Brandon and I changed over to State Farm for car insurance. Yeah, it is cheaper, so it's nice. Brandon had to go down to their office to sign some papers, and when he got there, the agent insisted on introducing him to "the whole gang." So Brandon got to spend some time getting to know our friendly State Farm neighbors.

I thought this was pretty funny. I mean, I know they're trying to cultivate a friendly atmosphere and all, but this relationship is what it is. We need them because it's illegal to drive without insurance, and if we do get in a wreck, we want them to cover us. We pay them money every month that we'll probably never see again. They hope that they never have to hand back over that money. But there's no real friendship. We're not going to hop on down to State Farm to see if "the gang" wants to go out for bagels and talk about liability. We're not going to invite them over to play car safety trivial pursuit. Let's not pretend. Just be pleasant to us, and we won't ask you to act excited when you see us or pretend to be our buddy. Fair enough, no?