Goodbye November.....

Well another month down the shitter. Life after 30 sure blazes by. In a little over a month I'll be 32. Ha ha. The downhill run toward Christmas goes quick also.

Another good day at work. I'm going to be working in triage forever. I don't mind though. We met our new supervisor and it's a guy. He's a hard read and I can stand it when you can't read a person. With the other two supervisors I have had, they were a easy read. The one that hired me was well..... you know and the other just quit. We have so many new people in the Department now it's not funny. Oh the days way back when, right Jenny?

It's was good to hear from Jenny, Thanks for commenting sister!! I do wish you still worked here, we need some humor and have so little now. Jory is still a riot. When are you going to visit?

Today, in our Cancer Care Institute, a black man took all his clothes off in the waiting area. He ended up in our department and over to you know where (Go West Young Man Go West!!!) It made me laugh because I could just see the little old lady's freaking out because they had never seen a nekkid black man before. "What's that man have in his lap, Mildred???" "I don't know Ethel, but whatever it was, it winked at me."

Anyways, Keep commenting (ixnay on the asshole ay) And i'll talk to you in December.

Eric

What If...

What if... A coined term used frequently in your life....I suppose. Anyway with me it is. Ever catch yourself saying, "What if I won the lottery" or something to that degree. After reading Aron Ralston's book I catch myself saying what if that happened to me.

To recap who Aron Ralston is... Aron is a climber/mountaineer/canyoneer from Aspen, Colorado. In 2003, while hiking by himself in the wilderness of Utah, he ended up in a canyon with his right hand caught between the canyon wall and a 800lb. boulder. Aron spent 6 days in the with his hand and part of his forearm smashed and unable to get help. The last days in the canyon, he resorted to drinking his own urine to stay hydrated, contemplating his death, video taping his last will and testament, and eventually amputating his right arm to get free.

I work in the field of Emergency Medicine. In the Emergency Room as my main job and as an Emergency Medical Technician in the town I live in. In my job at the hospital, I have seen many things including massive trauma to body parts. I don't think about it at the time and understand the injuries inflicted to patient must..... well suck. I have been taught to stay calm in the instance when family members of accident victims are hysterical. But in Aron's case... I'm pretty sure I would have freaked out on a major scale. I can see other peoples trauma and not feel sick to my stomach or disgusted. Hell, I can watch "Trauma - Life in the E.R." and eat a sandwich. But if it were my arm and I'd have to contemplate severing it... I don't know. A tough call. What would you do?

While reading this book, the whole thing was about saving his water supply which he only had a liter Nalgene bottle and a CamelBak that leaked out his main 3 liter supply. Reading this book made me thirsty as hell. Anyways, a very interesting book and I recommend everybody read it.

Ta ta fer now...
Eric

Done with the Book...

I finished reading the book by Aron Ralston. Lucky man!!! Very lucky. If you haven't read it, I suggest it!!!

Pammi from work was searching the internet for info about Aron Ralston stumbled across a conference in Big Sky, Mt. called Wilderness Medicine, happening in Feb 06. After reading the events calendar and the workshops that are to take place now I want to go. Mr. Ralston is scheduled to be in attendance on the Weds. of the conference. I've talked to Barry about possibly going and he sounded interested. I'm going to talk with some folks at work to see if they might be interested and we'll see.

Work today was very good. It was one of the slower shift I have worked in a long time. It got busier in the afternoon. Other than that it wasn't too bad. Rosie was charge today and it didn't get that busy... I was surprised.

I'm thinking it is going to snow tomorrow, at least the weather guessers are saying that. Weather people. It's funny. Other than paying for insurance (in which you receive no return on your payment, unless you are the shittiest driver in the world and fucking crash all the time) Weathermen and women basically guess at what the weather is going to be for the next day. That's right GUESS! And with over 100 years of recorded weather the guessing is pretty easy. Weather always goes from west to east. Duh.. If it spins counterclockwise, it's a low pressure and no spin a high pressure. I didn't spend one dime on tuition for that tidbit of info.

Anyways I work again tomorrow and am off Thursday. Talk to ya later.

P.S. Leave some fucking comments people so I know your reading. Even if you say "hey asshole" or "hello"

Eric

It Looks As If Somebody's Got A Case of The Mondays...

Not really, today at work wasn't all that bad considering I had four days off. I still remembered how to do the job.

I started reading another book. I'm only at page 50 but it seems to be interesting. It's called "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" by Aron Ralston. Ralston is the canyoneer/climber from Aspen, Colorado who back in April of 2003 went hiking in Utah. During this hike, he had his right arm at the wrist and hand smashed between a sandstone canyon and a refrigerator sized boulder. Stuck in the canyon for 3 days eventually amputating his own arm to get free. So far it's interesting reading.

For those not living in Western South Dakota and on the northern plains, it's cold outside. The wind blew for most of the day today with a few snow squalls. I don't mind the snow... I don't like the wind. I'm more of a winter person than a summer person but definitely not a wind person.

Playing around with the camera bought on Friday is pretty cool. I have never really owned a camera except when I was a kid but a digital is much better than having to take your film to get it developed. So I'm pretty new at it and hope to get better.

Well, I'm going to read a little more before bed. GNite...

Eric

Skills you can't learn from watching DIY

Before I go to bed, I would like to let you know of some home winterizing pictures from tonight.



As you can see, I'm fluent in the "Duct Tape Method" of home winterizing. The grey practically goes with all household colors. Fasinating isn't it.







This photo shows that the custom tape is barely recognizable when covered up.







Well folks, if you require my fine tuned skills you can reach me here. My schedule is wide open and I await your calls

Thank You,

Eric
Master Craftsman

A Second Glance From Afar.....

Walking past a window today, I glanced outside. Looking at what the sky was doing, thinking "I wonder if it will snow?" Looking around for a brief glimse, I noticed that there was a mark on the passenger side front tire that looked as if it went along the tread. Upon inspection, I had a six to seven inch tear in the tire. The steel belts on the tire were broken through also.

Lately the car handled pretty crappy. I chalked it up to either needing an alignment or the front tires needing balanced. So I continued to drive the vehicle. Jesus!!! I need to inspect a little more.

So it was up to Sturgis to Campbell's Supply for front tires. It took nearly an hour to get the car back. Those big words manufacturers put into instruction manuals must have got the better of the two that changed them. While waiting I thought, "Fuck, now an alignment and all that shit!!" I pay the bill and drive it out of Campbell's parking lot and Holy Shit!!! it felt like a new car. It looks as if I don't need an alignment, thank god!!!

It used to pull to the left now it doesn't. Oh well, better now than somewhere far away. No more shake and bake!!!

