Sticking it to The Man

And a happy Mediocre Thursday to everyone!

I actually get the day off tomorrow, which makes me happy. And since today is technically Friday, by default that means it's Casual Friday.

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I have decided to dedicate this post to one of my neighbors who lives behind me. Sadly, I don't know his name nor have I met him, but I would love to shake his hand and maybe give him a hug. While this was constructed a year or so ago, I've been pondering it recently, and decided to give him a small shout-out. We live in a neighborhood that unfortunately is governed by an Association, which drives me crazy. There's a rule that you can't park cars on the street, which I find obnoxious, and when we all lived at home, we had four cars, four different schedules, and that meant a car on the street. So we would get annonymous letters that had the Rules in them with the "no cars on street" circled. We always got a good giggle out of those. Well, our neighbor always kept his mower and yard stuff out in the yard and I guess that was a Neighborhood Association faux pas. So they got on him and said he had to put that stuff in some sort of building. Here's the best part - literally overnight he constructed this hugacious barn (I kid you not) in his backyard. Dude, that thing was raised faster than the Amish could do it. It really is huge, actually taller than his house and those around it.

Well, the neighbors around him frowned upon that and tried to appeal to the Association to get it torn down, but they had to conceede that they DID tell him to build something to put his stuff in, and I bet all his stuff is neatly piled into one corner of the barn. There was nothing they could do!! It's the classic "stick it to the man" maneuver and I absolutly applaude him. I want to meet him and shake his hand for winning a small battle against The Man.

It makes me proud to be an American.