The Beauty of the Four-Way Stop
On my drive to and from work, I hit a four-way stop. I used to dread them, but the anti-depressants, mood-stabilizers, and occasional anti-anxiety pill has helped with that, and I can now see clearly what a well-functioning system it is. In the afternoon commute home, when the traffic is at its heaviest, this four-way stop moves along much more quickly than any traffic light would have drivers moving. Drivers are civil, clearly know the rules of the four-way stop, and are sometimes even polite. Though as much as I appreciate politeness, it tends to interrupt the flow.
All of this is great, until I get on the highway and remember what dill weeds drivers are during the majority of their commutes.
Gub’ment TV?
I’m not too much of a conspiracy theorist. There is a lot of talk from the left these days about a shift from towards a Fascists form of government. Fair enough. It’s out of scope for me to go into that now, but suffice it to say that I believe it may be happening. We’ll see how it plays out.
What I do wonder, though, is why the federal government is getting involved in this digital television conversion. Am I the only one thinking that this is an aggressive move towards state-run television? Of course, the FCC has been screwing with radio and television for quite some time, but something about this digital television thing seems a little more brazen to me. In all fairness, this is a gut feeling based on little research. That’s what this blog is about, though — getting my thoughts out there, even if they’re completely bizarre. That way, I can look back years later and laugh at myself, or say “Wow, I was right about that!” Hopefully, the result of this will be the former.