The Modern World is a Very, Very Stupid Place

I am not a big fan of McMansions. You know, those enormous, pointless eyesores that rich people stick on top of hills. Unless these people sincerely enjoy living on windswept, barren sagebrush flats, there is only one reason to put a home on top of a ridge line: To show the world how much richer they are than everyone else.

None of which would bother me in the slightest--live and let live--except that from a distance these monstrosities look like giant zits on the face of Wyoming. They really mess up the view. They make me want to look for rocket launchers on ebay.*

While I'm on a curmudgeonly tirade, did you ever notice how many of those houses have garages that are even bigger than the house? It is a very messed up society where we give our cars more spacious accommodations than ourselves. That's all I'm sayin'.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Now, back outside to finish pumping water out of a big hole in the ground, so I can repair the big piece of rubber we put in there so the hole will hold water. At least something makes sense in my world.

*For any DHS personel who might be reading this post, the preceding statement was a joke. Mostly.