The kids are responsible for all the wars in the world.

Ok, maybe not, but they've been really grinding my gears for the past few days.

School started for most children this past week and all that means is more and more traffic for poor folks like me. Commutes for me have taken a good 25-30 minutes on most days...just a quick trip on 85 then up De Anza to work. This week...nooooo. If traffic on 85 starts before 87, then I'd take 87...sure, there's plenty of traffic, but it's only 4 miles...I can take it because 280 is usually free and clear. But 280 was pretty busy today. This necessitates a move to Stevens Creek (Valley Fair) up Scott or San Tomas to Central which is right outside my workplace. Result? 55 minute commute today. Looking forward to tomorrow! Ugh.

I was at Safeway yesterday, and remember on The Simpsons when Bart sold his soul to Milhouse. Bart went to the Kwik-E-Mart but the doors wouldn't open? Happened to me. Why? Some kid was standing right in front of the door. Out of the way!

Reno was good. I made back what I lost in Vegas a few weeks ago. The first day there, we were witness to the Rib Eating Contest where eventual winner Joey Chestnut (2nd to Kobayashi in the Hot Dog eating contest) ran through a little less than 3 trays of ribs in 12 minutes. A tray has 3 racks. That about 4.5 lbs of rib meat. The record is about 8, so he has a long way to go. On our way home, traffic was at a standstill in Auburn. While we're stuck there, some teen driver puts his gears in reverse and goes backwards down the exit lane to hit the side streets. Sure enough, plenty of people are following his example. It moved us up but still, that's illegal, right?

Finally, kids must be running the show at MGM considering the number of old sequels they're going to produce for TV. On the good side, WarGames finally gets a sequel. On the iffy side, Legally Blonde 3 is being made without Reese Witherspoon. Then there's just the bad...Species 4...Into the Blue 2 (only good if we can see more of Jessica Alba this time)...and finally The Cutting Edge 3. Did they even see number 2???