Things that have pissed me off today

1.  Yes, wait exactly until the moment I leave work - literally the moment I step out the doors of the library - to start raining.  Then do so with a huge clap of thunder but enough rain that I'm torn between just throwing on a jacket to ride to Trader Joe's and assuming it'll stop, or being afraid I'll get drenched because it'll start raining properly.  

2.  I was shelf-reading at work and there was an entire damn shelf out of order.  It was at the very end of an aisle, and when I turned the corner into the next row the numbers had jumped back quite a bit.  Took me ten minutes to get it sorted out.

3. This.  Another tick in the anti-Obama column, and at this point I'm wondering if it really is worth voting for him in November.  STOP GIVING MONEY TO CHURCHES, DAMMIT!  For one, it raises some constitutional questions, such as: Can the federal government legally give money to religious organizations?  Secondly, these things don't need to be done through religious organizations.  We can have secular charities.  We can have state-run soup kitchens and mentoring programs and computer classes and whatever the hell.  Just spend the money there, instead of going through a religious group.  

Here's a hint: Religion is not some magic wand that will solve social problems.  Religion does not help people.  You think religion leads to peace and prosperity and happiness?  The mid-east would like a word.  Northern Ireland c.1985 would like a word.  Sharia law would like a word.  The crusades would like a word.  Half the damn major armed conflicts in human history would like a word, and that word is: WRONG.  Other than driving people apart, religion does NOTHING that secular programs cannot do at least as well if not better.  STOP turning to your invisible woo-woo in the sky as if it's going to make things better.  It's not.  People have been waiting for the big booming voice to fix things since time began, and IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

3.  Someone from this group came into the library to talk to my boss today.  The urge to be a bitch to him either by asking questions I'm sure he couldn't answer and/or just slapping him across the face was almost overwhelming.  Jesus christ, you're not fucking allergic to radio signals, SHUT UP and stop ruining things for us sane people.  If you're against it because you're anti-technology, just say so you idiotic luddite.  Otherwise, shut up.