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On Driving

With all this talk about people talking/texting while driving, its gotten me thinking about some other distractions that occur while people are driving. Most of these distraction are worst than talking on the phone while driving. I don't think it's the actual act of talking, but dialing and texting while driving that is the real issue. So let's take a look:

• Eating while driving
• Changing the radio station, CD player, iPod
• Messing with the GPS
• Smoking/lighting your cigarette
• Disciplining your children

While we're at it, why don't we ban talking while driving, in fact let's take it to the next level, let's just ban passengers altogether. I know that sounds ridiculous but isn't talking to someone in the car the same as talking to someone on the phone, in fact a person next to you can be even more of a distraction.

Before they start legislating what people are doing while they are driving let's take a look at the big picture, and look at everything that people are doing while driving. As technology evolves more distractions are evolving as well.

Personal responsibility can't be legislated, unfortunately but it all comes down to common sense.

--gfo

The Pacific

Well after 8 episodes of The Pacific I must say that I am very disappointed, and to this point, a true disservice is being done to the Marines and Sailors who fought in the Pacific.

I eagerly awaited this mini-series, and expected it to mimic the epic Band of Brothers mini-series. Boy was surprised.

Like I posted in my earlier blog post, this series shows little fighting by the Marines, no character development and most importantly focuses more on the love lives of Marines than it does the actual war.

With Band of Brothers you felt as if you were part of the unit, following through jump school, the D-Day and Market-Garden jumps, the heroic stand at Bastogne, and the final push through Germany. You got to know the characters, and as the title suggests, saw Easy Company bond as one.

The Pacific jumps all over the place and for those who lack any real knowledge of the battles that occurred in the pacific theatre, the series is almost impossible to follow.

There are two episodes left, I sure hope they have more action and less Lifetime than the previous episodes

Call me a purist but I expected more from Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.

--gfo