Eric

Meade County, South Dakota...... Duh...

Okay, I haven't written an opinion on local government in awhile... So... I will today.

First, I'm going to talk about the Annual Motorcycle Rally we have here every August.

For those of you not from around here in Western South Dakota, let me explain what "the Rally" is. Every year in August since the 1930's, the town of Sturgis holds motorcycle races. These races attract motorcyclist from all over the world. This Motorcycle rally has gotten bigger and bigger every year since the mid 80's. Today, the town of 7,000 people can attract up to 400,000 people for one week in August.

Sturgis, which used to be a typical small town with a main street full of small mom and pop businesses. Main Street in Sturgis is now mostly vacant for 11 months 2 weeks out of the year. I blame this on poor management skills on the part of civic leaders, The idiots who run the company who run the rally, and the fact that property is being bought by people from out of state who give 1 shit about Sturgis 1 week out of the year. All in the name of "quick, fast , easy money. Sturgis has more bars per capita than Rapid City.

Now, the rally has hopped outside the city limits in the form of concert venues and campgrounds. More out of staters are buying land around Sturgis so they can get rich easy. One such person wants to open a bar at the foot of Bear Butte and hold concerts with big named acts to attract thousands of people to come. Bear Butte is a large hill that juts out of the prairie from a height of 2,900 ft. to about 5,300 ft. Bear Butte is a State owned Park but is revered by Aboriginal Natives as a place of worship, a church if you will. The new owner of the property that sits on the northern edge of the Butte tried the old sneaky "I'll honor the Indian" tactic knowing damn good and well that the natives will grow restless concerning his idea. And restless they grew. They cried foul about the bar and saw through the bullshit this bastard was trying to divy them. I compare it to the way the natives were ripped off in the 1800's.

Since the fine folks of Meade County have no zoning laws. Land deemed agriculture in other counties can be changed to commercial and anything can be erected on that land no matter how much complaining adjoining land owner bitch. So seeing this opportunity of stupidity, out of state business owners are grabbing up real estate deemed agriculture and creating campgrounds & concert venues all over the country side outside Sturgis. And enivitably around Bear Butte.

The question is... would you want a shop that sells Porn and booze with a full strip club right next to your church? With the exception of a few folks I know...most likely not. Well, even though the standard, garden variety anglo saxon Christian who shuns at the idea that others worship different than them would probably have a sacred heart attack annointed by the pope himself if that were to happen. Think of it that way and you can see that this out of state owner is in the wrong and should be denied a liquor license.

Eric

Welcome to Nowhere..........

After Angie and I pretty much robbed the others playing poker last night, Barry, Ross and I decided to go to the Bar to see what the stink on this "Shock Collar Jeopardy" was all about. The only drinking establishment worth a shit of going to in Sturgis is the "Great American Roadhouse", which is alright but still a dive. This is where most of the finer losers congregate to yell and "act" like they are cool.

Anyways, they were having a little game show with trivia called "Shockcollar Jeopardy" I admit it was a funny idea. My only problem was that around this area, everybody seems to think being a disk jockey for a local shit radio station makes you a celebrity. This "dick" jockey, oops did I say dick?, disk jockey is on a station a name of "X-Rock". I've complained before about the standard of our local radio and compared it to something in the line of "not realizing you stepped in dog shit but you know something is amiss because of the faint smell of feces, after you have tracked it through your house." I listen to XM Radio and have no qualms about paying a fee to listen to it. At least on XM you have shit that is funny and original. I'll compare it to this, There are two cars you are looking at getting. The one car, which is free (XRock) is in really bad shape and the person trying to give it away is giving it away because nobody will buy it. The other car is basically new with everything in working order but you have to pay $10.00 a month for it (XM Radio). Get it? Just because it's free doesn't make it good. See my point? If you are confused in my analogy, think back to the days before cable T.V.

The Shock Collar Jeopardy was funny for the first 10 minutes. The problem lies with the fact that the collar only had a maximum setting of 6. In America, everything has a max setting of 10, unless you purchase the amplifier the guy had in the movie "Spinal Tap" in which it went to 11. In my twisted entertainment and the fact that 3 yokals are going to let a third rate disk jockey zap the shit out of them, I want that device have a setting to 10 and I want to see them mess themselves (either piss or shit themselves) for my entertainment. That is where the humor lies. In this case, nobody soiled themselves leading me to believe that the electrical shock was minimal.

While the shock collar idea probably was ripped off from another. This could have been quality entertainment if somebody would have gotten hurt.

Eric

I'm Going Out.... To Sturgis haha

Going to Sturgis to play poker and drink some beers with the knuckleheads. I'll get some pictures for ya. Anywhoo.... talk to ya later....

Eric

It's The End Of The World As We Know It...

Oh my god!!! If anybody other than me got up at 0500 to go Black Friday shopping and survived.. God bless your soul.

What a clusterfuck from hell. We were going to start at Menards and work our way back to the mall. We get to Menards at about 0550 and there was a line that stretched from the entrance along the length of the building which is about 300 ft. There were about 350 people waiting to get in so we said, "Fuck it." We then go to the mall. We wanted to get Kahlyn and Kaci a couple of Fox Racing Hoodies that were priced at $14.99 at Scheels Sporting Goods. We were one of the first there before they opened at 0700. Around 0630 is when the people started lining up. We were up front and the people started to crowd closer to the door. A friend of my sister in law was the one of us to go in first. When the fucking security gate opened all hell broke loose. You would have thought somebody dropped a bag of $100 bills the way these fucking people acted. I had a middle aged woman grab my jacket and push. I told her, "ya push me lady and I'll smack ya." Diane looked at me and said "Eric.." I wish I could have video taped these bastards. They had stripped the display in about 3 minutes. It was a fucking rat race. I am appalled that adults would act that way.

Was it worth it? In a way it was. I got a pretty decent digital camera for $88.00 at Target. And we kinda got what we went for. They have to have some sort of order with these Black Friday sales man.It was a train wreck. I guess Wal-Mart was the worst of the places opening this morning. People were screaming and shit. Out of Control!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next year I'm sleeping in. Fuck that business!! I'll put some pictures up with my new camera shortly.

Eric

Thanksgiving.... r..i..g..h..t...

If you are of aboriginal decent and you really think about this holiday you would think... what!!! I, of course, am glad the course of history took. Because blogging and e-mail (well it would be called f-mail ((fire)) or s-mail ((smoke)) ) with fire and smoke would well... you know.

Most hardcore natives will protest in defiance of this holiday as with other such as one made famous by an Italian explorer. I will be eating to my hearts content or stomach depends which one fails first. Of the natives who do protest, I'm sure listen to some sort of mechanical made music and drive a horseless carriage where ever they go.

