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If he actually goes through with not accepting funds from the economic stimulus based on principles that were already put to a national vote and proven unpopular, he will lose his job.
That is all.
Oh, and I like the quickpress thing, but it doesn’t let you put it into categories…
So, this past Saturday, I found myself with a day to spend with the Kids alone. Val had to travel to Oxford, AL for a recruiting thing. So I stayed at home with the kids, and wanted to spend the day with them, before they leave me for two weeks to go on the annual trip to Camp Perry.
So. I decided I would take them to see Wall-E. (I’ll cut to the chase here. It’s a really great movie, but that is not what this story is about…)
We went to the Saturday 1:00 PM Showing. I bought 1 Adult, and 2 Children tickets. Cost $6 each. (Apparently Matinee charge is always $6). Then we went to the snack bar, and I bought 1 Medium Popcorn, 1 Medium Drink, and two Kids meals (Basically small popcorns, small drinks, and a packet of fruit snacks.). Cost $17.50 total. (I’m not sure what the individual prices were).
Bottom Line — For the movie and some popcorn, we payed $35.50 for three people to see a movie for two hours.
Prices today at Thoughthammer of games I’ve gotten way more than two hours worth of play out of with my kids:
Tier auf Tier (aka Animal Upon Animal) — $20
Igloo Pop — $22
Gulo Gulo — $26
Zooloretto — $30
Downfall of Pompeii — $36
And I didn’t really look that hard. I’m sure there are plenty more.
It’s beautiful outside, and the air is warming…
And being in Mississippi, I actually thought about turning on the Air Conditioner last night for the first time of the year. However, we got by with just running the ceiling fans and opening a window or two.
I believe we’ve finally turned the corner and no longer expect to have any cold nights. That means a few things. My gas bill goes way down, and my electric bill goes way up. Along with that. It means I have to start yard work.
So tonight, for the first time this year, I mowed my grass. It wasn’t unbelievably tall, but it was getting unsightly. I’m having a real weed problem this year. It’s basically covered my entire lawn. I’m not really an expert so I don’t know what it takes to get rid of it. So I hope just keeping my weeds short will be sufficient. I know my neighbor is probably mad.
Our Society as we know it is doomed. There is just way to much rampant stupidity in this world that it cannot continue in this fashion. I have a couple of stories that I would like to share with you today.
USB Cables
We had to replace a printer that went bad at work. So I had a quote for a printer sent to me and we bought a LaserJet P2015. It’s a light duty printer. Most of the heavy stuff goes to our network printers. This one handles some specific labels, and is in a more convenient area for one of the workers.
So It’s the first time at work I’ve bought a printer that was USB only. Up till now they’ve all been parallel port or ethernet printers. Lately they are all pretty much network printers. The last “personal laser” type printer I’ve purchased was like 3 or 4 years ago. So they are due to be dying soon.
Anyway. I had a USB cable quoted to me as well, since I don’t have any of those lying around at work. I knew I would have to get it. The quote for the cable was $3.99. I turned in the Purchase Requisition and waited.
When the printer came in. I didn’t find the cable. I went back and realized that though I had quoted the cable. I forgot to add it to the Purchase Requisition. No problem. I’ll just go and buy a cable at Office Depot. So I grabbed the company card and went.
The cheapest USB Cable that they had was $24.99……… $24.99….. For a USB Cable. A USB Cable. We’re talking about a cable with four wires and a shield in it.
So I left and went to Radio Shack. They had one for $19.99. So I went to Walmart. They had one for $10.97. Which I ended up purchasing cuz I was tired of driving around town. But I’m disappointed. Why don’t they have a ziplock back with a cable in it I could buy for $7.00 or something.
As an aside, as I was leaving. I was going to get a diet coke too. They were $1.25 plus tax in the cooler for a 20 oz bottle. I went to the Vending Machine. Where they are $1.00 even (including the tax) for the same thing.
Buying a Game at Gamestop
A couple of weeks ago I borrowed an Xbox 360 game from a friend. The game was Forza Motorsport 2. I tend to like racing games. And was always a fan of those Gran Turismo games on Playstation and PS2. But since I don’t have those anymore. He let me try this one to see if I liked it. (It came with his Xbox as a pack in- along with Marvel Ultimate Alliance, which I don’t have any interest in).
I enjoyed the game quite a bit. It had the feel of Gran Turismo, and I liked the “career” mode and everything. It was a good game. So I decided I was going to buy a copy.
I wasn’t really in any rush to get it or anything. They were $59.99 in most of the stores, and I was hoping that they would go down in price. I hate paying $60.00 for a video game. I like when they go on clearance at $20. It’s very, very rare I pay for a new game.
Anyway. Last week I was in Gamestop. (Trying to buy a wavebird to use with our Wii so Sarah and I can play Super Monkey Ball and Mario Kart Double Dash). So I went ahead and looked. They had several used copies of Forza Motorsport 2 for only $29.99 each. That was just to good a deal to pass up I usually pass on used copies at stores like Gamestop and EB because they typically charge $54.99 for games that retail at $60. Or $44.99 for games that retail at $50. At those rates I typically feel it’s worth the extra $5 bucks to go ahead and get a new copy.
But $29.99 for a game that’s retailing at $59.99 Well that hits a critical threshold for me allowing me to go ahead and buy a used game. So I decided upon my purchase and took it to the cashier.
She was about to ring me up when she looked at the game and did a double take.
Cashier: You’re buying Forza Motorsport 2?
Me: Yes.
Cashier: For $30
Me: Yes.
Cashier: You know… you can get Forza Motorsport 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance for only $20
Me: *inquisitively* Huh? No I didn’t know that.
Cashier: Let me show you.
At this point, she grabbed the game and went to the shelf I was just at. Below the copies of Forza Motorsport 2 were a bunch of copies of Marvel Ultimate Alliance. But if you turned these boxes around to the back. They had the cover of Forza Motorsport 2 on the back of it. In fact. This was the pack-in game which I referred to above. Apparently several people sold their pack in games to Gamestop.
So, thanks to a very nice and observant cashier (Which says something good about society), I got to walk out of the store with Forza Motorsport 2 for $40 dollars less than I had intended to pay for it. Along with another game to pass the time with. (Even though it still doesn’t really interest me.)
Anyway. That’s all I’ve got for now. Till next time.
I just went and paid our electric bill today. Two straight months over 200 bucks. It really hurts. Hot weather, and running the air. It’s also a little bit bigger a house than we used to have.
In any case. I ran across this article, and thought it was alright. I thought I’d go ahead and post it here and see if any of the other members of the family could use it. From Consumer Reports.
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