On the importance of articulated buses.

I can be very antisocial when someone doesn't give me the right of way, so far as to deride them for their dissent. Without apology. See, I never like to apologize,-in fact, I don't feel it's worth it, unless my life is at stake, or they are paying for my tuition, food, etc., because I believe apologies do not undo the damage in any way.

That being said, I feel that Long Beach Transit needs to have articulated buses, period. No regular buses. All articulated. With the rising number of people using the system, and the rise of obese old farts (which is even more alarming), articulated buses are a necessity.

Let me give a real-life example, one that just happened few minutes ago as I went to post. While I was taking the bus, a morbidly obese black man (apparently a Disabled Veteran) sat next to me. He wanted more room. He wasn't going to get it. He tried pushing, but to no avail. Eventually, he got off, and I let everyone know that guys like him are reasons why we are ranked in the top 5 fattest cities in the nation (although the pollution and freeways are a bigger reason).

As if that wasn't bad enough, a female black student was in my way, as I got to my stop. I asked her to move, but she wasn't to give me that room. So, naturally, I had to get mean. As she did so, I told her to get screwed, and for good measure, gave her a taste of Don Imus for her dissent. Everyone was horrified, but I made no apologies. It should be simple. Move, so I can get through. There was some space. It's not that hard. Unfortunately for her, she made it hard.

It's the stubborness of such passengers that makes me that more of an advocate for articulated buses on Long Beach Transit. Anyone who disagrees with me should get screwed as well.

Welcome to the streets, Don Imus.

Oh dear. I didn't know what this talk show host named Don Imus said regarding the Rutgers women's basketball team ("nappy headed whores"?)...heck, I don't even know who the hell he is, but he's finished doing any more broadcasting. I think he should be fired without pay, and sent to the streets to where he should belong. If he were saying this in a nation of Amazons (assuming such a thing exists), he would be impaled, chopped up, and boiled into stew for those remarks.

So Tommy Amaker is now the head coach at Harvard. Enjoy your Ivy title, Penn, because they're due to take it off your Quaker head post-haste!

Chelsea was lucky to prevent extra time. Thanks to Andriy Shevchenko and a late stoppage-time goal by Michael Essien, they are now going to face either PSV Eindhoven, or, more likely...Liverpool. It's one of those "You again..." type of encounters. I hope they are successful in getting the job done, instead of choking like UCLA did against Florida in men's college basketball two years in a row.

Adam Jones is suspended from the NFl for one year. Not harsh enough. The football-player turned Supreme McGriff protege should be banned from football-and-sport-altogether. And I mean it.

Damn Manchester United....they had fun at Old Trafford against AS Roma. It wasn't even close. 7-1, winning 8-3 on aggregate. I wonder who they will face in the semis of the Champions League...Bayern Munich or AC Milan? I hope it's Bayern. Just because.