Random Thoughts
Is one possible conclusion of evolution to attain a level of advancement that allows one to not fight for existence all the time? Since one of the major driving forces behind evolution is survival but what if a species is allowed to choose if they want to procreate? There would still be the selection for whatever gene makes us want to make babies. But it is possible to think about a natural end to a given branch of an evolutionary tree, maxing out the species, as it were.

It makes for an interesting construct to consider a post modern man in a state of balance with the environment and please don't think I'm saying present day man or mankind is anywhere near a balance with the world. We kick the holy crap out of the world but we're lucky its so big and can take it for now.

Since I don't want to risk a downward spiral into a clasped hands, let's save the earth speech, I'll leave it be at that.

A New Intellectual Poison Word
I had a thought as I walked back to the office from Noah's with my turkey sausage egg mit cheese on an everything bagel. The part time begging folks, the ones that ask for your spare change just because they know that alot of the time people will just hand it over without stopping to think about the asker's need. The majority of the part timers I've seen are not in desperate straits and are really just sponging off the good will of others.

So two new words have come out of this quick train of thought.
Partrollers - the people who beg for spare change only some of the time, they troll for money by just asking people for it randomly even though they've got their own money, usually have a job but are just underwealthy or some such.
Partrolling - the act of the partroller working his "marks" for a few bucks in change even though they don't really need it, they just get it because they ask and people are, in many ways, like obedient sheep.

Evil Empire Thought of the Day
If the meter maids really wanted to make their lives easier, generate more revenue and spend more time packing away donuts instead of driving their golf carts all over town then why don't they just network all the parking meters? Make it so that expired meters announce themselves to the meter maids so they can scuttle over and print out a ticket and scamper off to ruin more and more people's days. By the way, I think its lame that its soooo easy for meter maids and parking enforcement agencies to be able to print out tickets, it makes their jobs that much easier which means they can slap around more people's days with less effort. Oh boy, gotta love progress.

That and the other way Big Brother can ruin a good thing, though this may be dated by now but it was a good idea at the time. In an area where there is lots of speeding, why not install fake radar guns, units that just emit the proper radiation to set off the radar detectors and force people to slow down. Switch them off with real cops from time to time to give the illusion of a well hidden patrol car when they're not easily seen. And people won't be able to speed very easily anymore. Or, another take, would be to blanket a whole city with a bunch of the emitters to effectively false positive radar detectors out of use. But I don't know, do people even still use a radar detector? Aren't we up to laser jamming, stealth technology and police scanner use?