This is one of the many pictures I snapped at the 4^th of July Parade, which was very nice this year, I must say.

I’m sure your next question is, why of all the pictures I could take, I would capture a horse’s ***? Or, more importantly, why would I put it up on this blog entry? Well, well, well. Just the other day I was driving along Broadway near Tuolomne, in the right lane, and as soon as the light turned green another car came over from the left lane to make a right turn -- right in front of us. Luckily we suspected the driver was going to do something, uh, to borrow a phrase from my cousin, FOUL, so we waited a couple of seconds before accelerating. We watched the car disappear up Tuolumne and had to wonder where was the fire?

That was not the first time I’ve had to defend myself along various points on Broadway. There’s the time I couldn’t make a left turn near Tennessee because some fool decided that he was just going to drive up the wrong side of the street, blocking my path and scaring me more than just a little bit.

I’m sure this happens at some point everyday, in every city, at various points in time during any given day. I just really, really wonder what goes on in some people’s minds. People routinely get mowed down along Tennessee, and Sonoma Boulevard is always slow-going as some people don’t even bother to drive the speed limit - I guess it’s called cruising.

My only real point here is that there are some really silly people driving around your neighborhood, so keep your eyes peeled whether on foot or behind the wheel .