The Value of Perspective

I saw a sign on a building in Dundee, Oregon today that made me laugh. It was an obvious protest to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and how it uses it's money on road construction and said something to the effect of "Third World Roads, First Class Money."

Really?

Do you think the person who designed this sign has even seen a "third world road?" Even though I am in agreement that certain stretches of the road between Dundee and Newberg need some work - they are terrific roads when compared to roads in less developed countries.

I looked for a picture of one of the many Ugandan roads I have traveled on so that there was a real comparison of what a third world road looked like, but could find the one I wanted, so the photo above will have to do.

The Unexpected

I work in NE Portland - inner NE, near the Lloyd District. It's an entertaining area of town - to say the least. After working here for 3 years - there are certain things that you expect when you see certain vehicles, etc. Today - well, what I saw was unexpected.

Next door to our office is a 7-11 whose customers don't always lean to the 'normal.' As I was walking by, there was a big, black, Cadillac Escalade truck beginning to pull out of its parking space in front of the 7-11.

I must admit, that what I saw was not what I expected to see. Instead - driving the Escalade with it's windows down was an elderly white man - not the driver I would have expected to see. And - he had the windows down and was singing at the top of his lungs to none other than Waylon Jennings.

It was fabulous! Not only because was the driver and his choice of music were unexpected in this area of NE Portland, but because I too sing in my car.

Just not generally to Waylon Jennings.

Did she really just say that?

So - Stacey and I went the new movie "Fool's Gold" last weekend. One of the charcters in that movie is this really ditzy girl - whose character seemed over the top with ditziness. THEN - I was washing my hands in the restroom and heard the following:

"I thought Italian was just an accent. I didn't know it was a language."

I couldn't believe my ears!

Really? Are there people out there that are just that stupid?

Although I realize the answer to that question is YES.