Keen Blog - Day 4.
7:54 P.M. (Eastern)

I have the urge to purge here.  I need to vent.  I must release steam or I may explore and shower you all with Bits o'Math.   It's about drivers.  Baaaaaad bad drivers.

First, I'm in the DC area.  Beautiful right now.  The birds (well, OK pigeons) are out and frisky.  The Reflecting Pool is....reflective.  The Cherry Blossoms are making the National Mall look and smell like a little piece of Heaven.  However, the Bleeping Bleep Bleep drivers in Washington suck the life right out of you.

Second, I have to tell you if you did not know, Washington is encircled by a freeway known as The Beltway.  (And for reference, the only ones who call it the freeway have lived in California.)  But anyway, this freeway goes round and round the city.  If you pass your exit, no worries....it's coming up again in 45 minutes!  But you know, it's not the Beltway that pisses me off.  It's the people who drive on it.

For some reason people seem to believe that they are not BAD drivers, no no, they are aggressive drivers.  LOL.  Oh right.  And the self-proclaimed aggressive driver seems to really think they are just a good driver with a competitive edge.

Here's my definition of a bad driver.  A person who thinks the road is a competition.  They never let you over (or they might lose.)  They have to drive faster than you (or they do not pass GO.)  They speed through school zones (aggressive people are too busy being WHACK JOBS to see road signs.)  Oh, and they might just run you off the road if you forget to use your turn signal.

Aggressive drivers are really just typical drivers with road rage ON PROZAC!  And for whatever its worth....DC is full of 'em.  I think what really floats my boat (I promise never to use that phrase again for 90 days) is about 14 of the 24 hours in a day the Beltway is in some form of congestion where you really can't do much but sit there.  However, the aggressive driver in DC has decided that THEY MUST CHANGE LANES NOW (AKA Take a Ride on the Reading....)

I've said nothing of substance here and for that I am truly sorry.  I had a nice long conversation on international politics with a guy from the UN....and here, what do I share with the Keen Blog Readers?  My Bleeping Driving vent.  I'm sorry.  I just had to get it out.

I'll make it up to you.  I promise. I just had to express myself in public.


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