As much as these traditionalist go... do you really think that life for you and your family would be much better if history would have continued in the ways of old? I, for one, enjoy a home with a furnace and indoor plumbing. Taking a dump outside when it's 15 degrees out with a wind blowing up your ass at 35 miles per hour makes for an undesirable circumstance and the term "getting some on ya".... ick.

So go ahead and protest with your machine woven jackets and clothes, the horseless carriage that brought you in to protest, the pesky rock and roll you listened to on the ride out, don't forget the white devils from McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and the supreme demon from hell that is Sam Walton that feed you when you are hungry (as long as it's after the 10th of the month) Because I'm simply content living among the ancesters of the conquerers just fine thank you.

Eric

I'M FULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not of shit either. I ate too goddamn much today I want to die...DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not a fan of turkey (not the country) so I ate ham. Jesus!!! I ate ham. Well it's turkey sandwiches, turkey salad, turkey, turkey, turkey for the next however long. We had one deep fat fried. Hmmmm.

Well not much to say except I saw some visitors while I was away...

Hello to Southern Bird In the UK,
Ross in Sturgis,
Barry In Belle,
I think Cassandra in Pierre.

Happy Thankgiving and If I don't have an "acute myocardio infarction" or a cerebral vascular accident, I'll talk to you later. I'm pretty sure I'm in Atrial Fibrillation right now.

Eric

Trying Something New Again...

How do you like this one? I'll try it out for awhile to see if it grows on me. Let me know what you think. Really.

Eric

What Do Most Think Of Us...

As an American, I enjoy the abitity to say and do pretty much anything not considered illegal. As Americans we can act anyway we want because it's a protected freedom under our constitution. Myself, I try to act appropiately (except when I get piss drunk, then I'm walking a thin line) and hope that people won't say "That Eric....what a fucking dick". So.. I tend not to wear anything NASCAR, anything with domestic beer advertising, anything with a goddamn football team on it. Anything which might associate my with being a yokal, relative fucking hillbilly. I hope I am far from that. (Again for those who know me... I'm going to say before you make your crude little comeback... Ha ha Fuck You...haha) No really, I am not a fan of any of that shit.

I'm imagining that most people throughout the world ( and I'm hoping) know that most Americans are NOT what you see in the media. We don't enjoy seeing our soldiers sent throughout the world to do what they do. But I will say I support the men and women fighting because they are ordered to do it from a higher (not nessessarily correct) place.

The reason I'm getting at this is because we as Americans do stupid shit in the name of ... sports. We have to be the only fuckers on the planet that have eating contests and they are televised on a sports channel. Spelling Bee's are on ESPN II. If somebody hasn't come up with it yet I'm sure we would have farting contest, (a shart would disqualify you, of course) We also have cow shit throwing contests...what the hell...!!!

Now that I got that off of mt chest. Thank you for listening.

Eric

Four Glorious Days Off...........

No cranky patients for the next 4 days... Hoo Fuckin' Ray!!!!

I orientated a couple of new people today. I think they are going to work out nicely. When you think of the Emergency Room, most people think it's all trauma, blood and guts, T.V. ER show shit. No quite. Thank God!!!!

Hey Barry or Ross... If you happen to read this, give me a call Friday or Saturday okay.

I going to EMT'ing on the ambulance friday for the first time in a while. Of Course nobody will hurt themselves or anything. Nothing ever happens when I ride the Ambulance!!

I have absolutly nothing to talk about and I'm stretching with the above shit!

Happy Thanksgiving,
Eric

Another Tuesday in the Bucket...

Today went really well. No triage hell. Worked with Julio, that's always a major plus. How's your cramps, Julio?

I found a cool little deal for my page. If it hasn't began playing it should. A little tiny screen with music videos that play. If you have something you want to hear whilst you read let me know and I'll see what I can do.

I had Hamburger Helper Taco tonight. They have come a long way from the "pizza wheel"days. Easy fix!!!

There isn't alot to talk about today. We had your garden variety sick folk through the E.R. today, nothing dramatic.

Shit night for t.v. so before i bore the hell outta ya I'm going to go... See ya.

Eric

Again The Fucking Chair Knocked Me Out....

Well, it's 049 in the am and I can't sleep, ya know why??? I sat in the goddamn recliner again. This chair has a sleep-agent in the fabric. I have to go to work at 0900 today. Since I'm up I'l ramble.

Flipping thru thru the channels a little while ago and I passed Fox News. I'm beginning to believe that Fox News broadcasts from hell. Calvuto had a dude on saying the government needs to keep gas prices above $3.00 a gallon so as to drive the Saudi and Venezuelan government into some sort of financial situation. He thinks less people will drive thus the demand for fuel will go down. But... the government should take $1.50 of the $3.00 and keep it for social security. Yeah I know what your thinking... I'm dizzy too.. trying to understand what the hell he's trying to say. Anyways, why they give these pig fuckers airtime is beyond me.

Black Friday is this Friday and lets see how long before I get pissed and punch another consumer in the face. It is going to look like a salebarn with crazy-eyed motherfuckers trying to get a steal on shit for Christmas. I wish I owned a tazer. I think basic ordinances should be thrown by the way side and make it a survival of the fitessed. Of course, make it a hand to hand combat thing with no weapons. The one who is not bloody and beaten gets the deal. I'm truly surprised more people aren't arrested on this day. I think retailers do this just because they want to see conflict when grouchy assholes getting up at 0400, when thay are used to waking at 0700, to stand outside of a store for two hours in the fucking cold of winter while some smiling prick in a dead end job can laugh at us for having to stand outside waiting to get in. FUCK!!!!!!!!! Well, who's the dumb-ass in this situation? But we do it to save cashola so what the hell.

Well I'm not getting tired like I had hoped to.

Of all the times we go to Colorado, we have never gone to Rocky Mountain National Park. While flipping thru the channels the Travel Channel had a program about the Colorado River and how it starts from a piss trickle in RMNP and ends up a raging bastard in Arizona. It looks beautiful there. Next time we are there, we're going!!!

Well, I'm sure you are getting bored with me and my mundane bullshit so... I'm going to try and go to sleep. See ya.

Eric

What You Make Of Yourself...

At a certain point in your young life came a decision. Go left or go right. Would you ever think that going one way could change events in your life in a positive way or you go the opposite direction thus hope and dreams fade like smoke.

The funny part is you never know it. It's a spur of the moment decision. You haven't a clue what you would have made of yourself if you happened to do one thing different. Would you have the friends you have now? Would you have married the person you have today. Financial gains or prison.

Now I'm not talking about any person in general, but you have to wonder sometimes what your life would have become if you had said no.

