I seriously need to find a way to make good on my threats to take most of the residents of Southern California and dump them into rush hour in Manhattan or Boston to teach them how to friggin’ drive.  This is getting ridiculous.  People here just don’t get it.  If I stop at a green light and not go across an intersection, there’s probably a good reason — like the fact that there are cars backed up on the other side of the intersection, and if I were to proceed, I’d block the box and probably be stuck out in the middle of the intersection when the light turns red for me and green for intersecting traffic.  Blowing your horn at me is not going to make me go.  And those little white lines on the pavement?  Yeah, those are called “lane markers,” and you’re supposed to stay within them.  Weaving all over the road because you’re not paying attention is uncool.  And for the millionth time, hang up the damn phone and drive!

Naturally, things are going to go to hell tomorrow when it rains here.  In true SoCal fashion, “StormWatch 2007” has already kicked in on all the local TV newscasts with live, on-the-scene reporting from all over the place for no apparent reason, as everyone here prepares for the Worst Storm Ever Until the Next Worst Storm Ever™.  Again, this may be another reason to dump the populace here into New York or Boston.  A city can actually function and people can get around when water falls from the sky!  Imagine that!