Author: Harold
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So with Giant Eagle closing their video and game rental business, I managed to pick up a few good deals at the inventory blow-out. The French Connection, Star Wars Episode II, and Hot Fuzz on DVD and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga and LEgend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Wii. And the grand total of this haul?
$51.64
Hell, that’s still less than the price of one new game for the Wii, after tax.
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The Political matrix
http://www.goldengiven.net/polimatrix/index.php
Economic score: -3.61
Social score: -5.22
Your score pegs you as economically moderately leftist and socially libertarian.
Moderate economic leftists generally support regulation of free trade and business to assure that workers are fairly treated and prices remain stable.
Social libertarians generally believe that the government should not judge morality, and are generally against the illegalization of things that do not directly affect other people in a negative way. Many strong social libertarians may also be social progressives, favouring legislation to correct what they see as socially backwards governmental regulation, although some simply wish for the government to make little judgment on social matters.
The many joys of working retail.
Any of you know somebody who chews tobacco? If you want to hear a disgusting story, keep reading.
The other night at work I discovered that this older guy I work with, Ken, chews. While at work. I’ve known him for two and a half years and I never even knew until I was told, that’s how discrete he is. Apparently what I’ve always thought was a water bottle was actually a portable spittoon and he never takes a wad (what is the word for a lump of tobacco that you chew on?) when anybody is looking.
The reason this came up is because a customer came through who was much less discrete. According to Barb, the cashier, this guy had so much tobacco in his mouth he couldn’t really talk, he had to let his buddy do the talking. And then, while they were waiting, this guy takes out a plain old water bottle (not hard plastic and opaque like Ken’s) and spits it all out. And then he takes out a pouch and shoves just as much back into his mouth.
Difficulties
It seems as though the universe is trying to block my attempts at fulfilling Resolution #2 (of 3). No electricity, trip to Albany, no electricity, and then no phone line have made for a very difficult time.
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This still counts as Thursday!
This still counts as Thursday since I just got back from loading out the Trans-Siberian Orchestra from their appearance here in Erie. And loading in, for that matter. I’ll talk more about that tomorrow, but now I want to discuss advertising here on Livejournal.
What in the hell makes LJ think that I would be interested in an Indian marriage website (not a dating site, mind you) or laser-engraved tombstones for pets? Are they just picking things at random? The only ad I’ve ever seen for anything remotely making sense is an ad for a lighting designer down in Jacksonville. Not really interesting to me, but at least I can see how they thought it might be. To be fair though, it was an LJ ad that led me to find Travian, this nifty little browser-based war/civilization game. But still, I can’t see any clear connection between my listed interests and my having seen that ad.
So yeah, just odd and sort of bewildering.
Cocoa snowflakes
Gillian and I made these cookies just before Christmas this year. She got the recipe from the Penzey’s Spice catalog and they are absolutely incredible. Soft, delicious, melt in your mouth kind of cookies. It’s like eating the edge of the brownie tray with every bite. Here’s the recipe as I sent it to my Mom.