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Around eight-thirty Thursday morning, the morning commute for some drivers heading north along I-15 near Alpine was interrupted briefly by a traffic accident. Traffic slowed, then stopped for some minutes as emergency personnel hurried to secure the area, load both the white Honda Pilot and the forest green Jeep Cherokee onto tow-trucks, and then clean…
Read MoreIn what we can only hope is not a preview to the coming summer, an altercation between a driver and pedestrian came to blows on July 16th last year. When a 50-year-old man crossing just outside a crosswalk gestured rudely at the 63-year-old driver who refused to slow down for him, the driver deferred his…
Read MorePosing the question of what constitutes the most aggravating sound in the world would plausibly yield almost as many results as study subjects (although you might get a greater number of people advancing “Achy Breaky Heart” as the indisputable answer). The human brain is not “one size fits all;” and different people will be annoyed…
Read MoreWe’ve all been there: the roads are congested as far as the eye can see, the tops of the cars in front of you are bubbling in the glaring sunlight, and the boorish monster in the car next to you is singing a Katy Perry song so off-key that the dog on the other side…
Read MoreIt’s inspiring to consider how impressively mankind has advanced since the Stone Age—in this enlightened era, we have mechanical can openers, electric irons, and cars we don’t have to propel with our own calloused feet. Yet, for all our technological innovations and modern conveniences, human behavior as a whole has not always kept up with…
Read MoreEveryone has their flaws and foibles: Some people detonate windows with their piercing laughter; others seem to trail dirty laundry everywhere they go; still more responsive to any sort of criticism with, “I know you are, but what am I?” However, no one has a monopoly on annoying habits. It isn’t possible for a single…
Read MoreHe ain’t got no distractions Can’t hear those buzzers and bells Don’t see lights a-flashin’ Plays by sense of smell Always has a replay ’N’ never tilts at all That deaf, dumb, and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball In the 1969 rock opera, Tommy, a blind, deaf, and mute boy attains fame and…
Read MoreA large commercial vehicle on the road is treated by most like the school bully: it is viewed with dread, encountered reluctantly, and when an encounter is inevitable, many people prefer just to hold their breath, avoid eye contact, and sigh in relief when it’s over (even if the encounter in question consisted of nothing…
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