April 2001

This month's celebrity putz is none other than my wife!  Why, you ask?  Because my
wife, aka Tardgirl, wasn't paying attention while she was driving through downtown Atlanta
one afternoon and ran a red light.  Not only did she run a red light, but midway through
the intersection she realized her error when she looked to her right and noticed a Ford
Explorer heading straight towards her -- so did she floor it to try get out of his way?  No.
She slammed on her brakes and came to a dead stop right in the guy's path, so the guy
slammed into her, which resulted in the damage to her car pictured above.  Luckily, this
was a really slow intersection.  The Ford Explorer impacted her at only 15mph, and nobody
was hurt.  What kills me is that this happened just two days after I was riding with her in
her car and yelled at her for not paying attention to the road, and she gave me a bunch of
lip in response.  Now, before any of you women out there start sending me flame mail for
picking on my wife and calling me a woman-hater and whatever else comes to mind, let
me point out that I once featured myself as 'Tard of the Month when I rear-ended someone
(Aug '98).  I'm a fair guy.  I admit my own screw ups.

That having been said, does anyone need a temporary roomate?  Or does anyone have a
good, solid dog house they'd like to sell?  I'd prefer one that's insulated and waterproof.
Heck, I'm not fussy.  If I could just pitch a tent in someone's back yard for the next month
or so I'd be happy! ;-)