Panhandling

There's a lot of talk about what do with aggressive panhandlers. I read about a little-known law in Memphis that requires panhandlers to get a $10 license before they can go begging. Seems like a solution to me.

Country Music

It's confusing when young people say they don't like country music. What do they mean, Montgomery Gentry, Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts? These acts ain't country. Country is Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Alan Jackson, George Jones. So it's just damn confusing.

Computers

I like computers. At the moment I'm using three, 2 Macs and a Linux computer. I'm removing the Macrovision copy protection from a DVD with one of the Macs, using Handbrake to make an .avi file from VOB files on the other Mac, and using the Linux comp to write this post.

School Dress Codes

Kids brought this on themselves. School is supposed to prepare you to enter the work force and be a consumer and pay taxes, but wearing pants hanging off your ass won't usually get you a job that makes this possible. Yeah, I know, kids can't resist the marketing of these ridiculous clothes, so they pester their parents to spring for them. So, kids, live with it.

Woman robbed, rescuer killed at Kroger

If they catch this piece of shit and his trashy girl friend they should be publicly hanged. In the Kroger lot.

So where were the cops? Writing a seat belt ticket?

It's a sorry-ass reflection on the Nashville community that this can happen in the middle of the day in such a public place.

The Dog Kicker

So he got a month in jail. Seems OK to me. This guy's evidently an asshole, and he probably cuts cars off in traffic and gets drunk and obnoxious at Titans games, so he needs an attitude adjustment.

Speed Limits

Speed limits are just revenue producers, in case you didn't already know that. Their inconsistencies belie the claim that they have anything to do with highway safety.

The limit on Briley Parkway between Murfreesboro Rd. and I-24 is 45 mph. This is a really nice, clear stretch of highway, recently constructed, and traffic could move safely at 55. In fact, most drivers do go about that speed, and if you go 45 you'll get a truck right on your bumper.

By contrast, the speed limit on Mufreesboro Rd. around Thompson Lane is the same - 45 mph, and there are all kinds of lights, intersections, driveways, businesses, pedestrians, cars, buses, and panhandlers. It's a very congested area, and you're lucky if you can go 45.

The cops set up shop on Briley on a regular basis and write as many tickets as they want. It's all about making money.