Kiss on girlfriend's forehead earns student suspension.

Not only did he have to serve a suspension, but as a football player he had to miss the homecoming game. He must not be a good football player. When I was in high school a football player had to kill somebody to get held out of a game.

I wonder if it is okay to give your mom a kiss if she droped you off at school? How about your grandmother? Your cousin? Your cousin if you are dating? Any of the above if they slip you the tounge?

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Road rage on 400 during morning rush hour.

Drivers on crowded Georgia 400 this morning watched in horror as the driver of one car punched out the window of another.

I don't think they watched in horror. I think some pointed with wide-open eyes and laughed. Some probably secretly wished they could do the same. Others probably gave the guy punching out the window a big thumbs up!

The AJC version.

Tomorrow is the scariest night of the year!

No, not just Halloween. We are talking the Halloween traffic jam! This is the worst traffic jam every year in Atlanta. It is legendary. When I commuted to Cumming, Georgia every night, a 90 minute drive on good days, I would leave work at lunch. Now that I live 7 miles from work, I leave at 3:30 pm at the latest.

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Back from paradise!

Puerto Rico was fantastic. It is a beautiful island. A great vacation getaway. I will post some stories soon about our trip. Photos will be posted as soon as I can afford to get them developed. For today, I will make some quick comments.

Puerto Rico is an island paradise. I can say this about almost every area that has not been "trashed" by the locals. I understand there is severe poverty and an astronomical unemployment rate, but to watch locals finish off beer and then just toss the bottles on an already filthy beach was startling. The more locals that frequented any area, the more filthy it was.

We went to a secluded beach, Sun Bay, on the island of Vieques, and it was reminiscent of watching Fantasy Island. We were the only people on the beach, except for a quick visit by a model in a bathing suit with a photographer and a few helpers. All we could do was sit there and gaze. At a similar beach on Puerto Rico itself where there were hundreds of locals, it was completely trashed. Give a hoot, don't pollute.

I worked as a courier in Atlanta, Georgia for years when I returned to college. I can drive in rush hour traffic without fear. I can be very aggressive when I need to be. I can block somebody from bullying their way into my lane better than most NASCAR drivers. I am good.

In Puerto Rico, I was scared. And amazed. Those people are nuts! If a line of cars is making a left hand turn with a green arrow in Atlanta and the light turns red, usually two or three cars try to rush through. In Puerto Rico they do not stop. Ever. They will keep turning left until there are no more cars, or you physically block them. Making left hand turns from the right lane may be legal there. Or at least it seems to be legal. Driving up the shoulder or the median is an art form, and a popular one. In effect any two lane road is actually a four lane road. Stop signs are only suggestions. In some intersections stop signs appear to be starting lines. Cars stop at the signs and then they all go at once. Whoever gets through first wins!

Puerto Ricans park anywhere they want. There are 1.5 million cars on an island 110 by 30 miles. All roads have parked cars packed on both sides. There are so many, it is sensory overload after a while. Old San Juan was one big parking lot. Hard to describe.

I could go on about the driving, and may well later in a story. All-in-all I liked the island and will go back some day. For now it is good to be home, be near my dogs, have large cups of coffee, and have an internet connection. I have a lot of reading to catch up on.

One more thing, the nicest people there are northern transplants. We met many, and got many free rides around the island of Vieques, where we did not have a car for one afternoon. They would stop as we sat waiting for taxis, pick us up, and drive us around telling us about themselves and their Puerto Rican life. Wonderful people!

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