What I hate about NJ drivers, part three

The third thing I hate is the extremely slouched driving pose, such that the driver appears to be almost in the center of the car and his head is nowhere in the vicinity of the seat's headrest.  The body is angled at an almost 45 degree angle.  Over-reliance on the center armrest, maybe? 

In a McClaren F1 this is acceptable -- only because the supercar has a single center seat in the front.  In any other car, this is retarded.   Knock it off.

What I hate about NJ drivers, part two

Another classic NJ move is the ape-like driving position, as if one is trying to stop his slit wrists from bleeding out.  Driving with the hairy popeye forearm at 12:00 and using the wrist contact with the wheel to steer.

I'm looking for a good picture but haven't found one yet.

What I hate about NJ drivers, part one

There are several things you come across in NJ driving that are irritating beyond belief.  They probably happen everywhere, but the population density in NJ is so high that we just seem to have more mooks.

#1 on my list is the art of driving with the parking lights on, and fog lights on.

This drives me crazy.  Batshit insane.

I guess because the swarthy idiots that do it think it's cool.  Cool to drive around with every light on except the ones that will actually provide the most light. 

Parking lights are meant to let someone know your car is there without blinding them with headlights.  Fog lights are meant to cut through low-hanging fog so you can see road markings.

You are not meant to drive with the parking lights (to the extent that some manufacturers don't even allow this combination and the parking lights can only be engaged while the car is parked).  You are not meant to use only the fog lights.  It's stupid.  It's asinine.  KNOCK IT OFF!

I think it's time to retire from Madden

I've been playing Madden NFL, on and off, for as long as I can remember.  The oldest version I can find sttill in my posession is Madden 94 for the Sega Genesis. 

I've always liked to think I was better than average, but my brother always kicked my ass in the game.  Spend a season getting better, play my little bro and get my ass kicked.  Like 100-13 kicked.

With the modern consoles (specifically XBox 360) you can play online.  The same phenomenon happens here -- you run into 13 year olds who have nothing better to do than play Madden all day every day (not to mention cheating and/or hacking their consoles). 

Every August a new version comes out for the new NFL season.  Every August I buy it.  And get my ass kicked.  I never had a winning record or anything close to it.

Last year I had enough, and I determined to work at it hard enough to at least stop getting destroyed.

Today I hit a milestone -- not only did I get myself a winning record, I've slowly gotten myself to 50 games over .500.  I can't compete with the top level "glitchers" who take advantage of flaws in the software, but I can usually fight back enough to aggravate them and at least partially slow down their nonsense. 

I think this means it's time to retire.  At least until Madden 2012.