Random Rants and Raves #88

If I'm not completely awake when I step outside to go to work on an extremely cold morning, I am by the time I get to the car.         

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I hate the feeling of having had to go against the grain of my personality. This is the uncomfortable "soreness in the soul" sensation I get after being forced to show some assertiveness, aggressiveness, courage, or any other quality that doesn't come naturally to me.    

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Most of the stupid decisions I've made during my lifetime have come at times when I've had too much time on my hands.

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Occasionally, you'll meet someone who is so entrenched in his personal ideology that he would be willing argue that black is actually white and day is actually night in order to defend it.

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Why is it that one must be an attorney to address the U.S. Supreme Court? Do the justices not understand regular people?

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During the Christmas season, I heard a young man naming off some expensive gifts he expected to receive. He said his parents were very generous. When I was growing up, my parents were very generous too -- they just had very little to express that generosity with!

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How can B.B. King still have "Lucille"? I thought he gave it to Pope John Paul II in 1998.

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For an NFL team, the next best thing to making the playoffs is to be able to prevent a rival from getting in.