Favorite Artists: Garth Brooks, Little River Band, Bryan Adams, George Strait, Zac Brown Band.
Favorite Movies: The Mummy, The Blues Brothers, Presumed Innocent, Die Hard, The Borne Identity.
Favorite TV Shows: WKRP In Cincinnati, Soap, Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives, SportsCenter.
Family: Wife-Michelle, Son-Jett.
Nerdy Obsessions: UFC, Dallas Cowboys, Pizza.
Favorite Quote: "You can make a living from what you get, but you can make a life from what you give." --Unknown
OUR DAILY SCOTT:
(August 18, 2010)
I’ve told you before, that blogs always seem to be a place where the writer gets to vent about things that bother or anger them. And I guess it’s OK…. I mean, all of us need to vent every now and then, or we’ll explode, right?
Well, today I am venting about something small, yet annoying: The drive through lane at any fast food restaurant.
How many times have you been in a hurry and had only 15 minutes to grab something to eat, and thought, “No problem. I’ll just stop by McDonald’s and get something quick.” Then you cringe as you pull into the drive through lane only to find that you are behind two SUV’s and a mini-van. Then you get to sit there and listen while the min-van driver orders six different meals… “this one without pickles, that one without onions, these two with diet Coke, one with regular Coke, that one with Dr. Pepper, two Happy Meals, blah, blah, blah….. oh yeah, and do still have the fish sandwich?” All the while, you’re staring at your watch and pulling your hair out. But at least THESE people know what they WANT.
The other time wasting pests that send me over the edge are the people who are in the drive through lane for at least 10 minutes, and then wait until it is their turn to order to look at everyone else in the vehicle and say, “OK….. what do you want to eat?”
Are you kidding me?!?!? You’ve been sitting in line for 10 minutes, and you’re JUST NOW asking everyone in the car what they want to eat?!?!?
If you have no clue what you want to eat at a fast food place before you pull up to the little speaker in the drive through lane, well….. maybe you should stay at home and eat cereal until you can figure it out.
(July 8, 2010)
I love blogging, because it gives me an outlet where I can vent about what’s bothering me. I don’t want to be labeled as a “whiner,” but I am just curious if the things that bother ME, bother other people too.
Just this morning, I was on my way to work and I had to stop at a stoplight. No big deal, right? But while I was at the stoplight, I realized that there were NO cars coming through the intersection. I mean, the direction that had the green light had absolutely NO traffic. Why does this happen? Why do traffic lights just suddenly turn red with no traffic from the other direction to justify the changing of the light? Why do traffic lights stop traffic, when there are NO CARS OR PEDESTRIANS trying to get through the intersection from the other direction?!?!
We have made unbelievable advances in computer technology over the years, with cell phones, TV’s, cars, video games, etc. So can someone please explain to me why we can’t invent a stoplight that can recognize when there are NO cars coming from a certain direction?????
Now, I have heard that sometimes, city officials purposely have these stoplights turn red intermittently to deter idiots from speeding through town. I mean, seriously, we don’t want people racing through Salina and getting to their destinations on time, do we?! That would be ridiculous! We can’t let that happen!
I know, I know…. You can’t believe that I actually took the time to rant about stoplights. But I’ve warned you before. I suffer from road rage, and there are times when I am convinced that the “stoplight Gods” are out to get me……
(June 16, 2010)
Do you own something that you don’t use? Of course you do. ALL of us do. I have clothes that have been hanging in my closet for years that I haven’t worn. I like to call them my “When I Get Skinny Again” clothes. Because I just KNOW, that if I throw them out or put them in a garage sale, I am going to hate myself when I eventually DO get skinny again. Right?
But the thing that was bouncing around in my head today, that made me want to write this blog, wasn’t my lonely “get skinny” clothes collection. And it wasn’t even the fact that I like to call myself a “pack rat” instead of a potential hoarder.
I’m talking about things a little bit bigger than clothes. Like campers. Let me explain.
I have a couple of neighbors who own campers. Campers are really neat to have when you are planning on spending the weekend, or even a week at the lake. Or maybe you are going on an extended vacation, and you plan on stopping at campgrounds along your trip. But campers (like clothes) are only useful if you actually USE THEM!
I think that I am safe is saying that June is prime camping weather. Lakes across the state have been invaded by “happy campers” since Memorial Day weekend. However, the campers on my street haven’t moved an inch this year. Hmmmmm.
Campers aren’t cheap. I know this, because I priced them one time, hoping that I could pick up a nice 5th wheel for a couple hundred bucks. So, it boggles my mind why someone would spend so much money on something that is just going to sit and collect dust in their driveway??? I’ve been told that campers that just sit in a driveway are called “redneck guest rooms.”
Someday, when I get skinny again… I’m gonna buy a camper.
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