Infant wink

The other day, a friend and I were eating at Taco Bell. A nice looking young couple were in the next booth. They had a baby in a car seat in the booth with them. As the couple stood to leave, the guy placed the baby in the car seat on top of the table for a few seconds. My friend's back was to the couple so he hadn't seen anything. The baby was maybe six feet away from me as its mom and dad tidied up the table. Then the baby winked at me. I mean his teeny little right eye winked right at me! I'm telling you this was an infant. Like a couple of months old or something. So the guy picked up the car seat and carried the baby past us as they left. I thought for a brief moment to say to the guy, "Hey, fellow, your baby just winked at me." I thought maybe he would find it amusing too, but I also thought that maybe the baby has some brain problem so I better just shut up right now. So I shut up. Still, I bet you've never had an infant wink at you.

Traffic Problem

I don't know what percentage of drivers actually stress out over obstacles to their travel plan. Personally, I do curse other asshat drivers as well as traffic engineering in general. For example, if I and a number of cars get a red light and have to stop, in order to allow like ONE car to proceed or some bike rider to cross, I cuss the government fools who fail to design a better system. "Damn red lights!" I will bark, all by my little self in my little car. Then I eventually get where I'm going and everything's fine. So... Today I was driving to work and somehow traffic was pretty light going my direction. In the distance was a pretty large intersection and my light was red. As I approached, my light turned green. I was the only car going my way as far as I could see. But crossing traffic was heavy, and I noticed as I crossed the intersection, about twenty cars stacked up at their red light while I sailed right on through. Then it hit me. I really should be consistent here. Now I'm the one holding up progress. What am I? Special? So I did the proper thing and cussed my own green light. It was the right thing to do. Now I always make a point to cuss all the green lights I am fortunate enough to drive through. True, now I am cussing all lights, both green and red, but I have to be consistent and fair, so as to set a good example for my kids. Makes sense, right?