Frankenbuddha,that's enough beating on yourself. there is a reason they call them accidents. No one was hurt, just your pride and possibly your pocketbook. Take this as a lesson and be greatful it wasn't harder.

Frank, please don't beat yourself up!

Isn't it statistically true that every driver has to have a certain amount of accidents involving his car? Isn't it better to "waste" one of the numbers in this statistics on an accident like this, when nobody got hurt, even the cars weren't damaged much, and the only damage may be money?

Or is it too early to try to Pollyanna-ish you and I should just shut my keyboard up?

I think I'm the only person I know in my age group who haven't seen "Dirty Dancing".

Lucky you.

OK, I haven't seen it either. So maybe I shouldn't be critical of it.

I just had the unwelcome revelation that it's possible an ex of mine will be at the wedding I'm going to this weekend

You'll still be awesome and living in Chicago, though.

Frank, those things happen, and it's impossible to completely escape them when you're driving a car. As accidents go, I'm glad no one was hurt, so don't beat yourself up about it.

Why is Livejournal not loading? How am I supposed to avoid working?

I've seen Dirty Dancing enough for all of you. Nobody puts Baby in the corner!

Isn't it better to "waste" one of the numbers in this statistics on an accident like this, when nobody got hurt, even the cars weren't damaged much, and the only damage may be money?

Oh definitely. I shudder to think if someone had been jaywalking or a cyclist had been cutting between me and this guy.

Take this as a lesson and be greatful it wasn't harder.

This is what I'm trying to do, but I'm having a hard time convincing myself. Mostly I'm upset that I let things like this, and my car getting stolen two years ago (or things as simple as moving - not necessarily negative things) can knock me for a loop for days at a time.

Ironic protester

Frank, a good thing at times like this is to ask yourself, would you get all down on a friend or relative who had a minor mistake like that? I expect you'd be the first one to defend them, as long as they'd had as sterling a record as you did.

'Do unto others' cuts both ways.

Teppy! Happy, um, third-day-of-your-new-age!

Thank you!!!

I've seen Dirty Dancing enough for all of you. Nobody puts Baby in the corner!

When everybody was watching it, I was curious to know what everybody was watching. Nowadays, I mainly want to see it in order to fill in the gaps and know what the references are all about. And for my roommates to stop looking at me funny and say things like "you watch this thing with the monsters¹ and you've never seen this?"

Frank - I was just coming to write what Theo just wrote (and way better than I ever could. Also, the horrible skipper wonders about your job search).

¹ BtVS