Jeepers Creepers Meepers

I'm back. For the moment, anyway. Not sure how long this may last.

There are frequent thunderstorms around these parts, especially in the late summer and early fall. So when the power flickers or goes out, it really doesn't draw much attention. This afternoon, the power died and didn't come back. You can be that I noticed, as I was in the last five minutes of my all time favorite television show's eighth season finale. Drat! By the time we left for dinner with April, the power still hadn't come back in our neighborhood. Drat, and Phooey! As we pulled out onto the highway to get to our reservation, we were flagged by a state trooper past no less than SIX power company trucks and several emergency vehicles. Our last fleeting commentary was that we hoped the power would be back on by the time we arrived home later this evening.

Joe, being the little researching busy body that he is, found the source of the commotion while I was putting little Jack down for the night. As it turns out, some nitwit, no let me correct myself - awful jackass in a pick-up - barrelled across the highway (through a rather obvious stop sign), causing a car with a couple and their SEVEN CHILDREN to swerve, hit the power pole, and roll several times. Okay, let me correct myself again - the guy in the pick-up was some fuckwit who deserves to lose a limb and his license. I can't imagine the sheer panic in that couples' chest as they found themselves being thrown about inside their previously safe vehicle.

I don't recall being surrounded by such a lot of stupid, arrogant, self-righteous bastards until I moved to the bloody South. Proud of their ways, their racist flag, and their overall lack of true fellow feeling. This butt in a pick-up thought it would be rather NASCAR-ish to just go for it. Or he was drunk. Or on some load of pain killers. Or he'd just found out his girlfriend had slept with his brother/best friend/kid. Whatever the reason, I just pray that the family he nearly killed comes out alright. The FUCK, mang.