{"id":1534,"date":"2009-02-19T10:29:07","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T14:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2009-02-19T10:29:07","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T14:29:07","slug":"this-guy-cut-me-off-yesterday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/19\/this-guy-cut-me-off-yesterday-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"This guy cut me off yesterday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1535\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/19\/this-guy-cut-me-off-yesterday-afternoon\/photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/photo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1234998292&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jerk\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/photo.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1535\" title=\"jerk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/photo-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"jerk\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/photo.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the way home yesterday this guy carefully looked at me, made eye contact, and then thoughtfully swerved right into my lane without even signaling, or waiting for an opening, requiring me to actually avoid his car.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s a jerk, so I thought I would get his plate and then do absolutely nothing about it (that&#8217;s what I do).\u00c2\u00a0 Fortunately that&#8217;s what cameraphones are made for, so I got this shot, but the timing was poor with my wipers so I can&#8217;t really even make it out now through the raindrops.\u00c2\u00a0 Sigh.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s your impotent, trembling, pathetic geek rage for today.\u00c2\u00a0 I bet this guy is scared now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the way home yesterday this guy carefully looked at me, made eye contact, and then thoughtfully swerved right into my lane without even signaling, or waiting for an opening, requiring me to actually avoid his car.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s a jerk, &hellip; 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