Honest Money

If you know me at all, you know I love burritos.
Taquerias make burritos that are incomparable to Chipotle burritos.
It'd be like comparing gourmet Italian pasta to the pasta bread bowls you can order from Pizza Hut delivery. Except a bit different, because Chipotle burritos are actually quite tasty.

Normally, I order the chicken burrito with guacamole.
They've always written 'CG' on my burrito foil.
I know now that this designates 'chicken' and 'guacamole' to the cashier.
I never really put the two together before.
I figured they just thought I was a 'cool guy'.
Which, obviously, I am.
I was hurt for about 20 seconds tonight when the burrito foil only read 'C'.

I thought, I am wearing a pink shirt, maybe he just thinks I'm cool, but girly-ish.
Oh well.
Then the cashier said, "Chicken burrito, chips or drink, $6.66 please."
Perplexing how she knew the total before she attained if I wanted some chips or a beverage...but that didn't concern me. What concerned me was the price.
I pay attention to what I pay. And $6.66 was unfamiliar...

It all came crashing down.
I'm not a "cool guy", I just happen to love chicken and guacamole.
I tried to mask my pain with humor:
"Actually, I ordered guacamole, too...and I don't want my total to be associated with Satan."
She laughed, presented me with the higher total, and asked, "Do you really believe in that stuff?"
I handed her my credit card and replied, "I don't really know, but I believe in being honest."

As I returned to my car (since only schmucks dine in, Casey), a dollar bill scurried into my path with the breeze. I picked it up, made sure the serial number had no sequences of '666', and pocketed it.

Thanks God.

Be honest. It pays in the end...when people drop cash.

Tank Update

iPhone. Not the iPod touch.

Happy three years to Scoid.
Remember to select 720p.

Here's to a happy, healthy, fish tank.


..and clean dishes.

Feeling like you belong

Enjoying the new job thus far.
Conference/meeting rooms are all named after movies or TV shows.
The restrooms near my office have screen prints of two of the Planet of the Apes characters on the doors, but I found myself in another wing today and discovered other facilities...

I liked these more:

Men's room.


Women's room.

Apologies for the blurred picture of Marge. It was rushed.
It's only my first full week and I felt that snapping a picture of the ladies' room door was a bit risky.
It's certainly a different corporate culture from what I'm used to, but I think if an employee happened to exit the restroom just as I was taking a picture of the door inside of her bathroom, I might be reprimanded.
Maybe. I haven't gone through that part of orientation yet.

And, near the copy machine:


It's nice to be around people as silly as me and have the company endorse it.

Synergy

I love dogs. And skating.
Combine the two for...


Tail grab!
Harharharharsnort.

You know your country is impoverished when...

Based on the number of views, you may have seen this video already.
Oh well. It's still funny.



Gotta love the spy music.

Guitar Appreciation

I appreciate guitars.
It seems guitars also appreciate.

This is from my order history on Musician's Friend:


My sister will remember me waiting anxiously for UPS to deliver this guitar.
I opened it up in the hallway with the grin of a kid on Christmas morning.
I was in college, had no credit card (only a VISA check-card), and no credit. I had to argue with my bank to increase the transaction limit of my check-card temporarily and then call Musician's Friend to "Run it now! Run it now!"
It was a big deal for me.

My buddy Steve (I didn't know him at the time) purchased the same guitar (with the Montego Black finish, not Sunburst...because he lacks taste) and he recently told me our guitars are worth significantly more than what we paid for them.

From Musician's Friend this morning:


Note: when we purchases them in 2004, they came with an iPod Shuffle (the first generation - they looked like USB thumb drives).

I'm not a mathemagician, but $500 is like, 1.5% increase or something!
Hell yes!

Portal 2 Ads Deliver

Ads for the sequel to Portal are awesome.
Saw this one around Valentine's day this year, but I didn't share. I will do that now...


"Women love diamonds for their wide range of industrial applications."
That killed me.

That's 65% more bullet, per bullet

April 19th. Get ready.

Post lunch meeting battles

In this corner, measuring in at about one square inch, we have, the hardened, TERIYAKI SAUCE!!!

And in this corner, an impulse buy from the Target checkout line, touting to remove stains instantly, TIDE TO GO!!!

LLLLLET'S GET READY TO RUMBLLLLLLLLLLLE!!!!