Think about it this way. You get up in the morning, take your shower, get dressed but can't find you car keys. It takes you approximately 15 seconds to find them. You begin driving and you slow to stop at the stop light as it turns red when the car, who is 15 seconds in front of is broadsided by a cement truck and that driver is instantly killed. You think to yourself , "Goddamn I'm glad I stopped when the light turned red." BUT, if you had your keys in ahand and didn't have to use that 15 seconds to find them, you would have been 15 second ahead driving through that intersection as the cement truck was, thus becoming a news story at 5:30 that day.

So if we make it through the day to see another and we happened to misplaced something and taking an extra minute to leave the house to where we were going, should we be thankful? Who the hell knows. But it's weird to think about it. huh?

Eric

Again with the Lions.........

In yesterdays Rapid City Journal my rebuttal in the opinion page was published. I was rebutting a man who claimed that all cougars are human flesh eating machines and that they were comin after you if you didn't watch out. Sounds ridiculous doesn't it?

The way I pick my fights when it comes to our little opinion page is I find the most "ridiculous" opinion, one that was not thought out, proof-read and the implications for rebuttal are very high. Also the ones that sound the most extremist. This guy's was just that. What sounds cool in your head won't nessesarily sound cool comin' out your cakehole. And, factor in emotion and you have a recipe for disaster and most likely I'm going to get wind of it and try and make you look like a moron. (If you haven't done a good job yourself)

I tend to rebut as opposed to writing an initial opinion, it's more fun that way. Everybody should write to the paper with your point of view. see ya

Eric

I'm Getting Ready to Go To Work..........

Well not really... I'm all ready already. Just killing the minutes before I leave. Went to church this morning so I don't have to take a shower now.

I read another article on how Porn is going to make the world explode. Where do these people come up with this shit. If you don't like it.... don't look at it. But we all know they do. Everybody does... have you ever driven by a car accident and not looked? I call it "Adult Training Instrutional Art" Thus it should be funded by The National Endowments of the Arts. But you can get it free just about any where. Don't these anti-porn closet perverts have a pie to bake or a wagon wheel to fix?

Okay let's hear from you again. Todays subject is Porn:

1. Have you ever watched porn?

2. Do you own any?

3. Have you appeared in any? (Just kidding)

4. What is your over all impression on it?

Let's hear from everybody!!!!!



Eric

Stand up for a Cause

Racism, Hate crimes, Genocide... Sounds pretty bad huh. All of the preceding have happened because somebody interpreted something they had read in the Bible.

Believe it or not. Hate crimes is the dumbest of them all. Especially if the people divying out the hate are male and they are against homosexuality. What does a straight male have to fear from somebody gay? For that matter anybody. They will tell you they are protecting the sanctity of marriage! That's fucking bullshit. My opinion is and popular belief will tell you, the fuckers who have the biggest problems with any situation are the most curious about it. And will chain their closet door shut so nobody figures it out. Let's take the politician from Washington state. This gentlemen was so outspoken against gays it wasn't funny. YET.... there he was, trying to persuade a gay man to have sex with him over the internet. End result... political career over and done.

Racism. Now this is one I can't figure out. What is the point? A zebra can't take his stripes off and call himself a horse. To degrade another human being because of the color of their skin. Ignorance, wow... what a concept!!!

I'm just ranting because these things I can't figure out. It baffles the mind!!

Eric

Just a speaking............

I'm home tonight letting the redhead from Texas take my shift at the hospital. I had a feeling it was going to be busy.

So I'm going to talk about nothing.

The holidays are a comin' and to blend them all together and not be denominal in the holiday's, I'm going with the name from Seinfeld of "Festivus", so not to confuse anybody and especially offend. So Festivus it is!!

I think I talked my little brother into getting an XM radio system for his beater car. Now if Julio got one then when we worked together we could laugh at all the crazy shit from O&A. I was told "Why the fuck would you want to pay for radio, when you can get it free locally?" I said, If you want the same shitty fucking music over and over and over and over (repeat x34) You can listen to the hacks that run our local shitbox stations. I admit I was a little sceptical in the beginning but love the variety of stuff they have on it.

I work tomorrow but have Monday off. Hey Julie, when do you work again? Day or night? I'm going to be day shift. Happy days!!!!!!!!!!

Well again,,,,, If blazing....

Eric

Cereal Killer..........

I'm home after an evening shift. I'm not sure why the day shift goes much quicker. Tim was charge but was not bad tonight. We were busy early then it tapered off (Tapered off...nice) It would have been better if I was out in triage with Julio but she didn't work tonight.

Listening to Opie and Anthony on the XM on the long drive... those bastards are insane. They were looking on from a 5th floor window while the interns put porn on the street to see who would pick it up. Funny as hell.

Anyways, last post I mentioned chocolate and the only comment came from somebody who didn't like it. I don't mind it but I have to eat it in moderation Anyways....

This time I'm asking you what your favorite breakfast cereal is. And none of that Kashi shit either. Everybody likes good old fashioned sugar coated whatever. I used to eat the hell out of Quisp, but they don't sell it around here anymore so it's Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch. that's mine. What's yours???

I'll be waiting....

Eric

Just Thinking....

We have too many choices in stuff here in America. What I mean is, you look at an item such as chocolate. Chocolate is chocolate, BUT you look and see how many different variations of chocolate there is... you'll lose you damn mind.

Another example is Potato Chips. At the grocer, they'll have an entire 50ft (for those of you reading from outside of America, this is just a guesstimate... 14 or 15 meters) shelf of different variations of Potato chips. Those poor potatoes, the humanity or..... potamity.... whatever.

Automobiles are different though. Sure we have the Big 3, General Motors, Ford Motors, Daimler Chrysler. In those you have your sub makes of cars and trucks. General Motors gives you Chevy, Cadillac, GMC etc.. Again choice.... But what differs in cars than potato chips is... Just because your father ate Lay's Potato Chips doesn't nessesarily means you are but if he drove a fuckin' Dodge Ram most times you will to, for awhile. For me growing up it was Chevy, my father like Chevrolet. Now I drive a Nissan XTerra and a Dodge Stratus. My father bought a little Datson pickup once and my grandfather and one too. So... to blow my fucking theory out of the water... Since Nissan bought Datson way back when... Shit. Oh yeah the Dodge, my dad never owned a Dodge, so in essence I broke the mold ...so to speak. I'll shut the fuck up on cars now...

Anyways.... Chocolate... good for you... Potato Chips... Poor potatoes...

Eric

Diddacts and Narpets....

