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Stay in your lane

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I was roller skating on my local rail trail recently and coming up to an intersection, so I was slaloming slightly (barely more than C-cuts) to slow down. Someone on a bike came up behind me and said, "On your left!" Alerting people that you're passing is customary and courteous, though I don't know if there are signs suggesting we do that on this trail, like there are on the trails where I skate in Florida. There are also no alligators or exotic birds on my local trail. I was startled and swerved back towards the far right. "Thank you," I answered with a little wave. As the guy passed, he tossed over his shoulder, "Stay in your lane!" My initial reaction was WTF, dude!? You @$$ 4073! However, I said nothing. First of all, are there lanes on the trail? No. The picture above is the actual trail, and that person on the bike is the actual guy. Is he in a lane? No, he's right in the middle of the trail. ( Hypocrite! ) Furthermore, a g...
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May day mayday: getting through the end of the school year

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May Day is an ancient northern hemisphere spring festival and a traditional spring holiday in many cultures, celebrated on May 1 st . Dances, singing, and cake are usually part of the festivities. Uhmmm, never mind the singing and dancing, I’ve just been eating the cake. And cookies and chocolate. That’s stress eating, people. And I’m not actually having a life-threatening emergency, like the true sense of the word " mayday " (from the French “m’aidez,” which means “help me”), but when May rolls around…crazy times! First of all, it’s baseball season, This normally gets underway in April, but given the typical spring rain and nasty weather, everything rolls into May. That’s a whirlwind in itself. I am only managing one kid's schedule now because the other two are a) no longer playing baseball and b) if they were, they can drive themselves. This year we have the added excitement of two proms, AP exams, high school graduation, college, and “are you going to get enough hour...
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