeze or two, I decided I was going to do the little pink pills until I could breathe. No, I didn't exceed the recommended dosage. Well, I maybe cheated by a 1/2 hour or so in re-medicating. But, I usually only take half a dose, one pill, and it gets me by.

Yesterday, I full dosed all day. I was able to breath fine through all appropriate breathing passages. However, medicine-head was in full swing. I told my wife when I got home that I could breathe just fine, but thinking and remaining awake were difficult.

This morning is like a hangover minus the headache. Hopefully, whatever evil pollen urchins were invading my nasal passages for the last week has moved on and I will be able to get through the day without popping such heavy doses.

Beyond all that, I'm still sick from hearing about MJ and all the clueless idiots mourning him and vying for lottery tickets to attend a memorial. Y'all need some fucking help.

I'm also tired of all the Palin hype over her resignation. Everybody I listened to yesterday on TV or radio were speculating, chastising and/or sympathizing with her. Everything is so over-analyzed anymore. Shit gets stale and annoying almost instantly. 1500 different people all talking about the same thing for hours, when all it takes is a couple of sentences to report. "Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has resigned. No word as to her future endeavors." Period! That's all anyone knows. That's all that needs to be reported. Shut the fuck up, already.

Enough ramblin', I guess. Gotta get to work in a couple of minutes.

Later.

Celebrities Dropping Like Flies

Since I don't watch TV news, I just heard on the way in to work that Screamin' Billy Mays died yesterday. Apparently his wife found him dead. Condolences to his family, but I won't miss his loudmouth commercials. I can't believe anyone could watch, or listen, to that shit and WANT to buy anything he was selling. I would always immediately change the channel when he came on. If you want me to buy what you're selling, the first rule might be; Don't fucking yell at me.

Too bad, too, about Farrah and Ed McMahon. Michael Jackson, not so much. What is it though with people like McMahon and Michael Jackson? Both made MILLIONS of dollars, but still couldn't live within their means. WTF?

It was fun (not really) watching TV through the weekend and trying to avoid the whole MJ thing. It would have made a great drinking game if every time you changed channels and there was something on the next channel about him, you took a shot. We'd all still be hammered.

Heard old dumbfuck Sharpton this morning, already planning the cover-up to keep MJ's legacy about his music and not about his weirdness. Hey Al? Shut the fuck up. The man was a freak. All your bullshit double-speak doesn't change that. Don't you have a Black United Racist Reverends meeting to go to or something?

My favorite joke of the last week: When Farrah got to the Pearly Gates and was granted one wish; she asked for all the children of the world to live safe lives. Michael Jackson dropped dead immediately.

So, who's next?

Happy Monday.

In Case You Didn't Hear The News...

...since it was only reported, over and over and over again and still being reported over and over again this morning; on about 327 different fucking channels; the Garanimal crowd in L.A. is now safe.

Yea, I know. Michael Jackson was acquitted.

So. Was. OJ.

So. What?

Oh, just wondering, is my nipple Farrah poster worth more now?

Okay. I'm done. For now.

Power outage at work last night killed the 3 systems I had running. Gotta go reboot computers, restart ovens, check compressors and pumps and sacrifice a virgin chicken or something and hope everything weathered the weather without turning anything to toast.

SEE-ya!

Judge Burge, Still Trying to Undermine Laws In Lorain County

I pulled the following off of my archive CD to pair it with Right Wing Rebel's Douchebag of the Week: Judge James Burge post.

I originally posted this June 13, 2008.

Judge Burge, Lorain County Common Pleas Court Whacko
I've been wanting to write about this: Judge Orders Ohio to Alter Its Method of Execution, since I first heard about it and just haven't found the time. I'm not sure how much power a county judge actually has, but this asshole seems to be pushing his limit. And this is my home county by the way.

This dumbfuck completely ignored this: " During hearings earlier this year, two anesthesiologists testified that the current lethal injection process used in Ohio — if properly administered — would be quick and painless." Ignored it. Soundslike the same disclaimer you hear and have to sign off on every time you have surgery, doesn't it? And yet Judge All-Fucking-Mighty himself feels this isn't good enough for CONVICTED KILLERS.

Maybe we should all stop having surgery, hey Burgey? What a numbfuck.

Of course you should expect nothing less from a former defense attorney who used the Twinkie Defense for a client. A client executed in the last year or two. Even being sued by attorney general for exceeding jurisdiction didn't stop this bullheaded, misguided asshole.

Just Google "Judge Burge" and you'll get plenty of examples of just how out of touch this fool is. And people voted for him in droves.

I'm thoroughly ashamed to live in a county that would elect such an absolute clown to the bench.

I mentioned a few posts back that Mrs. Dan O and I have been taking walks regularly and that I would post some pictures I've taken. These are by no means quality pictures, since they were taken with my cell phone camera. On the other hand, I only take or rather, keep, pictures where the subject shows up clear and identifiable.

So for your viewing pleasure, here are some pics from around the Lorain County Metro Parks and the Oberlin and Wellington Reservoirs.

Com-Posting Hoosierboy

Sorry Hoosierboy, I'm Com-Posting your Are All Prius Drivers Assholes
post because I wasn't going to take you to task on your own blog. And I must disagree with your (and many others', obviously) view on highway driving, albeit not necessarily on the premise of all Prius drivers being assholes. I'm sure most of them are, if only for the fact that they believe they're somehow prolonging the Earth's life by driving a rolling, chemical filled, battery down the road.

