First the International House of Panckaes became IHOP.

Then Kentucky Fried Chicken became KFC.

NOW…The YMCA is officially changing their name to simply “The Y”

Does that mean most of the Village People will be out of jobs? 

OH, wait…Disco’s dead!

Oh, yeah?  Not as long as “dance music” is around.  Call it what you want, but dance music is disco music…and that’s just a fact.

But, back to my story…

Ovbiously marketers think we’re all so stupid that International House of Pancakes, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and YMCA are just too much for us to remember.

Or, maybe they think we’re lazy. 

So, it’s IHOP, KFC, and now, just The Y.

Wait a minute, that’s still four letters.

I’m sorry, it still won’t work in the song.

There’s more, British Petroleum,  BP.  Which translated into “American” is Big Problem.

And of course, there are more…3M, A&P, AMC, AOL, AT&T, GTE, BBC, CVS, DHL, DKNY, HP, HSBC, JAL, MBNA, HSN, RCA, SAS, SPAR, I could go on, but you’d probably get fed UP with that.

I guess maybe we are that lazy…either way, I’m still singing the entire Y M C A when the song comes on the radio.  And yes, I stop the car, get out and do the motions…get over it!

…isn’t just the name of the first band signed by Apple Records.

It’s something people do, which they should not!

Angry drivers, snarky kids, rude adults, drunks, kids posing for pictures which they’ll post on Facebook, and angrier drivers.

Going with my usual philosophy and goal of only breaking one law at the time, I was driving the speed limit on Saturday, when the adult male in the Toyota Sienna filled with children zoomed around me and “flipped me off”.

Seriously, Dad, great example.  Reallllllllllllllllllll mature!

What’s UP with growing rudenss?

I’m always in a hurry, rushing, trying to get everything done, trying to get somewhere, but I don’t need a ticket.  So, I try to stay with the flow of traffic or go the speed limit.  In the Atlanta Metro Area, the “flow of traffic” is either stop or go – as fast as you can.  With five million people, the Southern City that Never Sleeps has plenty of angry agressive drivers. 

Far too many of them tell me I’m number one.

So, mini-van dad, the next time you wave at me, use your entire hand.  I think the kids will appreciate it later on.

And so will you, those teacher-parent conferences can be dicey!

Sometimes, enough is just too much!

1. Tom Cruise
2. Anyone with the last name Palin or anyone dating them
3. Zsa Zsa Gabor
4. Lindsay Lohan
5. Her dad
6. and her mom
7. Justin Bieber
8. Osama Bin Laden
9. Mel Gibson
10. The Kardashians – all of them!
11. Hate Kate Gosselin

Seriously, I’m fed UP with them!

Well, it wasn’t actually Detroit then.

In 1701, Antoine de le Mothe Cadillac founded Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit as a trading post.

After several changes of hands, Fort P became Detroit.

Thanks Detroit, for Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Motown, Diana Ross, Berry Gordy, Oscar Mayer, Sebastian Kresge (later K-mart), Roger Penske, James Scripps, Larry Page (founder of Google!), Thomas Dewey, Mitt Romney, Tim Allen, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ellen Burstyn, Francis Ford Coppola, Wally Cox (Mr. Peepers), Pam Dawber, Aretha Franklin, Charlton Heston, James Earl Jones, Casey Kasem, Eminem, Ed McMahon, Harry Morgan, Gilda Radner, Della Reese, Soupy Sales, Tom Selleck, Danny Thomas, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Alice Cooper, Marvin Gaye, Madonna, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, Stevie Wonder, Ty Cobb, Gordie Howe, Mitch Albom, Sonny Bono, Jimmy Hoffa, and Charles Lindhberg.

Thanks Cadillac!