Today at Safeway I paid $10.67 for my exceedingly unhealthy foods (not a veggie in sight!). I heard the total and immediately thought “Aha! William the Conqueror was consolidating his realm that year!” You’ll remember, class, that William defeated Harold II at Hastings in October of 1066 and was crowned William I of England, the …
Going to the grocery store and coming back with 15 bagsful is exhausting enough. Then they gotta be put away too. Where’s the couch? I e-filed my taxes this morning too, though, so I’m ahead of that game.
Top ten trending stories on Google News at 2:50PM HST: Kiel Gunner Major League Baseball Ryan Seacrest Smithsonian Institution Google Robert Edwards Nate Berkus Manti Te’o MetroPCS Communications, Inc. Miranda Kerr I have no idea who Kiel Gunner is or why he’s at the top of the news. The same goes for Robert Edwards, unless …
Curses! There’s some kind of metal ring still contained within the faucet. That’s why the new part won’t fit. I’m going to have to lie upside-down in the sink to see if I can pull it out using needle-nose pliers or something. Meanwhile, watch this nifty demo of a parcel’s trip through the mail from …
I don’t know enough to comment intelligently about the details, but I have a question. Apparently Superintendent Beverly Hall received over half-a-million bucks in bonuses for “improving” the students’ test scores. Who the hell does the school superintendent think she is, taking in that kind of scratch? A football coach at one of Georgia’s state …
Christmas tree eggs! From Events
Went to Safeway to get sour cream and mushrooms to go with our tri-tip this evening. Swiped my Safeway store card into the machine to take advantage of the savings it gives me. Got home, looked at the receipt. “Card savings — .20″ Total savings value — 1 % (of purchase price) Woohoo!
Due to my attendance at a buddy’s Super Bowl soirée yesterday I did no laundry. I have rectified that today. We’re clean, we’re clean! I also found time to finish reading Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, which I’d started on Saturday evening. How’s that for an exciting Monday?
One of my new Christmas socks disappeared during the wash. I suspect a fitted sheet.
via Mark Evanier, an old “Seasons Greetings” sight gag from CBS.