I tend to agree with speed limits and assured clear distance laws. If you don't like the speed limit, ride your Legislature's ass, not MINE.

I do disagree with the lower limits for trucks. Same highway, same speed for everyone would seem to make more sense.

I don't know about other states, but in Ohio there is NO such thing as a "passing lane". Or only driving in the left lane of a multi-lane highway in order to pass. Try looking it up in the Ohio Revised Code. It's like an urban legend spread by ignorant drivers who misinterpret to their own benefit.

"Stay right except to pass" is referring to 2 lane roads. That is, roads with one lane in each direction. In some cases it is referring to 3 lanes with the middle lane being shared by both directions.

"Those big white rectangular signs with numbers on them are speed limit signs. If you are using that speed as a maximum, do not even think about driving in the left lane."

Are you fucking kidding me? You're advocating speeding? WTF? IF, in fact the left lane is only for passing, logic tells us passing would be to get around those driving under the speed limit. I don't believe a state is going to make a law, i.e. a "passing lane" or "drive in left lane only to pass" law, again if it even exists, that supersedes the speed limit law. Are they? That doesn't make any fucking sense. The SPEED LIMIT is the same in ALL LANES!!! So, if one is driving the speed limit, even in the left lane, he is perfectly within his right to do so without some speeding asshole trying to push him to exceed the speed limit. Wait for a break and pass on the right if you're in such a hurry. Passing on the right isn't illegal. Again, contrary to popular legend. (and again, I'm only speaking about Ohio)

I spent over a dozen years driving over 25,000 miles/year just to and from work. No record, but it's above average. I know there are people who spend a lot more time on the road due to their jobs. But, that doesn't mean they have more rights or the lawful ability to make up shit to suit their driving (bad) habits. Anyone driving faster than the SPEED LIMIT and expecting others to get out of their way, is an ignorant and/or arrogant asshole who needs to calm the fuck down behind the wheel.

I believe it's those drivers, trying to push others over the speed limit, or to "get out of their way" when they're speeding, in any lane, that cause the most accidents. They're so intent on driving faster than everyone else that they exceed their ability to react and maneuver for the unexpected.

What's your fucking hurry anyway? If you need to be somewhere, leave 5 or 10 minutes earlier. Your destination isn't any more important to you than anyone else's is to them.

An Open Letter To GM President Troy A. Clarke

The President of GM North America was ignorant kind enough to send me a fucking bullshit peace-offering letter explaining the recent communist tactic takeover merger with the government in trying to save his stupid ass salvage what's left of a failing piece of shit company GM. Or as he puts it "...expedited, court-supervised process to accelerate the reinvention of our company."

I hope you had your milking boots on for that one. Those are indeed billion dollar words there.

He should at least have the balls to call it what it is, shouldn't he? I mean, he has a set big enough to take billions of unwarranted tax dollars to avoid bankruptcy, of a company saddled with years decades of mismanagement, and then file Chapter 11 anyway. Butch up you fucking wanker.

You are helping the president fulfill his wet dream. No, no, no. Not the one with Hilary, Nancy and the VP. The socialist/communist wet dream. Government owned banks and car companies followed closely by utility companies that control YOUR thermostat and health care that is still the best in the world, but even more inaccessible due to the usual government red tape.

Anyway, Troy thanks me for being a customer and sends me a voucher for a new GM vehicle which expires in less than a month. Actually, mine will expire tomorrow night when I use it to light the campfire. So, here's Troy's letter to me:



And here I submit my reply:

Dear Troy A. Clarke,

First off, let me say I am no longer a GM customer. There is no future business. Given all the recent media coverage, I am both sickened and saddened by the actions of GM, the Congress and the President of the United States. If you were truly here to serve your customers, you wouldn't have taken tax dollars to avoid bankruptcy, then turned around and screwed the pooch anyway.

For years you and your anal-retentive, greedy, short-sighted, partners-in-crime have fucked up a once strong and competitive company and now instead of taking it like men, have bent the real American workers over the tailgate and fucked them with a crankshaft.

There is no fucking way I will ever buy a GM again. After more than 30 years of owning GM vehicles, never again will I buy a new one. I already own one Ford and have no problem owning another one. THEY didn't take ANY money and have made attempts to right themselves. The way it SHOULD be done. What fucking business school did you learn your chicken-shit practices from?

As for you "phasing out" or selling off certain brands; you should have just phased out ALL of the old guard, filed bankruptcy and either revamped or just gone away. There was no need to rape the taxpayers along the way.

The term "U.S. Government-backed" used in your letter literally makes me ill.

The Government had NO business offering and you had no business accepting, taxpayer dollars for a private company. YOU fucked it up. YOU live with the consequences. "Too big to fail" is pure political bullshit.

And a union having part ownership in a company? A company they helped destroy over the years with all the outrageous demands that you and your predecessors agreed to? You don't deserve to run a fucking paper route.

Fuck you. Fuck Congress. Fuck Obama. Fuck the UAW.

GM WILL FAIL TO EXIST. No company having done what you have, deserves to exist.


Sincerely,

Dan O


Is my reply full of petty name-calling and gratuitous vulgar language? Yes. Do I mean every fucking word of it? Oh buddy, that and so much, much more!