Category Archives: General Crankiness
Friday Traffic Cranky
So, I hit the usual Friday freeway slow down on the way into Sacramento, and I see a huge boat (large fuel wasting vehicle) piled high with junk speeding and weaving through the slowdown, taking the off ramp into the rest area … Continue reading
Cranky Bullets
Fascinating how the volcano “experts” thought that the volcano in Sumatra, Mount Sinabung, was still dormant (had been for over 400 years), but it suddenly erupted! Holy CRAP! Now, I think that the whole “science” of volcanology needs re-thinking. Perhaps … Continue reading
Cranky Australian School wins the first Golden Crank Award
This is the best school answering machine message for a school in the world today, bar none. It may not be real (I kind of doubt it), but I like to think that it is from a cranky public person’s … Continue reading
Cranky About Text Books and Stuff
At a time when wealthy people are buying Kindles and downloading books at an amazing clip, the poor, starving college kid is paying outrageous prices for text books. In this age of electronic books, why on God’s green earth can’t … Continue reading
Left Talks – An Interesting Viewpoint
I’m reading a notoriously liberal weekly rag here in Midtown Sacramento and I come across an interesting little article entitled, “Nonsense” which details the four key elements contributing to the current budget deficit. These, according to the anonymous author are: … Continue reading
Saturday Cranky Bullets
My Dad said something funny the other day, he said that the good thing about Jerry Brown’s campaign is that he won’t be accused of making false promises, since he’s not waging a campaign at all! I read the SF … Continue reading
Where is the outrage?
It’s funny what people are willing to protest. I hear about people lining up to protest all kinds of stuff each year, from Gay marriage to changing a principal at a school. I think we need to get a clue … Continue reading