Attack of the ID-10-Tee virus

The ID Ten-Tee virus is running rampant through my household. (Write out the number and the letter of last syllable. You’ll see what I mean.)
Last night, at the end of watching Glee, I got a frantic text message from Curly. His school is out at 8:30 and he should have come straight home. But he had refused to answer any text message all day, and it was then 10 pm, way past when he should be home.
Curly had an accident.

FYI - Curly is still living in the tent in the back yard, defiant. He refuses to take his medicines or go anywhere near his psychiatrist.

Curly crashed his scooter about 10 pm last night on the way home from screwing around after school. He is pretty bruised and scraped up but not seriously injured. He is VERY lucky. The scooter is banged up but drivable. He didn't hit anyone - just lost control on the road. I think he flipped the bike over a guard rail. I know he hit his head - he said he wouldn't have teeth without the helmet.
DH and I have really laid into him because of his lack of safety gear. He was wearing his helmet, but he had on a black t-shirt, dark jeans, flip-flops, and nothing else. No leather jacket, no safety vest, no real shoes. His left foot is badly bruised and swollen and his left arm has big sections with no skin, but he won't accept medical help. DH threw away the flip-flops immediately.
We took the keys to the scooter. It is ours, not his. He’s to get it back in a few days, but with restrictions. No night driving except straight to school/work and straight back. No dawdling. Shoes and protective gear at all times. Reflective vest worn any time cars have headlights on. NO EXCEPTIONS.

DH and I both have been passengers in cars where pedestrians wearing dark clothing at night were hit by the car we were in, and the pedestrians were hurt badly - in DH's case, the guy died. Curly has no clue how invisible he is on that scooter at night. We laid into him hard about this, and he was mad that we did. Too bad.
I'm buying a roll of reflective tape to wrap the scooter in. It wouldn't have made much difference in the accident, but it may prevent him from getting hurt another time.
This is about the 4th time he's done something to the scooter in the short time he's had it. This is just the first big thing. The scooter's pretty scraped up.
And – the virus spreads. DH gave Curly the keys back this morning. I didn’t find it out until later. Son of a bitch.

You know, DH doesn’t always mean Darling Husband. What is it with guys not using the head on top of their neck?

More of Winter

Hmm.  It seems that I spoke too soon about having had our quota of snow here in Hotlanta.  It appears that we will be having some Weather tomorrow.  Some Weather of the frozen variety.

Hmm.  Shall I try to go to work tomorrow?  Which is worse - staying home with the Stooges, or hiding in my cubicle?  Hmmm.  This is a delima.

When we have Weather in the South, folks go nuts.  They make a bee line for the grocery and strip the shelves.  Unfortunately, I really had to go to the grocery after work today - the Stooges had glugged down all the milk.  It was crazy at Kroger, ya'll!  I thought folks were going to fight me over my parking space!  It's hard to explain the craziness if you've never been through it.

A college buddy in Birmingham, AL (which is also due for Weather - it's sleeting in Mobile, ya'll) sent me the below funny.  Some subliminal advertising for grocery (and liquor) stores....

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING milk and bread FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN buy milk EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.  THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO A DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE OF SNOW. SNOW buy bread WILL BEGIN FALLING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT buy milk ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN AREAS NEAR LIVINGSTON AND DEMOPOLIS. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY SPREAD EASTWARD FRIDAY MORNING...AND IS buy bread EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATION OF THREE TO FIVE you need more milk INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

AREAS milk WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATING SNOW don't forget the Jack Daniels BETWEEN 7 AND 11 AM WHILE AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 WILL GET THE HEAVIEST SNOW A BIT LATER BETWEEN 10 AM AND 2 PM.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE bread EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL milk DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

See?  This explains the craziness at the grocery. Heh.

I did not go to the liquor store.

In other news....

There was a guy on the train this afternoon with these gargantuan waist length dreadlocks.  He was a huge dude, and kind of scary.  I tried to get a picture, but the train was packed and I couldn't do it quickly enough.  But here's a lovely shot from another day:

No Kidding!  It's gal with a head on a stick.  No Kidding!  (She must be a beauty school student.  But this weird head is on a stick.  She came in with it and plopped down.)

Also, I found this lovely item on the back of one of the Giveway Workbasket magazines.

It scares me.  See the quotes?  "It saved my sanity" said a nurse.  OMG!  I'd better order today!