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This is what we call a disaster waiting to happen

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Incentives to rush usually equals incentives for shit work: Georgia Department of Transportation offers up to a $3.1 million dollar bonus to the company responsible for repairing I-85, if they can finish everything up before Memorial Day

Look, I’m all about getting I-85 up and running as quickly as possible.  And my bad on the part of previously saying that it wasn’t going to be done until Thanksgiving, because clearly I tuned out for a little bit and missed where they thought they would get it done by June 15th instead.  Whatever though, it’s not the weekend like the sinkhole was fixed in Japan, so it’s still taking way too fucking long to fix something that should really be fixed even faster than a target date of Memorial Day weekend.

And it’s obvious why Georgia wants I-85 fixed before May 25th, because that’s Memorial Day weekend, one of the heaviest loads of expected traffic all across the nation.  Surely, the loss of I-85 is going to be extremely taxing to I-285 on both sides as people would be forced to use those roads instead of the straight shot through the city itself, which then has a trickle effect on I-20, as well as I-75.  Ironically, those actually in the city of Atlanta itself would probably benefit the most, from prepared drivers not utilizing city proper streets.

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Happy Moloch Day 2017!

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I’ll keep it short because I unfortunately do not have the luxury of having the day off this year, like I have in prior Moloch Days.  Working for The Man has its occasional drawbacks.

But anyway, much the same as the ancient Aramaic alphabet came before the Common Tongue, MLK came long, long, long before MLK; which obviously, if you’ve been reading my brog for a while now, obviously is in reference to ancient demon god Moloch, came long before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Therefore, any calendar too lazy to clarify the difference and simply states “MLK Day,” they are automatically Pagan infidels who are spending the day honoring his demon holiness, Moloch.  By proxy, they are completely okay with human sacrifices, preferably in the form of young children.

Sorry if the laziness of others reveals to you hordes of people bragging on social media how they have day off because of MLK, but they’re really praising Moloch for slaughtering some children and granting you a little bit of off-time from the office.  Sorry if “Martin Luther King” is a mouthful too, but if you really want to clarify that you’re celebrating the existence of a civil rights leader, you really need to clarify, otherwise the demon god Moloch is more than happy to take credit for your PTO.

Interesting logic

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I still remember when Jet.com first launched.  The media and internet touted them as an online retailer that could compete with Amazon.  They had an interesting business model that was along the lines of things get cheaper the more you purchase.  However, the notion of a membership fee was a tremendous turnoff for me, because I don’t really want to pay to have the right to shop.

Regardless, Jet seemed to do well without cheapskates like me supporting them.  To the point where they attracted the eye of the much-reviled Wal-Mart, and ultimately sold to them for $3.3 billion dollars, because they thought that acquiring Jet would help them combat Amazon.

So it sounds like Jet has really hit the big time, but then I saw this commercial recently that makes me wonder just what in the world they’re thinking.  Jet’s been pushing something called the “Careculator” in conjunction with their mobile app, where the thought process is that people can put a price on their friends and family.

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Happy Recognized Moloch Day 2016!

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It’s that time of the year again, where the vast majority of Americans think that this black guy with a dream really accomplished something,while his lordly and almighty demon god allows humanity to exist for yet another year.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about or are curious to what the true meaning of “MLK” is, then please to be taking the time to enlighten one’s self to come to a higher state of existence.

Now if you’re actually trying to reference the good Doctor, I expect some clarification to be utilized, specifying the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  Otherwise, those who are lazy, and type out “MLK Day” need to understand that the Demon God Moloch existed just a little bit longer than King did, so he kind of has the lock down on the letters MLK in sequence.

Whatever though.  Unlike prior years, I actually had to work today, so even the demon god didn’t have mercy on this unfortunate soul, to have to go to a job he’s fast disliking severely and wishing to take his talents elsewhere.  Meanwhile, on the hindsight spectrum, one of chief reasons for unhappiness at the old job is actually being rectified, which is notable on the statewide news, leading to some additional grumpiness.

Good thing I got out of there

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Long story short: the State of Georgia caves under the pressure of all the anti-Confederate history rhetoric, will formally remove names of both Robert E. Lee’s birthday as well as Confederate Memorial Day from the calendar, starting in 2016.

In other words, no more Confederate Memorial Day.  QQ

Well, the day will still be a paid day off that most people out there will not get (including me now QQ x2), but it just won’t be called “Confederate Memorial Day” anymore.  It will be referred to as simply “state holiday” for those paying attention.

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Independence Day musings

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I don’t know what it’s been recently, but I just haven’t really had the drive to do much writing lately.  My schedule is all sorts of rearranged lately, and I guess I just haven’t really taken the time to sit down, look at the happenings around the world, and try and find some motivation to write.  This definitely deviates from my desire to remain a somewhat consistent brogger, and as everyone who has ever written (and failed) to maintain a blog, the onus is on us to keep on writing.

With July 4th now in the rear view, I saw a few things that caught my attention that might warrant a few words, or at least serve as somewhat of an impetus to write something.

Firstly, we have this story from the Peachtree Road Race, a 10K run that I’ve done myself 4-5 times in the past.  Frankly, I’m glad that I didn’t do it this year, because for starters, I have nothing left to prove, since I’ve done it 4-5 times, and secondly, this particular year apparently broke the tradition of where the weather somehow maintains something decent, and instead was a torrential downpour and had some delays, something that I didn’t even know they ever did.

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