Some Open Letters

FedEx/Kinkos: Have you taken a good hard look at my delivery guy? I don't think so, because if you truly appreciated how cute he was, there is no way you'd issue uniform shorts that fell all the way to the knee. With a few weeks left of summer, he could still get a lot of use out of a shorter pair. Let's hem those babies.

Tre from Top Chef: You seemed flustered on this week's episode. Why not try taking off your shirt? Remember last week, how you stripped down to an undershirt and won the challenge? At the very least, I know it would make ME feel better.

State of Michigan: I see you've taken a new tactic on getting me to surrender my old license plates. My new ones, unwanted and unbidden, arrived in the mail this week. Watch this space for my opinion on this development.

The State Fucks with Me and My Sense of Aesthetics

Michigan has had standard blue plates since 1983. Nothing fancy, just plain white lettering on a blue background, with the brief logo "Great Lakes" on the bottom. Clean, simple, easy on the eyes. Attractive in its simple way. Distinctive. You could spot a Michigan plate way off.( Read more... )