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Don't you get fed up with these signs on broken machines that say "We apologize for any inconvenience?" Call me cynical (everyone who knows me does anyway), but do you think anyone who puts signs like these up are sobbing into their hankies and thinking "Oh, I feel so terrible that this is going to inconvenience somebody whose sandals I am not fit to lace, and just how am I going to make it up to this person? Oh woe is me.Puh-leeze forgive me." Uhh... I rather doubt that. More likely than not, they're just going about their business, oblivious to how this might be inconveniencing someone.

Moreover, "Apology" is in the dictionary between "apocryphal" and "apoplexy" (Funk And Wagnalls, in case you want to double check).

As I've said before, political correctness, and that's exactly what this is, is out of sync with the real world outside. Does Bill Gates go around saying "Life isn't fair; I apologize for the inconvenience?" Probably not.

Just once I'd like to see a sign that says "Copier is out of order. Get over it!"

"But that would be rude," one might say. Well, uh, what do you think contemporary society is? Been out on a public street lately? Not just traffic, but the sidewalks, too. How about a lot of cashiers and bus drivers who act like we should be grateful they're providing a "service." They're not all like that, I realize, but far too many of them are. A sign of this nature would be right in sync with society the way it is right now. And maybe that's really the thing that we as civilized human beings need to address.

Just want to take this opportunity to Thank my Honey Babe for scanning some new drawings onto the web for me and also for her assistance (and especially her patience) in helping me get them uploaded here. Love You So Much, Honey Babe--and Thanks and Smooches Galore!!

-Roy

On the average, if I get an email that is prefaced with "Fwd," I generally delete it. I hate feeling pressured to have to hurry up and pass something along to 800 people in five seconds so that my backpack won't explode or so that the squirrels won't start speaking in Tongues.  Also, forwards are sort of cold and impersonal. I got involved with cyber space to get to know people in other parts of the world. It's a very inexpensive way to do it (especially if one uses public computers) and I've learned more about the United States and other places than I ever would in a geography class.

When I telephone somebody, I don't put the receiver in front of a television set or a radio when there's a commercial going on. I also don't put magazine ads inside envelopes and send them off to friends and call them "letters." Anybody old enough to remember those silly letters that used to arrive in your mailbox addressed to--shudder--"Occupant?" Like they believed anyone would  waste precious time reading whatever was in those envelopes. For me, forward email is the same thing. Send me a warm, personal email instead, please. The way I see it, if someone has time to gab on their cell, that same person has the time to type  an email letter!!

Only a few yards from where I'm typing this, there is a salon called "Pro Hair And Nails." Reading the signs that say "Cuts $9 and Up" and "Nails $20 and Up."

It reminded me of how frustrated I am about signs like this that only advertise what the rock bottom price is. For one thing, "And Up" can entail quite a hike. How do we know that they won't charge $200 for a cut or $500 for nails? Or $1,000 for a pair of Ray-Bans?

I'd rather know what the ceiling price is for something rather than the basement price. I'd like to think others feel the same way as it would make their budgeting easier, say if someone also needs groceries or gas, and $20 is all a gal can afford to shell out for a manicure.

What is so wrong with saying "$15 and down" for a cut, or "$30 and down" for nails? Or "$40 and down for sunglasses?" I guess they have their reasons.

I'M GETTING FED UP WITH THESE STUPID WEATHER FORECASTERS WHO CAN'T GET THEIR FORECASTS RIGHT. HERE IN FRESNO WE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO GET RAIN UNTIL WEDNESDAY AND OUT OF NOWHERE WE GOT SOME YESTERDAY AND WERE PROMISED A CLEAR DAY ON MONDAY. BUT IT'S RAINING AGAIN TODAY.

I BELIEVE THAT METEOROLOGY IS A PSEUDO SCIENCE AND THAT WEATHERMEN AND METEOROLOGISTS ARE A BUNCH OF CHARLATANS AND FRAUDS. THEY ARE WORSE THAN POLITICIANS. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BOTHER THEM THAT THEIR FORECASTS ARE WRONG ALL TOO OFTEN. AND DESPITE THEIR INABILITY TO GET TOMORROW'S FORECAST RIGHT, THEY STILL GO AND THINK THEY'RE QUALIFIED TO GIVE EXTENDED FORECASTS. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?

IF IT WERE UP TO ME, THE WEATHER SECTION WOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THE BEE. WELL, IF IT WERE UP TO ME, WE'D HAVE AN ALTERNATE NEWSPAPER BESIDES THE BEE. BUT THE WEATHER SECTION WOULD BE TAKEN OUT, AND IN PLACE OF THAT WOULD BE A SECTION DEVOTED TO ALL THE CRIMES IN FRESNO THAT DON'T GET REPORTED. AND TRUST ME,THERE ARE MANY.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE OUR WEATHERMEN BOOTED FROM TV STATIONS AND NEWSPAPERS, AND GIVEN TURBANS, CRYSTAL BALLS, LONG SKIRTS AND A DECK OF CARDS SO THEY CAN DO PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING THEY'RE DOING NOW, EXCEPT THIS WAY DECENT PEOPLE WON'T BE GETTING MAD BECAUSE THE WEATHER FORECAST WAS WRONG!!!