So here goes…I suck at life, and consequently missed Foto Friday last week. To make up for it, we’re going to have the first ever Triple Foto Friday, that’s as much Foto Friday Fun as #2, #3, and #4 combined! (#1 stands by itself, but feel free to swap it out for one of the others)

Have a picture worthy of Foto Friday? Email it to us at FotoFriday@ListenToMeBitch.com, if we use it we’ll be happy to link to you! Submissions will be posted beginning next week (because I’ll actually have my $h!t together by then…I think)

The Fotos below were taken at a Ski Resort in Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago (yea that’s right, us Midwesterners ski where we can) of a motorcycle parked on a snow hill complete with ski rack. As awesome as it is, I was left thinking WTF?

Don’t forget to comment!

Just in case you missed it, we began with Foto Friday #1 last week. Foto Friday provides an easy way for Listen To Me Bitch readers to contribute by simply commenting on the posted photo taken by one of our contributors.

If you would like to contribute a photo or do some bitching of your own on Listen to Me Bitch, you can find more information here.

This week’s photo was taken of a gas pump credit card reader, with a sticker that should not be necessary because those people who are dumb enough to require it should have to fave the embarrassment of going inside to ask why their card “isn’t working”

Oh, THATS why they put the picture of the card there...

I present to you the first Listen To Me Bitch Foto Friday: every Friday, rain or shine we will present you with the photographic depiction of something we wanted to bitch about, but have decided to leave the bitching up to you.

I’ll post a picture every week complete with back story, and leave the bitching in your hands.

A friend and I uncovered this monstrosity while trying to grab a quick bite to eat at a restaurant in a local strip mall, click here to comment and tell us what you think.

There has been a lot of press in the last 36 hours about Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who allegedly attempted to sell an Illinois seat in the United States Senate. The seat was left vacant as a result of the presidential election, leaving the loser governor with the responsibility of filling it.

This really isn’t much of a surprise. The people of Illinois all knew he would be going to jail, but we assumed it wouldn’t be until after his term in office, and nobody really knew what it would be for.

The real issue here that I want an answer to isn’t whether he is guilty, nor is it who will be appointed; the real issue is about those damn Open Road Tolling signs. You see while serving as governor, Blagojevich commissioned parallel road construction on all major Illinois highways. That means if there are two main roads leading south, he made sure both would be under construction at the same time, which is also true for travel to the north and west (there is a lake to the east). This increased both stress and aggravation in addition to travel times.

At the termination of the aforementioned construction, his first Pièce de résistance (before being arrested) was to christen each of those construction sites with this:

Better get out the blue paint...

I had always thought it must have been a huge waste of money to begin with, but now am left wondering how much it will cost the state of Illinois to change all of them, or if I’ll have to buy the paint and do it myself.

Tenemos un sin verguenza,

Juan Luis

As licensed drivers, we know the laws and understand that pedestrians have the right of way. What really pisses me off is when I stop to allow a pedestrian to cross the street only to have them try to wave me across. I clearly stopped to let the pedestrian cross the street and fulfill my good deed for the day, but now they’re trying to ruin that for me.

So what do I do? I wave them across; after all, I’m the more important person since I am in a vehicle that could easily kill them and thus should have the power in this situation. However, 9 times out of 10, the pedestrian insists that I proceed before them. This really pisses me off because spend more time waving at each other than it takes to actually cross the freaking street.

The other aggravating part is that it always ends the same way - I finally give in and proceed slowly into the intersection; but of course right when I start to accelerate, the pedestrian decides to walk across. Now we both see one another moving and stop to continue our game of hand gestures.

Not only does this waste my time, but it makes me feel inferior. I should always be superior to a pedestrian when I am a motor vehicle.

The only time it is okay for a pedestrian to motion me on or tell me what to do, is a crossing guard at a school, a police officer, a construction worker, or anyone else who wears a reflective vest that pretends to imply authority. Other than that, there really aren’t any exceptions. I am the car… I have more power.. I will tell YOU what to do.

<3 Lilian