Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

100 cool points if you know the quote. If not read on and you'll find out where it is from.

I'm known as an angry person. I don't feel angry all the time and I honestly don't consider myself an angry person. According to Yoda, I must hate lots of things and consequently, I am suffering. Suffering!

I have also been informed that I don't suffer fools. I agree with this but hopefully, I don't suffer fools gladly. To be clear, I can't stand it when someone makes a statement with that all-knowing tone to their voice and they are completely and utterly wrong. I have a physical reaction to it. Balance must be restored to the Force...and I am Darth Vader.

So which is it? Yoda says that I must be suffering yet my psyche does not allow me to suffer fools. Must be the reason for all the screaming.

some people think...

That you can get busy living or get busy dying. I ride a motorcycle so I can do both at the same time. Am I a masochist? I'd like to think that I am not but riding any two-wheeled vehicle through Utah traffic is a dumb idea. There. I admitted that I am dumb. This thought occurred to me again as a huge Dodge truck turned right in front of me this morning and proceeded to slam on its brakes. Luckily I was able to stop in time. I made my discontent known to said driver of the truck and continued on to work. I mean, what would Andy Dufresne do?

Just because it has a stinger and flies does NOT make it a BEE (from June 2006)

I have a pet peeve. Sure I have more than just one but this is something that bugs me. Bugs…Ha! Anyhow, where I live in Utah, any flying insect that has some semblance of a stinger is referred to as a bee. You know, bees. They dive bomb flowers, collect pollen, vomit honey. You know the story. As a service to my entomologcally-challenged Utahns , I post the following images to help you identify bees and other flying stinging *things* correctly. Roll the old mouse pointer (that’s the thingamabob that looks like an arrow on the screen most of the time) over the image to see what it is. (Hey, it’s for the children!)

Do you know how to act when faced with a 4-way stop? (from May 2006)

I live in Utah. I grew up in Texas and ended up in Utah. Don’t get me wrong, the mountains are great and the people are nice. The weather is much better than Texas weather. However, why in the HELL do people out here not understand a 4-way stop? Excuse me citizens o’ the Deseret State. A 4-way stop is NOT like a traffic light. Just because the guy in front of you gets to go this time around doesn’t mean you get to go too. Why you ask? Read a book people. Come on, this isn’t rocket science. It’s not even computer science…sinners :-)

I Dislike Racheal Ray (from April 2006 and I still don't like her)

Maybe you have the Food Network, maybe you don’t. If you do, try to watch one of Rachael Ray’s shows. I can’t believe how excited she is about every freakin thing she puts into her clown sized mouth. I’m just hoping that one day she takes a bite of something, spits it out and screams, “That tastes like day old gorilla dook!” Update: To show some love for the Rachael Ray Sucks Community, I’m adding a link to their site and one of my favorite images of RR. Too bad she didn’t bring a GB to drizzle some EVOO into…

Software Engineer != Desktop Support (from April 2006)

So I’m at a neighbor’s house a few nights ago. I hate it when people ask me what I do because of the responses I get. I’m not saying I have the most amazing profession or anything, I just hate the fact that when I say “Software Engineer” a little leprechaun conjures some magic in the air and people hear “I fix computers.” So I’m talking to these folks and having a old grand time. They ask me what I do and I mumble almost incoherently, “Software Engineer.” The lady pulls out a notebook and says with much gusto, “Great! I can call you when I need my computer fixed!” That leprechaun is a bastard. When I find him, I’m stealing his lucky charms…

Programming Computers (from February 2006)

I’m a software engineer. I don’t “program computers” with Word, Excel, or any other app that some of you use and think that you are programming a computer. I build the applications and services you use every day to get your work done. Please get this clear. Using a computer in any capacity does not make you a computer programmer. The misconception that using a particular computer program makes you a computer programmer is on that I have heard so often that I never voluntarily tell anyone what I do.