It's Thursday and I don't work today. Later today I'm going to a co-workers husband's funeral. I hate funerals. Not actually hate but you see people at the worst moment of their lives. The look of dispair, anger, fear of the unknown and sadness. Linda is a strong individual though. Even though I see alot of pain and dispair at my job it's different at a funeral. The whole focus is on one person at work it's many.

Our cat looks as if he was beat up again. Poor bastard. When we got him he was declawed so he doesn't have that sting when he hits another cat. I compare his situation to getting into a street fight and the person you are scrapping with has very large, callused hands and you have Charmin soft petite hands with the slight smell of baby powder. After having his ass handed to him, he mopes around the house like he's a hundred years old and can barely eek out a meow like he's got laryngitis. Pathetic.

Anyways..................

Eric

Let's Talk Insurance...

While driving home tonight, I was thinking about all of the money you and I shell out for auto, home insurance. Think about it, we give a monthly payment of MONEY and we receive nothing physical in return. You could be the best goddamn driver on the planet, never even get hail damage to your car but still give money away for what? Piece of mind? Do you think that is fair? That is the best scam in the world. And you know what???? It's fucking legal and the state requires you to do it. I could see if you are accident free for 3 years, not file any sort of claim with the company. You would get a 50% return on that years premium. I think that's fair but for now I guess you and I take it in the ass for piece of mind.

Uneventful day at work but I did work with Julie again today, Fuckin' A!!!! By the way Julio, There is no coincidence that I'm talking about insurance in the above topic and the fact of your massive collision you had the other night. It got busy before I was off. The next person I was to see (Thank You Dani.... Ya saved me life) She came thru a few days ago. I asked her to remove her shirt and keep her bra on after I step outta the room. As I buttoned the sleeves on the gown, I didn't notice that she stripped ALL the way down...arg. Scarred for life!!! Nonetheless, Dani came to relieve me of my post and saved me.

So.....

Congrats to Dani!!! I'll bring you your prize and leave with your name on it. Todays prize is!!!!!! Argo Sweet Peas in the 15 and 1/4 oz. can. That's right Dani, you'll enjoy sweet peas from Argo, they make a fine addition to any meal. Just look for the brown can at your local grocer. That's ARGO. And again Congratulations to Danielle!!!

Eric

The Day The Kids Played Emergency Department...

The hospital I'm employed at had their "Career Day" today for all the area high schoolers around the area. Most of the departments in the hospital had booths set up and chatted with the kiddies. Of course, my department was there. We talked about what we do in the Emergency Department, showed the students many of the supplies we deal with on a daily basis. We have two disposable bedpans full of "lifesaver" candy, a foley bag full of apple juice that made it looked like somebody's pee. We hooked students to the heart monitor and ran a strip of their heartbeat . We took blood pressure reading on them and let some run a mock code.

A mock code involves a training manniquin we can attach a 3 lead monitor to and also we can defibrilate the manniquin. Many students got to defib the manniquin with a real defibrilator, real electricity set at 200 joules. 200 joules will stop your heart dead if you were shocked. Also other students participating used a Ambu bag to ventilate after Justin or I intubated the patient. Medication simulation was also performed.

I have help with this event the last 3 years and have a blast every year. It's funny... what is mundane in our job, facinates the hell our of teenagers. Talk at you later...

Eric

A Day To Remember....

Let it be known that today, November 14th, 2005, be instituted as "National Loosen Up & Lighten Up Day" as declared by Sarah at The Anvil Tree. This day will also be known as "National Let-It-Fucking-Go-Already Day" Hip Hip Hooray, Hip, Hip, Hooray.....

Sunday........... I Did Nothing...

I did nothing today for the fact I had a headache from a night out with Barry, Ross and Bob. Did I drink beer you ask.... Uh Huh. I didn't get "tore up" but probably should have ate something before drinking. I quit drinking early and let Barry get bombed. He needed it. Ross was the first to leave.

Early in the evening it was wisecrack banter between friends... in other words we insulted each other and laughed. Ross seems to get most of the shit from others. Why? I don't know. Of course Barry received his fair share as did I. The one thing you have to remember when you hang with us and alcohol is involved, you're probably going to get insulted on one form or another. It always happens. Barry offered to give a person he knows a ride to their car at the end of the night but Bob and his wife left with his pick-up earlier so it was I who did it. I finally got home at 3:30 am. I woke at 11 today moving to the couch sleeping on and off until 5 pm.

The headache isn't so bad now. Hey Julie.... I think we work together tomorrow. I haven't seen you in a long time. I work at 9am Monday. Then Tuesday it's the Regional Hospital Career Fair for the high schoolers around the area. I have done that with Jo and Justin for a couple of years now in the E.R. booth. We set up the resuscitation mannequin and let the kids use the Lifepak defibrillator to shock the mannequin, give blood pressure readings and such. We use a foley bag and fill it with apple juice to simulate urine, have fake blood and stuff. It's a fun day. We used to have another E.D. Technician who worked with us (He a city firefighter/EMT now) a couple of years ago run a code with students being the victim and assistant in the code. Dr. Hinkson would show up and run a couple of the codes. I'm sure we'll have fun again.

Well.... I'm going to depart you now.... Bye

Eric

And They Think They Are Right....

Since the beginning of our conflict in the Middle East, you had to of known there were going to be people opposed to any type of war with anybody, that's a given. After Vietnam, the wacko hippie movement of the time spit on soldiers as they came home. Blamed them for what was going on there. Trying to convince the majority of Americans that the soldiers were "baby killers".

To think that the people of the earth can live in peace and harmony is... Impossible. Think about it. As humans, we are a power hungry species, always striving to take charge over everything. There is always going to be somebody with the mind set that he/she should rule. Their way is the right way. To think we could rid the world of that is ridiculous. Because there will always be somebody out there who wants the power. King of the World if you may.

The people who serve in the Armed Services of today, do it on their own accord. Nobody forces them to join. It is strictly voluntary. Most who have joined, join for an incentive, college money, signing bonus. The military works no different than any other business. Give somebody something in return for a job. Granted most who serve don't actually expect to fight in war. Luck of the Draw. But they will and do. Myself, I have never served in the military. But my father did and his father did. My best friend has served in a war zone. So I have a different view of the fighting serviceman.

When I see a religious group protesting a fallen soldiers funeral, well... it pisses me off. The protesters say they have a right under the constitution to protest. And yes they have that right to protest. But ethically they shouldn't right? What is ironic is... no other affiliated church or religion is complaining about the Baptist church doing the protesting. Love and Peace is the strong arm dogma of the church. Love thy neighbor... right. The reasoning behind these protests are, these fighting heroes died for the support of Homosexuals because they were fighting for America. America supports homosexuals so these mother fuckers are happy for a soldiers death. Where is the reasoning in that? How can any sane adult support that creed?

