They’re exactly the same. One tank of gas gets almost 500 miles before we have to stop again. They’re each fun to drive; for their own reasons. They each get great gas mileage; for the kind of car they are. Yeah, they’re exactly the same, with the one exception that when we’re fueling up, I have to stand outside the car next to the gas pump for twice as long with the Jeep as I do with the Mazda.
Another great thing about Formula 1 Racing
You can tape it in the middle of the night and watch it later. It doesn’t matter how much later you watch it, you don’t have to worry about accidentally seeing the results on the news or some other sports show, because nobody else cares! Football might be a stupid game, but Formula 1 Rocks!
There is a billboard here
It is advertising a local attorney. It says “Friends don’t let friends plead guilty.” Is that how we roll; avoiding responsibility for our actions; ducking the consequences for what we’ve done? How about “Yes, I did it, and I’m sorry.” Or even “Yes I did it and I’m not sorry.” This billboard suggests that if you are charged with a crime, and you did the crime, that attorney will advise that your defense should be based on a lie: “not guilty”. Are there no ethical requirements to being an attorney? (I know there are, but does this billboard not offend them?)
Maybe
Maybe we should get Henry a better dog bed by the front window than a cardboard box lid.
Danger
I have an opinion about the NFL protests. I’m having flashbacks to “Love it or Leave it”. I thought that slogan had been left behind in the sixties, but now I’m hearing the same sentiment expressed as “If you don’t like our flag or country just get out.” (If you haven’t heard that, just scroll through a few Facebook posts and then you will have.) This is an awesome country, but we should recognize that it’s not the same for everyone. The NFL players aren’t protesting our flag, our soldiers, or our national anthem. They’re protesting apparent unequal treatment by law enforcement and court decisions. They’ve never said it’s about anything else. All that noise is other people trying to deflect the message into something they’d rather defend. It doesn’t even matter if the protesters’ perception of unequal treatment is right or wrong, their concern and comment is constitutional. The first amendment to our constitution guarantees: “ … freedom of expression by prohibiting Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely. It also guarantees the right of citizens to assemble peaceably and to petition their government.” If it makes us uncomfortable that NFL players choose to protest during the national anthem, that’s probably a good thing. I don’t think protests are supposed to make us comfortable. If we need a slogan to get through this, let’s recycle an old one with a slight revision. How about Love it and leave it even better than you found it!