Holidays

Every year the holidays come around and people just go nuts!  People drive around like total idiots.  Let someone into traffic, hell no!  You might be 20 seconds late to buy that toy that your kid thinks he needs.  You might not get the exact turkey you want.  And this all seems to start just before Thanksgiving here in the states.  By Christmas it will be scary!  And all that is happening out here in the back-of-beyond.  The city is going to just be worse.  Makes me want to hibernate!

Girl Friend!

I spent my working life in corporate America.  That means I've learned more political correctness than is right for anyone who is actually a thinking human being.  It is honestly difficult to describe some one as other than an asshole when there are so many other terms that might suit better.  I mean I can't even type the terms in this blog!

Anyway, one of my special pet peeves has to do with the term 'girl friend'.  After a female is about 20 in our society (or maybe 14!) it's highly unlikely that they are actually a 'girl' - that is to say virginal.  So what can one say about someone who is nearly 40, in an committed relationship and not married.  Grrrr!  'Girl friend' is clearly wrong, 'significant other' stinks, 'wife' is not right, grrrr again, there just isn't anything!  Maybe I need to create a word.  Fuckpartner - at least that has some truth.   Grrr!