I believe in the constitution and who it protects, the American people. It was designed for the individual and our right to do what we want under its laws. Since the military is run by the United States and the individual states. So in essence, the military and all rolls attached to it, is a government entity. Since the church does not pay taxes (if it is tax-exempt) it has no right to campaign for and against any government office. I'm sure Mr. Phelp's Church of Baptist fuckers (That's my personal name for this vile shit) is tax exempt under the IRS tax code. Where I am going with this is... Since the Constitution nixes the joining of church and state, these people actually have no right, under the constitution to voice their (church affiliated) opinion about anything involving the United States government ( in ergo: Ten Commandments in any government building, Christian teachings in public schools, etc...)

If this to be true... this protest is illegal under the provisions of the Constitution. Thus legislation can be presented to keep a group such as Phelp's from bothering grieving families at their fallen soldiers funerals. I truly believe a funeral is a sacred event and by no means should be protested by anybody. Everybody has a right to express their individual opinion but this goes too far.

Eric

The Week Is Over....

Thank the lord above. The weekend will go way too fast of course.

Look who's back in the news..... That kooky Pat Robertson. Telling the people of a Pennsylvania town that the are all going to hell because the town ousted school board members who supported the "Intelligent Design" bunk. "Intelligent Design" theory is that the universe is so complex, that a higher being MUST have created it. Hmmm... I think the sewer's backing up again... up thru the toilet.. yep it is...hey... doesn't that floater in there resemble Pat Robertson? That's right, Mr. left hand to God is making predictions that he can't back up with fact... again. NUTJOB!!!! If there is a heaven I want to hear the ass-chewing he's going to get, along with all the other fundy's who interpret the Almighty. "Send that fucker to timeout, big G!!!" You ever notice how these religious know-it-all's never say anything about "hell" and "burning in it" when it comes to the preists playing "bury the bread" with alterboys? double standard eh??? None the less somebody will pay.

Wellzers, gotta go....

Eric

Justa Hanging Out.........

I just finished watching "Celebrity Poker Showdown", I love that show. I figure I'd ramble some more.

I usually pick up the guitar and play for a little bit every day. But I haven't lately. I did tonight. I decided to look at some of the songs we use to play way back when and see if I can remember how to play them. That was a fucking joke. No wonder they say the older you get the worse off you are... goddamn!!! I thought I remembered but I was way off on most. Wow....

While at work today we had a nursing student roaming around. In the last part of the day she was out in Triage (where I usually work) with Franki. I walked in on a conversation they were having about age and Brooke, the student, thought I was 25 years old. Wow!!! With my fucking memory I should be well into my 50's, as stated above. She backpedaled in a joking manner saying, "maybe it's your maturity that threw me off." She most likely right.. I work at 6am tomorrow. Shit, I don't know what 6 in the morning looks like anymore so I may get lost on the way to work.

Oh yeah, I'm suppose to tell Barry that Franki thought you were a very nice man. So Barry.... Franki thinks you are a very nice man!!! I said, "Barry, Barry??? You must be thinking about somebody totally different. Barry..nice guy.... she's crazy in the head to think Barry...that's crazy talk...mumble, mumble...."


With that message delivered.. I shall depart...
Eric

A Sense of Curiosity? or Deviant Behavior?

Another day in the grind is over. The people we see where I work you would not believe. I wonder how people survive day to day without blowing themselves to dust. I read other peoples pages and think, "I wonder what weirdness they encounter". Try working in emergency medicine. Every weird thing I thought was weird is more normal than ever.

Take today, a young man came in with a plastic phallus stuck up his tail. The first thing from my mouth was, "Is it still running?" It wasn't. After egressing it from his tailpipe, he asked the nurse to clean it up and give it back to him. Jesus!!!!

What would motivate a person to stick something up his ass and stick it up so far you're unable to retrieve it? What runs through your mind when you have exausted every conceivable method to getting it out and have to end up at the E.R?

Anyway that was my lowlight of the day.

Eric

Does Happy Holidays Offend You?

Bill O'Reilly is high on crack. He claims that most Christian shoppers would be offended if a store employee were to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". When will he pull that noggin out of his rectum and start smelling the coffee instead of the debris in his colon.

What do you think... let me know.....

Eric

Okay.. Back to the Drawing Board

Alright...........

Eric

okay....so i can't make up my mind!!!

i'm looking for the perfect template. i like this one but will probably change it soon. there are a couple i have found elsewhere but i am having trouble with the html codes. so nah, nah...


eric

The Campaigning Church....

Before we start... I'd like to say I have nothing against the church for it's purpose. Church can be a great thing to people and I'm not coming down on it because of what the church is supposed to do, it's what they are NOT suppose to do.

That thing is campaigning for a certain candidate. Over the last presidential campaign of 2004, stories popped up in the news about the Catholic church denying left candidates communion because of thier political viewpoint. In denying these folks the body and blood of Christ, the church was sending a political message, "Vote our way or else!!" Here in Rapid, the bishop was campaigning for Bush. The Archdiosese of Sioux Falls has our Governor's ear in reference to the state website and it's links to Planned Parenthood. How long do we wait before this country ends up like a Middle Eastern Nation where religion is law?

A church on the East coast is about to lose it's tax-exempt status because it did the same thing as Rapid's bishop. It had been warned repeatedly about using the pulpit as a soapbox for moral majority candidates. Churches have their place in society, as personal churches for personal praying and guidance.

This country is in a funk now. Look at all of the Democratic winners in Governor races yesterday. Get ready folks.... the ship were on is beginning to roll to the left again!!!

Eric

The Affluent Charity.................

Today, I discussed with a co-worker why I don't donate to charity. The two charities I mentioned were the United Way and the Salvation Army.

Thye United Way a few years back gave a CEO that was leaving a huge severance. That turned my stomach. Then a couple of years ago our local Salvation Army built a $280,000 home for it local leader and wife, to which I was totally against.

The Salvation Army deal was they were given land by a local in the Hills. This land was specifically to be used by the Salvation Army for groups and children. The local chapter decided they needed a bigger house hence the large modern home was to be built.

The discussion was I didn't feel it right that a non-profit, tax exempt organization be using the charitable donations for a brand new modern home, which only two people were living. The co-worker which will remain an anon said (People I work with will figure out who's talking next) "If they are serving God, they deserve it." I said, "Why, do they deserve it more than anybody else?" We are talking about a tax exempt organization, they are considered to be a church by IRS standards. What bugs the fuck outta me is... Do the occupants of the house have to pay the property taxes? Probably not. I know they need a place to live but a home in the hills is the last place they need to be.

If the Salvation Army wants it's leaders to look and act affluent, take away their tax exempt status for the house and make the occupants pay that each year.

