The unsaid thread

Disrespectual punky teenagers.

 

cratchity old farts!

 

People who walk diagonally instead of directly across while you wait for them in the parking lot.

 

People who park diagonally

 

People.

 

supervisors who cry at meetings where they are criticized... WAAAAAH.

 

People who are too lazy and troll through parking lots looking for close spaces/people walking to their cars when they could have just parked a little further away and walked. BOO HOO

=)

 

people who realize that they need to make a right turn but are in the left lane and then stop in the left lane trying to get over at the last minute with a wave of the hand. Hey doofus, go through the intersection and do a u-turn and try again instead of holding up everyone else for your mistake.

 

How about people who are in cars and drive right past you when you are obviuosly pulling out!

 

People who can't use their stinkin' humpin' turn signal to indicate that they are turning in when you are clearly waiting for an opening to turn out.

 

Amen there!!!

 

I like that bumper sticker

Forget world peace, envision using your turn signals

 

How about using your turn signal EVERY SIGNAL TIME you make a turn or change lanes.

 

On a more serious note -

I am getting very, very fed up with how much of "science" is influenced by "Opinion". Now, hang in there with me. For example - you go to the doctor. The doctor takes blood & other samples and has them analyzed. Perhaps x-rays, CAT scans other means of diagnosis are involved. The various samples return various chemical levels and that coupled with the results of other methodologies render the news; "Sir - you have an infection of the greater hyperlangstorm. Take two of these and call me in the morning." And the response is; "I want another opinion!"

Opinion? Look - there are the chems & the pictures. The doctor has consulted an authoritative source (perhaps "The Mad Doctor's Book of Icky Things") and determined that THIS is what you have and THIS is how you treat it. However, off you go to another doc who performs exactly the same tests and, lo and behold, comes to a different conclusion! WHAT????! This isn't science - this is blind man's bluff!

Carbs - good? Not good? Radioactive?
Red Wine - heart healthy? Not heart healthy? Cancerous? Not?
My ellptical - 97 steps per minute for weight loss, or 120????

Sorry if I see the world in black & white, but this is amazingly frustrating. Personally, I do not agree with the law of gravity - I'd like a second opinion.

OK - I'm done ranting.

 

If you want a good read about food and science check out Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food - An Eater's Manifesto. It's an interesting take on food marketing, nutritionists, and the FDA. The short verson: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

 

This is why it is called Practicing Medicine.

The science only covers up the fact that there is still a lot we just don't know about the human body or how it works.

Question for you: What do you call the person who graduated at the bottom of his or her class with the absolute minimum passing test scores?

Answer: Doctor

 

"COEXIST" bumper stickers! They just bother me for some reason - I don't like to be preached to with a bumper sticker.