speaking of courtesy, hats off to my guy

Had to take a moment to appreciate my partner.

It's Thursday, it's been a long short week, and he went north to pick up our son then all the way down to the other end of the city to pick me up for work.

Thanks hon!

QEW Sunday night of a long weekend

Don't.

Tailgate.

In the slow lane.

'Nuff said.

Thought: On Doors

You're at a door.

About to go through it.

Do you look around to see if there's anyone else you should be holding the door open for?

SUV Mentality - And So It Begins

You know how they say pets and their human companions resemble each other?

Here's my theory: human owners of SUVs do too.

Think about it. What possesses a person, in this age of greenhouse gases, exorbitantly high gas prices and air pollution to purchase a vehicle which takes up more space and consumes more resources on this planet we all share?

IMO, an inflated sense of self-importance. My guess -- these are some of the same people who ran their air conditioning and watered their lawns during the east coast blackout of a few years back.

An example of SUV mentality from this evening.

It's after work, Friday night. I've parked the minivan in the Loblaws parking lot. I'm backing out of my spot, having done my shopping. I'm halfway out of the spot when the blonde in the big black SUV two spots over and behind me decides she is pulling out at the same time. I look at her incredulously. She looks back at me; she clearly doesn't care. So the hell with it. I keep on backing out and so does she. Miraculously, we do the parking lot dance without hitting each other and drive away.

But really. Come on.

If you see a person pulling out of a parking lot, is not STOPPING until the other person pulls out the courteous thing to do?