That type of exemption for churches has gone on to long. The church has been campaigning for right wing politicians lately. They want to get into the politics game...make them pay taxes. For now, the churches don't pay, they don't get a say.

Eric

The Media..... Pricks?

I was thinking today on how we take what the media tells us to heart. We see all sorts of stories from around the world and are they factual? Is the media politically biased? I say of course.

Look at the way Fox News covers anything political. Thier panchent coverage leans a wee right. Look at their programming. The O'Reilly Factor for instance, He leans to the right also. Hannity & Colmes, Greta....

Local news is the same. Jim Shaw can do no wrong. Mike Round is the next true messiah. Those two example tell you that the media fucking lies. The Rapid City Journal is also biased but getting a little better, I still think it's tabloid journalism.

What I have learned about how a story is represented is that they have a flair for the dramatic. Why they do still baffles me. We live in an electronic age where we don't have to get our news from one source we have online news... tons of it. When I was growing up in Sturgis, a national network ran a story about the Motorcycle Rally. I'd say 65% of what they had to say about Sturgis was bullshit. They made us look like we didn't have any control over the "Gangs of menasing bikers" taking control of this tiny little farming community. I thought, "Wow, why wasn't I made aware of this sooner..... farming community...Holy FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They made it sound as if we were confined to our homes by armed leather clad goons, the mayor was tied to the tree in front of the courthouse in his "Fruit of the Loom" whitey-tighties while gang bikers were bangin' their 'ol-ladies in broad daylight in front of the local "Saloon". (factoid: They used to do that in the city park mind you, ((not the Mayor part but the fucking.)) And when they left town at the end of the week... they burned the fucking city to the ground.

So, do they still blow smoke up your proverbial ass??? Of course they do. Sensationalism sells just as much as sex does. The bigger the production the bigger the payout!!! Unless you hear it from the horses mouth, it probably went down much different.

Eric

Just Another Day On The Sphere....

I was talking with Rosie today about the way people are and the way they act. As we get older, rule of thumb states... our lives slow, we tend to look at ourselves different, we make more reserve choices that fit our meager lives. We all want to be more mature, walk with stature, be responsible. I know I don't act like my father when he was 39... or do I. I will never know that question because most people lead two or three lives, personality wise I mean.

Another co-worker of mine was telling us about herself going out with high school friends and how they acted pretty much the same in high school as they do now. I feel sorry for fuckers like this because hanging on to high school and actually acting like that.... well... pathetic. I know a few people also like this except they talk high school sports like it was yesterday. It's fine to reminice about it but they act like they did in high school and strut around like they are still popular... doubley pathetic. People like that choose not to make new friends because new friends are unknown to the fact of thier glory days and telling high school pissing contest stories is actually boring as hell.

Now I'm not saying just because you are more mature doesn't mean you have to act like somebody's has a pool cue up your ass. I enjoy getting trashed as much as the next bastard and I'm sure you do too. I enjoy the company of the people I work with outside of work. They are good hearted people and they are a blast.

Well... I'm going to bed.... G'Nite.


Eric

Sorry, For My Absence...

I'm back after a three day sabbatical. Again, I blame that fucking chair!!! Sit in it and you passout like a binging drunk.

I read a story at CNN.com that Prince Charles and his bee-ewe-tea-full wife Camilla (I was joking about the beautiful part) were touring the ravaged Gulf area. OK.... The only way that the United States Government can entertain other Heads of State is to show them our poor and down-trotten at their very worst... Nice. I guess a stay in the Lincoln bedroom just wasn't enough. I'd like to know who came up with that bright idea..."Charlies and Camilla are coming...what could we do... Hey, I know, let's show them some devastation!!!

Now about Camilla... "E-gad!!!" She must have a fantastic personality and is the life of the party. A true gasoline girl. That face could launch a thousand...... somethings. Well, he must love her.

Well, I'm back and will shout to you later,

Eric

Small Talk..... NHL vs. NFL...

Most of you who read this aren't going to be interested in this subject. I'm going to compare two sports and tell you why I think Hockey is much better than the No Fun League.

The NFL used to be a quality game to watch. Now that defense players can't smoke the pussy quarterback, well I decided to watch a better game.

The NFL and NHL game times are identical, 60 minutes. The difference is that the NHL plays 3 twenty minute periods and the NFL plays 4 fifteen minute quarters. The NFL has a halftime and the NHL have intermissions between periods.

The big difference that I noticed is that for each play in the NFL averages out to be between 4 to 7 seconds with 45 seconds between each play. To me that isn't much playing and a whole lota standing around. 5 seconds isn't that long. A hockey game play can last for 5 minutes at times before a penalty clock stop. Also, the clock continues after a play in the NFL while the clock stops in the NHL. More play for the dollar.

The NFL has to stop play for a player change. The NHL changes on the fly. The NHL any player can be smoked, hit or whatever. In the NFL, the one with the ball most of the time barely gets touched, and if he is hit while he's running, he can feet first slide and avoid a hit. The NHL, if the player has his head down and not watching around him, he can be hit as hard as the defensive player can.

These are just some of the reasons that the NFL is a game of protecting the goddamn quarterback at any cost of the quality of the game. So kiddies... watch the NHL, it's a much better game.

Eric

It's Thursday!!!! Hooooo rayyyyy!!!!

Well it's Thursday. I have the day off. My main missions today is to clean out the X-terra, clean out the Stratus, call the bank about another fuck up, and write something down here.

The other night I couldn't contain the subject matter in my feable mind. I'm a little short today so.... I'm gonna ramble a bit. Oh by the way, the music I'm listening to is "Disneyland After Dark - Sleepin' my Day Away."

I read an article yesterday that claimed the Rosa Parks incident back in the 50's was staged. Reason being was that a similar incident happened two weeks earlier that the NAACP didn't want publicity over. The article claimed that the earlier incident involved a unwed pregnant black woman and was afraid the media would have a field day with it. So, to make the earlier story smolder, the NAACP with the help of Parks (by the way was an employee of the NAACP at the time) caused the ruckus again. Thus, burying the earlier incident. And another piece of history gone. Now to me, that sounds like something the unhonorable Jesse Jackson would think of.

Funny how this shit always comes out after a (sic) legend dies. From the sounds of it Parks hated the publicity over the matter and wished it would go away. Hmmm, coincidence?

Anyways... I'll schmooze later...

Eric

A Thought On A Thought...

Before I start with the subject, Dani told me I was angry when I write. I'll agree with her. I seem as if I enjoy complaining, I do sometimes but just for the fact that it's easy to make people see a point when you put a little fire under the hat. It also helps to convince people of a point of view with a little argumentitive sarcasm. It also easier for me to explain things in this manner. Anyways.... Thanks for the feedback Dani!!!!!!!!!!!

