Michael Doughten: Rants

Wed, 04 May 2005 11:05:35 GMT

Nothing like an "OH SHIT!" moment to start your day ...

Sign in the lot across the street from my house.

Well at least they're bungalows. Now we just have to hope their interpretation of "bungalow"
is the same as mine. "Giant House of Arlington" redux? Ouzo will not be thrilled.

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:12:04 GMT

I Feel A Rant Coming On

The Ex saw this on her way to work yesterday and wanted me to post it.

ASSHOLE BUMPERSTICKER OF THE YEAR

"My SUV gets 25 mpg in the city and 28 in the rain forest"

Anyone who'd put that on their bumper doesn't give a shit about anyone or anything.
You're ass should be on a plane to Iraq and with any luck someone will shoot it off.

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:49:02 GMT

Advance Directive

A great Living Will from Robert Friedman of the St. Petersburg Times from 3/27/05. This will show 'em!

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 12:00:40 GMT

Major Rant

Wednesday was a pretty hot one in DC for this time of year, somewhere in the high 80’s. Those kind of days get everybody outside trying to shake off the effects of winter. Unfortunately some of those people are fucking morons. Some shit-for-brains decided, “what a great day for a round of 18!” Too bad he had decided to bring his dog along, “I’ll just leave him in the car” he thinks (probably drives a hummer). Temperatures inside cars skyrocket on hot days and playing a round of golf takes a few hours. Sadly the dog, a 75 lb. Boxer, never had a chance. They should bring back flogging as a punishment (hey it seems to work in Singapore) and then they should throw his ass in jail. They sure don’t want me to get a hold of him.

Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:06:09 GMT

THE BIG HOUSE

On the front page of our paper there was an article about big houses built on little lots in old neighborhoods. People are moving from the suburbs back in towards the city but they still want their suburban McMansions. The interesting thing for me is that the article is about my neighborhood where many of the houses are ~70 years old. This picture was taken 3 blocks away from my house. The little bungalow on the left belongs to a good friend of mine. We watched in horror as this monstrosity went up. It’s not only big it’s butt ugly! Something needs to be done to stop this sort of thing and in our neighborhood that just might happen. It turns out that this house is too big, about 4 feet too high and since the community won't sign off on a variance that issue will have to be dealt with. The house also violates the lot line requirements of building within 10 feet of your property line, don’t quite know how the inspectors missed that. With any luck at least the top will have to come off this thing and cost the owner a plenty. When it happens I’ll be he one across the street selling popcorn.