I understand the logic...

but I still have trouble with a concept.  We know that alcohol is a substance that reduces a person's inhibitions.  But when someone is an big ass**** when sober and becomes a gigantic ass**** when they're drunk, you'd think they would learn that they need to either control their drinking or their behavior.  Or maybe they just don't care.

I keep encountering the same guy at trivia events.  He's a jerk when cold stone sober.  When he gets drunk, his inappropriateness and rudeness rise to epic proportions.  Orders of magnitude worse than when sober.  Last night he even went so far as to threaten me.  Fortunately for him he forgot about it after the game, because if he'd tried something in the parking lot, it would have been a major mistake.  I may be physically challenged at the moment but I haven't forgotten how to take care of myself...although stamina would definitely be an issue in a struggle.  Also fortunate is that I won't encounter him again until next year at a minimum.  Lucky me. :)

Other things I'm pondering on this Wednesday morning:

Ever see someone doing something really dumb, but you just felt like you couldn't say anything about it?  I saw a couple shopping at the grocery store last night and each one grabbed a bottle of diet soda and put it into their cart.  Now the two-liter bottles that they were buying were on sale.  Three for $5.  On a per unit basis they were $1.99 each.  So two will run you $3.98 and the third is only another $1.02.  Diet soda doesn't spoil for at least six months.  Why wouldn't they be buying a third bottle?

It was nearly 10 p.m. and I saw a guy in a wheelchair nodding off in the doorway of the bank.  He had on a warm coat and he didn't look uncomfortable, but why is he out there like that?  He didn't appear to have any possessions nearby and usually a homeless person has at least some belongings with them when you encounter them.  So was he homeless, or just lost?  I didn't feel comfortable stopping and asking questions that would be answered with responses I wasn't equipped to respond to.

I did walk four blocks today but it really wore me out.  I'll keep trying, but it is not encouraging.  Why are the things that really make a difference so much more difficult than those that don't?

The SAG Award nominations are out this morning.  Supposedly Hollywood is trying to address the issue of racism in opportunities for people of color in their industry.  So why are only 2 of the 20 film acting nominations (not counting ensemble casts) people of color?  There are 30 acting nominations for individuals in the TV category and again, only 2 people of color got nominated.  The L.A. Times did a great article not too long ago about the racial and gender make-up of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and it is old, white and male for the most part.

Then again, even among the NAACP awards, one has to shake their head.  In what universe does Tyler Perry's "Good Deeds" (which I enjoyed in spite of its many flaws) get nominated for best picture ahead of a magnificent film like "Middle of Nowhere"?

This Date in History:

On this date in 1787, Pennsylvania became the 2nd state to ratify the new Constitution.
On this date in 1870, Joseph H. Rainey became the 2nd black Congressman.
On this date in 1911, Dehli replaced Calcutta as capital of India.
On this date in 1917, Father Flanagan founded Boys Town.
On this date in 1937, Japanese aircraft bombed and sunk a US warship on the Yangtze river.
On this date in 1941, Adolph Hitler announced his intention to exterminate all Jews, at a meeting at the Reich Chancellery.
On this date in 1950, the first female rabbi led her first service.
On this date in 1979, a coup d'etat took place in South Korea, with General Chun Doo Hwan seizing power.
And on this date in 1986, a flight crashed at Gander, Newfoundland, killing 256 people, including 236 members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.  The soldiers were headed home from a deployment in Cairo.