The drive to Cheyenne's new school - Sheyenne High School - takes me on a loop from 13th to Veteran's Boulevard to 40th to Sheyenne. The drive is, in total, just shy of 30 minutes. It is a far cry from my drive back and forth to the STEM Center for three years - a [...]
Tag: driving
It happens every 1.6 days…
I saw a timely message on an electronic billboard on I-94 in Fargo today. The message was divided into two displays. The first display said: "It happens every 1.6 days." After giving drivers a few seconds to ponder what "it" was, the second display came up. It said: "1 North Dakota motorcycle accident." The sign [...]
Lady, you scared me.
It have been told many a time that I am a tough cookie. I know the reason I give that impression - it is all about my backbone. I feel compelled to stand up for the bullied and disenfranchised and in the process I sometimes come off as a bit fierce. I can live with [...]
The correlation between caution and my state of appearance…
I came to a realization today: the level of caution in my driving has a direct correlation to my perception of the state of my appearance. By that I mean, I am more cautious when I perceive I look hideous and would not want to be stopped by a police officer or be in any [...]
Only an idiot…
I love creative judgments. A Municipal Court judge in Cleveland ordered a 32 year old woman who "was caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to pass a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children" to stand outside at a busy Cleveland intersection with a sign that read - “Only an idiot would drive on the [...]
A 4,800 lb. force…
Two pregnant sisters were killed in a rollover accident in Eastern Montana on Friday morning. Icy conditions are believed to have played a role in the rollover. The sisters did not have their seat belts on and were thrown from the vehicle. The driver, their mother, had her seat belt on and is listed in [...]
Place more value on your life and the lives of others than on a text…
My blog entry today is an open letter to a young woman who was driving behind me for awhile today on my way back from the NDSU campus. She caught my eye originally while I was sitting at a stop light. The young woman (she looked to be about the age of a college student) had long [...]
THE NEW FORTY 