Highway Robbery... er ... Recovery.

Alright, I know we're in financial straits and things are tough all over. But I never realized how bad it was until I saw this video from San Diego.
Two drug dealers are being chased by the DEA and , I assume, in an attempt to evade the "po po" they toss a wad of money out the window and on to a 6-lane highway. Some motorists seeing a blizzard of cash pulled off to the side of the road to collect what they could but some just STOPPED DEAD in the middle of the 805.
WOW!
I've stopped (while walking) to pick up a penny here and there but would never slam on the brakes in the middle of a busy highway just to get what might be a dollar or two.
I guess you can't spell "freeway" without FREE or "death" without DEA.
Is this a sign of the times or just human nature? A mix of both I'd wager.
Until Next Time - look both ways.
J.J.

One Shining Moment

I really have nothing substantial to blog about today... being that I am on vacation.  A vacation specifically taken to watch hours upon hours of NCAA basketball.  Beer, Snacks, Comfy Couch, 52 inches of T.V. screen space filled by tourney action. It's not a plush resort in Mexico but damn it's my idea of paradise. 

J.J.

You Got Some 'Splainin' To Do

FLORIDA FREAK FILE

Florida NEVER EVER fails to provide the best/worst news stories.
Case in point; A Florida man, Bradley Gellert (pictured), was arrested last night for allegedly choking his wife during an argument in their Tampa-area home. Gellert's wife subsequently fled the couple's Apollo Beach home and went to a nearby sheriff's office to report the incident. Investigators noted that the woman had been "taken to the ground by the arrestee and suffered an abrasion to her knee and red marks on her neck." The part of this story that's sad but highly comedic in it's use of irony is Gellert was wearing an "I ♥ My Marriage" shirt. Uh Huh. It was a promotional item tied to the 2008 movie "Fireproof," a Christian-themed film starring Kirk Cameron. The movie centers on a fireman's religious awakening and his simultaneous effort to save a failing marriage.
If only life imitated art in this case.
Until Next Time.
J.J.

BRAWL STREET

In case you missed it...
Comedian John Stewart (The Daily Show) put the smackdown on CNBC's wacky financial "expert" Jim Cramer (Mad Money) and made him cower lower than the current Dow Jones Industrial Average. Proving, once again, that the wisdom found in comedy is that of the common people.
Here's the beat down.
Enjoy every last, delicious morsel. Burp!!!
J.J.

Going Postal!!!

"Going Postal" I realize isn't a phrase that the Post Office appreciates.
Comparing the condition where someone completely loses it and either seeks to or actually causes harm to those around them - isn't good P.R.
But I believe it could be better used when a mail carrier does something stupid that infuriates one of their designated rounds and they go Postal and would like to do harm to said deliverer for their stupidity.
For example... let's say someone, we'll give the intials J.J., orders something online that shouldn't be bent and is put into a Priority Mail Post Office mailing envelope that has the words
"Please Do Not Bend" printed on it .

POP QUIZ!
If you were the mail carrier what you would do with the envelope?
A) NOT BEND and smartly take to the apartment office like all packages (duh!)
B) Try to stuff that envelope into a mail box the size of a Altoids tin.

The answer is unfortuniately B. And J.J. goes postal because of it.

The whole Through Rain, Sleet, Snow or Gloom mantra of the postal carrier is good and well but I'd prefer to add a codisole to it stating delivering in one piece or at least in a shape that will not cause recipiant to get bent out of theirs.
Until Next Time - Please (for the love of all that's holy) Do Not Bend
J.J.