Onward....

As I was flipping through the channels after work today (In the goddamn recliner) I stopped on the Fox News Channel. I enjoy Hannity and Colmes but they weren't on. The O'Reilly Factor was. I enjoy Bill O'Reilly when his discussions do not include religion. (Too far right for me) Tonights partial disscussion was.... Should whites appologize to blacks for the wrong dealt to them. Interesting. Now myself being a minority in this vast caucasion land am not black. I am, a half breed if you will, American Aboriginal, aka: Plains Indian. Considering that I grew up off the rez and have no idea what it is like to be a rez native, speaking for one would be mere speculation.

On O'Reilly, this black author was the individual who thought that blacks (of today) were in need of a "I'm Sorry" from whites. My minds gears start creaking as the gather speed. I ask myself, "Why do black need an apology? Do blacks of today really need to be told an apology for the actions of a prior generation? I don't think so. Of any other race than whites, blacks have it pretty good. They succeed and there are more in power positions than any other minority. There isn't a white woman in this country who ranks higher in the money earnings than a black woman does. 100% of the black players in the NBA are multi-millionaires. All black players in any sport are making over $100,000 a season.

So, the next time an affluent black starts complaining about the hardship he is facing in this country... turn the fucking channel because it's bullshit. And it's always a professor or an activist who's living in the suburbs who's complaining.

I don't like complaining for my ancestial race. I hear so much about racism against Natives. I hear that natives never get a fair shake in the white world. Again...bullshit. I don't believe in exception to the rule, and I am not that. I work hard for the respect I receive from friends and co-workers. I see most looking for a break or what's owed them... Whatever... I was told at work one time, "Oh it's nice to see the hospital hiring Indians outside of housekeeping". I thanked the person but after awhile it bugged me. I felt as if he thought I was a employment quota of some sort. That statement still bugs me. I should have said, "Listen, I worked my (non) ass off for this position, treat my co-workers with the respect and I feel I deserve the same from them. I wasn't hired among these people because of the color of my skin. I learned how to work this job from the training taught to me and improved on that. And by the way, Fuck you and your conotations that I am a statistic." (The crowd roars as Eric stands and takes a bow silently saying "Thank you, Thank you very much")

Back to the ...whatever. The only time I will complain about my how my race is treated is when a blatent order of bias is seen. Being snubbed by somebody ignorant doesn't count. I can take the racial jokes for awhile and I will let you know when you are walking every so closely to an open bleeding laceration above your left eye (I say left eye because I'm right handed) Jokes are jokes. And don't tell me a Indian joke and say "No Offense". That's offensive.

In conclusion, Do blacks deserve an apology? Absolutely not. Does any minority race deserve any explanation from the majority race who had absolutely nothing to do with their situation. No. Unless a large cash settlement is involved and I am going to reap the rewards because of it. Only then... By the way.. most of my closest friends are Y-T's. he he....


Eric

The "Driving Me Insane" Drive Home...

Most days when I get off of work @ 5, I dread the drive home. Not the experience of the drive. The physical drive, with other dipshits driving along side of me. Most of these fucks drive below the speed limit in the passing lane. Something that drives me up the fuckin' wall!!! I-90 is not a city highway, we do not have a thru lane, we do not have a car pool lane. It's a cruising lane and a passing lane...east and west. This practice bungles up the momentum of your drive. You might have the auto on cruise and don't feel like braking for some prick that doesn't understand that passing lane concept. Most other places I have driven (outside this state) a courtesy, if you will, pullover to let you pass happens and you are on your merry way...la de da. Not here... They drive in the passing lane.

Another pet peeve about the stock car race I call the commute home is... the people around here don't like being passed. Somebody could be going 62 MPH in a 75 MPH zone, sees you in their rearview mirror and goddamn it the race is on. By the time you pass this mother fucker, you are doin' 90 as you see the faint outline of a vehicle in the median turn around with lights on the top of the car and you know damn good and well you are nailed. This happened to me while driving from Sturgis awhile back... I start to pass this asshole in a Cadillac. As I start to pass he speeds up, I think to myself, "You cocksuc...." Hence, I speed up. This adventure started at the east bound exit 32 by Sturgis. I'm booking along trying to pass and this bastard is matching my speed not giving in. Just before the National Cemetary exit, I notice 3 HP's sitting on the east bound on-ramp. I look down at the speedometer...between 90 and 95. I slam on the brakes and pull in behind the Cadillac and let him blaze. He passes the now ,entering the interstate, highway patrolman. Just before the Pleasant Valley exit, The Cadillac is pulled over. I wave at the guy as I slow to 55 and pass by. Highlight of the day!!!

Another pet driving peeve is... People who stop or yield slow when they have a new lane off of a right-hand turn. There are a couple of these places in Rapid City. There is one off of Mt. Rushmore road east on Cathedral (By the Taco Bell), one by the Windmill Truck Stop, the off ramp right turn onto Deadwood Avenue and the one on the I-90 off ramp, south bound onto I-190. If you are having trouble with my explanation of "new lane off of right-hand turn", I'll explain. Picture yourself driving on a two lane road, one lane northbound, the other southbound (no passing lanes) A connecting road with a stop for those turning left and a continuing road to the right from the off ramp. The continuing road to the right starts to be the driving lane and the road you were driving on is now the passing lane. Geddit? Anyways...

Yet another one!!! Fuckers who don't use their turn signals. Those yellow shaded lights in the front of your car were not specially picked out for their color... they actually light up when you are going to turn. I was actually pull over by one of Rapid City's finest for not using mine a long time ago.

Somemore but I won't get into details:

• Asshole yacking on the cell phone
• Little Asian manufactured autos worth about $400 with $2,300 chrome wheels and a $2000 stereo setup with the (sic) urban ethnic music (noise)rattling the shit outta everything within a 1/2 block radius.
• Shitheads in dually pickups taking up two lanes.
• Chevy Camaros
• 1986 (rusting) Chevy Impalas with the large decals of some car designer in the rear window.
• The decal of the number 3 on the window.
• 4 Door family sedans with the chrome Supertrap muffler sticking out the back.
• Any "Hello Kitty" stickers... FUCK I HATE THOSE!!!!!!!!!!!
• The "praying Calvin in front of the crucifix" decals.
• The Calvin pissing on "whatever" decals.
• NFL football team Stickers.

These are just a few... I have alot more but my nose is starting to bleed from the tension of thinking about this shit.

Good Day Sir... I SAID, GOOD DAY!!!! (A quote from" Willy Wonka" not the new one, the old one)

Eric

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