Eastern Standard Blog

Tiananmen Square 20 Years Ago Today

Amazing. Sad. Disturbing.

And we couldn’t even be bothered to be that upset about the 2000 election.

¿Por qué no te callas?

Of course, this is was uttered by the King of Spain in November 2007 to Chávez. I think under the current circumstances, it also applies quite nicely. Are you really going to start a war over killings of an internationally recognized terrorist group, which didn’t even happen in your country? Well, maybe if you had sent them $300 Million you might, but I still doubt it. Shut up, stay home.

I was in Target today getting a birthday card for my Dad, when this little transaction happened in front of me. Of course, I was buying just the one item, but none of the Express lanes were open. I mean, with like 35 check out lanes, you would think they could staff Express lanes on both ends at the same time, but then I guess you’d be wrong (like me). So in my grump, I noticed that the guy standing in front of me was also buying exactly one item. It also happened to be some form of greeting card. Strange. The clerk rang up the man’s card and then asked him if he’d like a bag. The man paused, thought about it, and then answered ‘Yes’ to my complete astonishment. But the clerk was not to be outdone by this display of ridiculousness, oh no. Instead of putting the greeting card into one of those little bags, he put a standard greeting card in a full sized plastic bag.