If you knew anything about physics

I am so mad, internets. I am mad at people in our goverment for claiming our current situation was not forseeable. Chertoff, you GOON. What, natural disasters that show up on radar need to wear bells around their necks? I am mad at the people who say "this shouldn't happen here, we aren't a third world country." This includes you, Andrew Sullivan. They are right that the hurricane aftermath shouldn't have escalated the way it did, but since when is it OK for widespread deprivation and turmoil to happen anywhere? The things going on in the Sudan are just fine, because hey, third world country. Those folks knew what they were in for when they elected exist in a third world country. Of all the lines of justification for why we should not be in this situation, "we're not a third world nation" is by far the most shameful.

I am mad that I don't have more money to give right now. I am mad at the people who say anyone who didn't evacuate does not deserve help. I am mad at the people who are yapping about not contributing to relief efforts because they are soooo offended by what Kanye West said. I am mad that people don't see all the opportunities to help to alleviate poverty in their own communities, and that it takes something this large and terrible to make people even consider helping another living soul. Hey, instead of burning the gas to drive your SUV from New England to New Orleans all by yourself, why not volunteer for the Red Cross here? They can send trained personnel to the gulf, and you can handle the less glamorous things like people getting displaced by fires. Howzabout that.

I am mad that I need to pick a countertop finish in my future house because it seems so trivial, yet heaven forfend I get stuck with "Mystique Dusk." I am mad at myself.

I am so mad that I spent the day cleaning and packing up clothing to take to Goodwill. I found bank statements from my college BayBank account, which then turned into Bank Boston, which turned into Fleet or Fleet Boston or whatever, which is now Bank of America. Which is going to be bought by Bank of the Galaxy. Anyway, I left Bank of whatever somewhere in the Bank Boston days, when I opened a US Trust account. Then that got bought by Citizens Bank, which has the stupidest new logo. I only stay with Citizens because I have enough money to not get charged a monthly fee, which is ironic, because wouldn't someone with less money be even less inclined to pay a fee? Oh, but how did I get here? How did we get here at all?

Yesterday, Mr. H and I drove down to the South Shore to participate in a tango contest. We did our best, but we were trounced by a one-year-old baby with a penciled-on moustache. We demanded a voting recount, but that went over about as well as it did in Ohio. What, we hate America. Of course we're going to ask. It's the supreme fucking court, stupid.

Anyhoo, I noticed a wind turbine along the highway, and I wondered why our highways don't have these things all along them. After all, it's not like they're going to ruin the view, and wildlife has already been neatly thwarted. So I started looking into this option, envisioning a future as a wind power magnate, clear of conscience yet still filthy stinking rich. I found this blurb about just such an idea, and then the comments made me mad. Is there anything that doesn't make me mad today? People arguing about physics = gold. Oh, thermodynamics. Where were you when I needed you? You could have helped me win the tango contest and stopped the cat from throwing up after eating all the cilantro.

Posted 5:30 PM by Licketysplit