A well executed inside joke can be a beautiful thing, but I often find that most people don’t really get the true purpose of the device. Inside jokes are meant to breed a sense of community, not celebrate the exclusion of those not “in the know”. That is why I simply don’t understand why people constantly use the term incorrectly or attempt to misappropriate the inside jokes of others. Click here to read more »
A person’s home is sacred territory. At least that’s the way I look at it. I mean just think about it. When everything is said and done, the home (or the room if you live with roommates) is a person’s only real place that belongs just to them. The only place that they can exercise complete dominion over. We choose to believe our homes are safe because it’s comforting, but it’s not always the case. Sadly, a lesson one of my roommates and I had to learn the hard way. Click here to read more »
You know, I thought it was common knowledge, but I was completely wrong. Apparently a good portion of the driving public needs me to drop a little bit of knowledge on them. So here it is: Do you know what traffic lights, road signs, painted lanes, center dividers, shoulder barriers, and other common driving indicators have in common? They were all put there by the people who built the roads, freeways, and parking structures to help indicate to drivers where they were actually supposed to be driving their vehicles. I know it sounds obvious, but as the experience in my local Trader Joe’s parking lot has shown me, it’s not really common knowledge.
Earlier this week while sifting through my RSS feeds, I stumbled onto a pretty ingenious concept design for improving the average traffic light. The “Eko light is a simple yet, highly practical concept for traffic lights that not only helps preserve the environment by reducing pollution but promotes safer driving as well.” While I seriously doubt the validity of the designers ecological intensions, I do believe the concept’s benefits to driver sanity could be enormous.
When it comes down to it, I’ve never really been a huge fan of the holidays. First, they’re really just an excuse to take time off of work to spend time with those you’ve failed to make time for during the off season. Second, the monotonous daily grind of life doesn’t recognize them (i.e. the stresses of the world don’t stop so you can stuff your belly with turkey). And Third, any an all significance inherent in each holiday has all but died off over the years.
Take today for example. We all gather and talk about what we’re ‘so thankful for’, yet we just take it all for granted the other 364 days of the year. What’s the point? Well, it occurred to me this morning that maybe that is the point. We’re all so busy with our lives that we never seem to make time to sit down and reflect on the things we really are thankful for. Maybe we really do need another ‘pointless’ holiday to force us to stop, even if only for a moment, and reflect on the things we really are thankful for.