CrashSplat, BANG!

I grew up in the South. I still live in the South (supposedly). Because of my upbringing, you might say that I have certain expectations about manners. These expectations have been fueling frustrations recently. These frustrations typically erupt when I am going to the grocery store to pick up some last minute items. As I am walking into, or out of the store, inevitably there are cars trying to leave the parking lot. Where I’m from you YIELD to pedestrians, and let people walk across the parking lot to get into the store, or get to their cars. Not so, in Cary, NC. Oh no, in Cary you had better be careful walking into a store or you might just get whacked. I have started throwing my arms up in the air and staring at drivers. Probably not safe, but I feel it is necessary.

Stephen Colbert was on NPR’s “All Things Considered” this afternoon talking about his new book. The segment was pretty funny. Check it out at here. My favorite quote was “I’m on record as saying reality has a well-known liberal bias, and you guys are just another example of that”.