2006-01-29 - 2006: the year of the collapse:

What is going on? January ain't even over, and there are problems everywhere in 2006. We are in the 21st century now, you guys. I think you can build a building properly by now, geez.

January 3 - Skating Rink roof collapses. That is just shitty news. A bunch of people died, even a lot of kids. Now I know what you're gonna say - "But Nes! You don't even LIKE kids!" Well, that's true. I don't like kids because they're little and annoying and their voices are too high. But dammit, it's not their fault that their like that! They shouldn't be punished by having a rink fall on them when they are tryin to go ice skating! That's just not cool.

January 3: Mine in West Viginia collapses. Okay so this is a mine, and not a building, but I think it still counts, because it's something that people made, and that people go in and use. Part of a mine collapsed because of an explosion. 13 guys got trapped, and only one ended up surviving. People are smart enough by now to make mines that do not fall on people. But these West Virginia mine manager guys, they're in all kinds of trouble, because they made a ton of mistakes. They were apparently not smart enough to keep a mine from falling on people.

January 5: A hotel collapse in Mecca. This is just really, really crappy. I'm not religious, but if you have a religion and you are keen on it, then more power to you. The point is, these people in this hotel were there to do the Hajj in Mecca, and the damn hotel fell on them. That is super uncool. They say that if you die on the way to Mecca to do the Hajj, you go to heaven automatically. I don't know what they say about people who get to Mecca early and die in a crappy hotel that fell on them. I'm sure the dudes in Heaven will understand. But I bet there's gotta be some red-tape issues to get through first, because this probably doesn't happen very often. They don't got a form for that, so they are prolly swamped in paperwork. That's a pain for everyone involved, let me tell you.

January 11: Mine collapse in China. I can't find a lot of information on this accident (surprise, surprise). China has all kinds of problems. The last thing they need is mines fallin on people.

January 19: A building fell on some people near New Delhi. I can't find a lot of informaiton on this one. Prolly because the media was too busy freakin out about all the other collapses to report on this one properly.

January 23: Building collapses in Kenya. This building was five storeys, and it fell on a bunch of construction workers. It wasn't even finished being built yet, and it fell down. Now you may be sayin, "Those construction workers did a bad job, they deserve the building to fall on them!" But I say it ain't their fault, it's the manager's fault. See the manager is supposed to get people organized and make sure people do what their told. If he tells em to do a half-assed job, the construction people are gonna do it half-assed. Their just playing the hand they were dealt, and dammit, they got a shitty hand. There were questions about the building's safety way before this happened, but the manager was all, "Let's just forget about that, and keep workin here!" That is bad management. Super bad.

January 28: A hall in Poland collapsed today! This is bad news, because there are a lot of people still trapped, and it's freakin cold in Poland, because there is a huge cold snap in Eastern Europe right now. This is bad news. Some people might just freeze to death before they are able to be helped out of the rubble. We won't know for a while, because this just happened. Still, it's kinda fucked up, don't you think?