there goes the neighborhood

I was startled just now into pausing my music because, out of nowhere, I heard shouting and cursing outside. Some guy was yelling, “Strike me down right now, motherfucker! Fuck you, God! And Jesus, too!” …Wow. I can’t imagine what must’ve happened to the fellow to cause such anger at the Almighty. I’m strongly reminded of that scene in Forrest Gump where Lieutenant Dan is on Forrest’s fishing boat in the middle of a storm, challenging God to do His worst. That kind of parallels the current situation, since everything is coated in ice outside and we’ve been having rain and ice falling all day.