Pure Idiocy

I went out to reclaim my emptied recycling bin Saturday morning only to find my neighbor standing on the sidewalk shaking his head. When asked what was wrong, he merely pointed at the car across the street, in front of Howie.

Both passenger side windows were broken out. The car belongs to the neighbor on the other side, an 83 year old woman. There is no way that she has done anything to provoke anyone in order to be deserving of this.

He went on to point to the brand new car on our side of the street, parked in front of his truck. The whole driver’s side and hood were scratched up. It belongs to the harmless people on the other side of the woman next to me.

Then he gestured at the SUV behind his truck. It had two stabbed tires. Tires that I later learned had been put on all of a week and a half ago. That vehicle belongs to the man on the other side of him.

Howie and his truck were very fortunately spared this senseless violence. This time. I know it’s wrong to judge people without bothering to know anything about them but I must admit that I seriously dislike whoever did this.

Gulp!

Well, I did it. I pushed the big scary button to publish my new website. But first I had to delete all of my old website with no way of saving it (that I know of). Amazingly enough, it worked!!!

D, wonderful individual that she is, helped send me in the right direction and taught me a bunch of basics and then I was off and running. It's not quite the same as hers was for her class project but overall I'm happy with it. Click on the banner and take a peek. Please let me know what you think. As long as you're kind, that is. I must confess I'm kinda proud of myself since I'm about the biggest techno-moron there is. Or should I say there was since I probably no longer hold that position?

I can now insert pictures within boxes and add links that open seperate windows all while balancing on my head in a bottle with a poodle doing battle with a noodle in a puddle. Oh, wait. That's Dr. Suess, not me.

And now for a brief rant. I just don't get it. What is the point of taking misplaced aggression out on harmless inanimate objects? What do those who do it get from it? Do they think it's funny? Something cool to impress their buddies? I'm asking because last night, some inconsiderate, er, individual smashed my headlight glass. There's not a chance I had angered anyone when I came home yesterday. My car was parked legally in front of my neighbor's house while his was in front of mine. See? No problem. Only it was, just because it was there. Now I have to lose part of my Saturday and spend some of my hard-earned money to have it replaced. The only part that makes this not entirely pukeable is that living in this general area means the odds of the same happening to whoever did it are very high. I wish them tenfold the aggravation and expense they caused me.