Cooties

in this season of joy which brings us such pleasant gifts like the common cold, flu, and the hot new trend - the avian flu...how can one forget the most feared of all childhood diseases - cooties...

i was jokingly telling people that i don't have the cold, but i have cooties (much to hema's annoyance)...and then of course...being the dork i am...i had to go research the subject...of course...i went to wikipedia while i won't bore you with all the details...it has a pretty interesting history...from its possible roots in a malaysian word - kutu (biting insect)...to head lice....to world war II...of course i got the cootie-shot just to be safe.

since i'm watching the news while typing this...i'm going to do a "grind my gears" segment ala Family Guy style...

# - the recent proposal to tax hybrid cars to make up for the fact that they consume less gas and thereby pay less federal fuel taxes...ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!! that's the whole freakin' point!!! oh my god....the congressman who introduced this must be impeached for being the absolutely most irrelevant factor in mankind...good god - how far does the big oil lobby reach?!!

# - teachers who sleep with their students...seriously - was our public education system not crappy enough...might as well rename the schools Jerry Springer High...or wait - that was middle school...yeesh!

# - finally - the commercialization of the holidays - ok i'm not christian...but really thanksgiving = shopping?!?! i just read about a brawl this morning at a wal-mart...then wal-mart gleefully reports 2 million shoppers in one hour! i really think we're spiralling downwards...well i better wrap this up - gotta see if i can still make it to TJMaxx and get some deals!! i keed...i keed.

and that america...is what grinds my gears!!!