We're Waitin'

Lovely sloppy, cold, wet Winter weather we're having here in the Mid-Atlantic area. Snow yesterday which then turned to sleet/freezing rain/rain. I believe the popular term for it thses days is "Wintery-mix". Sounds so lyrical and festive, like something you'd make with Chex cereal and serve at a party. Pardon me my dear, could you please pass the bowl of Wintery-mix? In reality it's a pain in the ass to drive in. I'll take straight up snow any day.

Schools were closed. My place of employment delayed opening for two hours, which of course meant I'd get there in about three and a half. Hey, I don't rush. Especially on ice. Once I got past the sheet of solid ice that was my driveway, the drive in wasn't as bad as expected. Mostly rain. While driving I was listening to the radio, mainly for traffic and weather info. This song by John Mayer came on that I hadn't heard before and caught my ear. Ya'll may know it but I didn't and I thought I'd share.

Yeah, we're waitin'. It made me think. How come the extremist nut-jobs on both ends of the spectrum always seem to be so well organized and influential? And they seem to be the ones the political candidates most worry about getting support from. Isn't it time we had an influential, extremely vocal coalition of middle-of-the-road, rational people who don't insist on making meddling in other people's lives their life's work? We could call it the "Live and Let Live Society". Or the "Golden Rule Coalition". How about the "I'll Mind My Fucking Business and You Mind Yours Association"? Imagine if the candidates worried about pandering to THAT group.