Randomness

Here is an editorial from today's L.A. Times that I can completely agree with.

While I don't necessarily agree with the libertarian view on foreign policy, I am certainly of that mind when it comes to domestic issues, mixed with a fervent states' rights position on federal pre-emption. Not the most popular political viewpoint in the city I currently call home, but I like to think that I am able to be reasonable in my view points.

When I was living in D.C., I was certainly much more vocal about letting the states' decide certain issues, while the Federal government should be responsible for what's in the Constitution- provide for a national defense, engage in international trades and treaties, and so forth. However, now that I'm out of D.C. and living in California, I certainly do not want our current legislature making decisions. Having our current legislature legislate our daily lives is certainly not a very effective way of using their time in Sacto, or an efficient way to spend our money. I won't even get into the Board of Supervisors here in S.F. That is for a later date.

Was on my way home today and a woman was standing in the street, not more than 1 1/2 feet away from the curb, directly in the way of cars wanting to make a right hand turn. This woman wasn't distracted by a book or an Ipod, instead, she purposefully stood just on the other side of the gutter, forcing cards to make a wide right hand turn. Sometimes I just don't get people.

So, on the left hand side of the page, I'm hoping to keep a running tab of how long it takes me to wait for my Muni bus to pick me up. I not basing it on their publishing schedule, because, frankly, I view that as a hope and prayer. So, all that total shows is the time I get to the bus stop until a bus picks me up. Today consisted of an 11 minute wait in the morning and a 15 minute wait in the evening. I've had longer waits, but I've had shorter waits. I guess there's only one way to compare and that's do this everyday.

Speaking of bus, what is the deal with the people in this city refusing to take off their back-pack when riding on a full bus or muni line? I was on the bus a few days ago, and it got very full, but this guy kept his back-pack on. So, I repeatedly over-emphasized the turns and bus bouncing down the road and kept backing into him. Coming from D.C., once a car on the Metro got full, either you took off your back-pack or you incurred the wrath of the Metro riders and shamed you into taking off the back-pack. Taking off the back-pack opens up precious space that could be used by another person, or is simply breathing room because you have personal space issues. PERSONAL SPACE!!!! not that I have such issues.

I suppose I should fill in the D.C. history. Short version- went to college, after college, decided to move to D.C. Ended up spending 8 1/2 years there, doing various things (mainly related to law). Got married and moved back to the Bay Area. That's it.

Sunday night

Ok, after a weekend of watching my carefully crafted bracket implode (thanks Kansas for doing your best Washington Generals impersonation in the 2nd half; my wife was thrilled though, being a Mizzou grad and all), I decided that spending the next 7 months obsessing over my fantasy baseball team isn't enough. So, I've decided to start this. Who knows what this will lead to: fame and fortune perhaps?? Most likely my continued anonimity. I can live with that.

1 week to first pitch. Had my first fantasy draft today, and I'm not terribly happy with it; too many position players, not enough pitchers, but there are only 9 teams in this league and pitching can always be found during the year. My second draft is on Thursday in a league where I've finished second the last two years- the first year was the first time I played fantasy.

Anyhoo. . .I have been advised that I should include an overview of what this is all about. It will be about anything and everything that I care to comment on- politics, sports, music, TV, in other words, the state of. . .whatever is going on at the time.

For example, I wonder if Chevy is finally figuring out that people hate those "Our Country" commercials, because I only noticed one played all day on Saturday. Isn't the first rule of advertising that whatever is in the commercial, you hope that people will remember the brand- with this one, I sure remember it, and I promptly turn the channel. Good job Chevy.