Monday, January 25, 2010

On This Road Of Life

There are passengers and there are drivers. Some car commercial. May have been Mazda before the Zoom Zoom days.

In the unnecessary amount of time that I spend driving to work every day thanks to the wonder that is Connecticut drivers, I've observed the manner in which you drive can be the manner in which you approach life.

I spend lots of time in traffic. Sometimes bumper to bumper and sometimes just losing-to-a-snail slow. I've observed through four months of daily gridlock that there are two types of mergers in the world.

Merger A or stick-my-nose-so-far-in-they-won't-be-able-to-ignore-me is the type to race up a lane that will come to an end in 100 feet and force someone to slam on their breaks to allow them to merge. This shows a concern only for one's self and a belief that others will stop for you.

Merger B or take-the-opportunities-as-they-come is the type to see an opening and after assessing that merging won't cause anyone harm or an unnecessary slamming of the brakes they use their blinker and merge. In the midst of their merge they are fully prepared to stop or relent the space should a Merger A arrive on the scene.

Merger A tends to be the catalyst to a lot of the traffic that holds me hostage and that's just irritating.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Chocolate is good for your health. I'm a much happier and content person with a moderate amount of chocolate added to my diet. This is beneficial to your health because a happy me means I'm less likely to kick your butt.