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Let’s take a break from the Mad Libs, shall we?  I have another rant about maniacs who drive cars.
So, there’s this adorable inverted triangular sign that you often see while out driving.  It’s white with a red border, and in the middle is [...]

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Mr. Aerten and I love movies.  We have a moderately large collection of movies, and we try to see movies at the theater every week.  So here’s my rant about that…
The nicest theaters in the area are the new one at the Colonie [...]

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I recently drove from Albany, NY to the far western suburbs of Chicago (the area between Geneva and Bolingbrook, to be precise).  I discovered a few things about driving I-90 across all those states.

Western New York is very large and very tedious.
The little nub [...]

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When I was but a wee child, my grandmother taught me to say “please” and “thank you.” And when somebody says “thank you” to you, you say “you’re welcome” back to them.
So when did it because normal to respond to “thank you” with “thank [...]

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Just a quick thought here…
Why do so many people call me on my home phone in the middle of the day and refuse to leave a message?  Do they think I’m going to psychically know who they are and why they called?
Ok, so it’s true that [...]

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To the dumbass who turned left in front of me, causing me to nearly hit your frackin’ SUV:
Having previously worked for the New York State Automobile Dealers Association, and having seen the New York State Vehicle & Traffic Law a time or two, I [...]

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I use the Akismet spam plugin on all my WordPress blogs. It’s a wonderful thing. I think the thing about Akismet that’s most fun is that it tells me the IP address of the spam originator.
So, get this… on my art blog, Akismet has [...]

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Dear Retail Food Service Employee:
I know you get annoyed by customers who are more interested in their phone conversations than allowing you to determine just what it is they want. I get that. If it’s any consolation, I think they’re big fat dodos, [...]

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I like having all my stuff in one place, which is why I like Outlook. Up until recently, I really liked Outlook. But Outlook 2007 is the devil. You cannot turn off Junk Mail filtering. Oh, it says you can, but it lies. I set [...]

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…their customer support, not so much.
I’ll preface my rant by saying

I have hearing problems. I can HEAR you just fine, but the translation of the sound waves doesn’t always make any sense once it gets to my brain. I say, “Can you repeat [...]