Smitten by the hand of Zeus
- by Pixel
So it turns out that I’m happy now. Yup, for the first time in a long time, my life is perfect. Quite naturally, I thought that this would carry over to the rest of the world. Yeah.. About that…
On browsing the web for some news on the top Australian story of John Brogden trying to kill himself (Who?), I came across the next few headlines. WTF?? What have you people done to my country since I left? Yikes. I think I might just stay here.
In this seaside town, parking meters don’t grant those magical few minutes on
someone else’s dime. Each time a car pulls away from a space, the meter
automatically resets to zero.
Droves of drivers who had looked forward to end-of-summer road trips to the mountains, beach or elsewhere this Labor Day weekend were scrapping their plans in response to soaring gas prices and lengthening lines at the pump.
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So it turns out that I’m happy now. Yup, for the first time in a long time, my life is perfect. Quite naturally, I thought that this would carry over to the rest of the world. Yeah.. About that… On browsing the web for some news on the top Australian story of John Brogden trying…
That silly Zeus.
I actually knew about Brogden. But not about the parking meter deelie.
…damn feds.