Bike Shop

If you think the difference between whether your Bike Shop makes it is 10 bikes parked out front, or the 5 my Landlord will allow you, your business was destined to fail mightily.  I go to all the trouble convincing my Landlord that 5 bikes out front is not big deal and you throw a hissy fit?   Are you 7?  No one is driving through the center and notices your bike shop and is like, "I need a bike but these yahoos only have 5 bikes out front and not 10, screw them."   You are not Target.  Take your five bikes and shut your pie hole. 

Oh, and guess what?   Bikes are not the transportation of the future.  This is not China.  Try going to the grocery store, with a kid, in bad weather, during rush hour on your bike dipshit.  Maybe bikes are the future for the ten single bike enthusiasts but  for us with responsibilities like work and family, it does not work.    

Sweet 16

I was just watching one of these shows where the "parents" throw some over the top 16th birthday party for their brat, I mean, kid.  This particular kid was not missing any meals and was not afaid to smash any kind of cake into her bear trap of a mouth.  At one point the dad says, "Look at my daughter."  Right then the camera pans over to catch his daughter slamming what had to be her sixth slice of cake in her mouth.  "I am so proud of her.  She really deserves this!"   Deserve?  Proud?  Proud that she made it to 16?  It is not like she was born in the Congo where that would really be a feat.  You being proud of her turning sixteen would be like me being proud of myself for breathing all day.  I can't wait to see the follow up in five years when she is back in rehab for the fourth time.   This parent will probably throw her a party for that too.

Airport Politics

I love being lectured on race by a guy who voted for his guy based solely on race and the belief that, "they deserved a bite at the apple".

Las Vegas airport on Sunday is still the worse place ever.