Why the odd name. '

Anybody else ever notice that many vending machines have braille on the buttons?  How long did it take for that to strike you as odd?  I mean, sure a blind person could certainly know what numbers or letters they were pushing, they would have not idea what B4 is in the machine.  Now first off I guess i should make some sort of disclaimer.  I mean no offense to the seeing impaired, in fact if some one can explain to me why the braille is on those buttons id be happy to listen.  That being said if you are that easily offended just send me an angry email now and never read anything i have to say again.  I pull no punches with my opinions and expect the same of everyone else.
Back to the subject at hand, why "braille on vending machine buttons"?  Well as I see it its a loose metaphor for the world and what sort of rantings this blog is likely to contain.  There's braille on the vending machine buttons, but i think few people ever pay attention to such a thing, let alone question it.  I observe and question odd things all the time.  Are my observations insightful? My questions valid?  My answers worthwhile? I can't be the judge of such things.  But lets explore this observation.  So You're blind and you want a candy bar, well aint that life?  Well luckily you know where a vending machine is, and luckier it has braille on the buttons! But although you know how to tell it what you want you have no idea of the code that will get you what you want.   So you find someone you trust to tell you the code for the candy you desire.  lets say three musketeers.  Lets also assume your friend doesn't lie, aint that life?  So now you know the code of one thing in the vending machine, lets hope you dont want chips or gum.  Granted you could have someone tell you every thing in the machine and you could try to memorise it... So now you know that Three musketeers are B4, and whenever you want a treat you just have to go the vending machine and press B4.  But then the evil vending machine stocking guy does some rearranging cause the machine is getting new items, aint that life? Three musketeers is now B6, but you cant possibly know this the next time you visit this machine.   You press B4, and a Snickers drops.  Lets hope you aren't blind and allergic to peanuts.

There you have it.  Odd, usually cynical musings on all manner of matters, more to come.