Momentary earbud slip-up.
May 12th, 2016
The weeks where I attempt to function in a diminished capacity due to sleep deprivation are the worst. I usually start out okay on Monday, since I've recharged over the weekend and all, but my performance and attitude quickly corrode each day thereafter. I'm already running on fumes, and it's only Thursday. And on top of that, I made the critical error of forgetting my earphones in the break room again.
I was minding my own business, you see, when all of a sudden the Tea Party Princess began to rail about those dildo-loving douchebags who took over that nature preserve in Oregon a few months back. How the horrible, terrible, awful federal government went and murdered that innocent upstanding, unarmed citizen who had the nerve to peacefully occupy the people's land, and didn't do no wrong.
As tired as I am, I almost broke down and responded. About, you know, how the guy was not only armed, but was actively waving automatic weapons at federal agents for months, literally daring them to stop him and his buddies from illegally taking over government property and forcing its employees and anyone who wanted to use it away. You know, on threat of giving them built-in air conditioning.
And then, then, after illegally occupying said federal property for over a month, he and his buddies left to get beer or something. This sort of defies the definition of a standoff, since they literally left the premises, so nobody should be surprised that the feds opted to scoop them up after they left the safety of their illegal stronghold, built of used candy wrappers and dildoes.
This particular guy dared the feds to kill him, so he doesn't get to act shocked when they did.
And neither does anyone else, for that matter.