Inertia
Well, I just got in from grabbing some lunch. On the way, I managed to sail up to an intersection just at that yellow light surprise-sweet-spot moment where my brain hovers between brake/accelerate for a few moments too long. So I nailed the brakes, which by the way are awesome in our little Honda Civic--no screeching, no shuddering, just incredible deceleration. Car occupants aren't as well adjusted of course, and in a split second, two out of three Jack in the Box Monster Tacos splatted into the floorboard at 40 mph. Grrrrrrrr. Broke every bone in their bodies; delighting the carpeting with a colorful spray of lettuce, taco shell and orange saucy meat. Mercifully, the majority of the bits and particles were preserved in the durable taco wrappers so I can still savor their greasy goodness. And the car smells really good now.
On the way in to work this morning, NPR had this little bit about politicians in New Jersey being under the magnifying glass as district attornies investigate widespread allegations of bribery to award government contracts. And the piece concluded with a statistic that 77% of New Jersians surveyed felt state politicians were "ethically challenged". Heh, ethically challenged. It never occurred to me that corrupt officials were a special needs group--
OH PHEWWWWW!!!! Jo just walked up behind me with a huge tupperware dish full of deviled eggs and swished the lid back and forth in my face. Urrrrrrffffffff. Fortunately there wasn't a conference going on in the next room to hear all the shouting. Ptooey ptooey!
Alrighty. I forgot where I was headed with the "ethically challenged" thing, and at this point it doesn't really matter, what with the last mangled pieces of taco now tainted by the reeking tang of hard boiled egg. I do know one thing, Jo's going to be occupationally challenged if she keeps pulling stunts like that.
::sprays Glade air freshener::
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