And somewhere, Al Gore is weeping for me.

So, this morning I was driving Little M. to Super Sitter's house. There is a road near her house that is two-lane, but pretty quickly merges into one lane after a stoplight. Not once since she's lived in this new neighborhood have I ever had a problem with asshole drivers at the point of that merge. Everyone is pretty mellow about it, no one's ever gotten all territorial like, "I've got to the be the one that gets ahead of everyone else here, I MUST DOMINATE THIS SMALL-TOWN ROAD!"

Until today.

I was by myself at the light. The light turned green and I proceeded to go, still by myself on the two-lane road. Then in my rearview mirror I could see it coming, like a herd of elephants charging behind me...a gigantic, bright red Hummer. And that monstrosity was not slowing down for anything. The driver knew the one-lane merge was coming and he/she was not about to settle for being behind some silly little fuel-efficient Kia Spectra with its "Another Family For Peace" sticker on the bumper, oh no.

I didn't speed up, but I didn't slow down either, just kept going at my regular pace. Right as I reached the point where the two lanes merged to one, that f$%ker went roaring past me, almost ran me off the damn road.

On Earth Day, of all days.

Sigh.

I hate Hummers. (Sorry, Maria, but I do.)