Tag Archives: Rants
My new pet peeve: really long receipts
I guess this has been going on for a while, but really long receipts drive me nuts. I wonder how many trees take a fall each year to make them. Did someone from the logging community suggest this to companies? … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures in Los Angeles, Consumerism, Fun & Humor
Mini-rant: 30-second internet commericals
“Patient” is not a word my wife would use to describe me. I’m allergic to standing in line, and waiting more than 10 minutes to see a doctor makes me want to go “rock-star in a hotel room” with the chairs … Continue reading
Filed under Consumerism, Fun & Humor
I should be deported
I’m feeling un-American today because I don’t believe in unlimited and unchecked capitalism. I fully expect the government will break down my door at any moment and deport me to Mexico, Canada or Australia, the latter being warmer and my … Continue reading
Filed under Fun & Humor, Government, Human Nature
Standing in line is agony
I’m not a patient person. It’s one of the reasons I was such a screw-up early in life, though one could argue I haven’t changed. I do feel I’m able to manage my impatience now, as an adult, and understand … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures in Los Angeles, cystic fibrosis, Fun & Humor
Drive like a maniac while eating bags of fried pork rinds – why auto insurance should be more like medical insurance
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get in your car, pick a long, desolate stretch of highway, crush the accelerator to the floor and exceed the “suggested” speed limit. 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, as your speedometer covers numbers it’s never … Continue reading
Filed under cystic fibrosis, Fun & Humor
The two Hells of cystic fibrosis
There are two Hells of having cystic fibrosis. There’s the first one, which includes all of the torture that comes from having the disease – the coughing up of blood, collapsed lungs, hospitalizations, sinuses filled with polyps, breathing treatments, and … Continue reading
Filed under cystic fibrosis, Health care
Eating wet dynamite while the universe shoots me in the groin
Gunshot #1: I’ll be saying goodbye to a tooth soon. It’s fractured and needs to come out. Gunshot #2: I have big clot in my neck from my four-month old port. Thank you, universe, for the double tap to my … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures in Los Angeles, cystic fibrosis, Fear
The simple bumper sticker that stuck in my craw
A bumper sticker from a week ago is still irritating me. I saw it on a Prius in the McDonald’s drive thru while ordering my breakfast of real champions, a McGriddle, which I’ll defend to my grave is the best … Continue reading
Shallow thoughts from an idiot purple sheep
[WARNING: Adult language, themes, and childish thoughts - a bad combination. Read at risk to your mental health.] The big monkey pays a visit Life disguised as King Kong took its giant monkey hand, paw, whatever it’s called because I’m … Continue reading
Filed under cystic fibrosis, Fun & Humor
