Or: On being a journalist on the weekend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in a town that's only surpassed in racism by certain parts of Georgia and Alabama ( Read more... )

"Yeah, you're on the right road. Hey, you'll probably see me! I'm standing on the side of the road with all the cop cars!"

(It was somebody else getting arrested, i was just taking a picture of the takedown.)

Go here to eat. 12-ounce ribeye for $8, and it's good (both probably more due to the fact that it's an indie joint in Cowtown than any special effort). It has an attached bar and an oil derrick for a sign/theme, both worth extra points in my book.


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Inspired by rue-deday, though mine's more of a personality test thatn a "do you get the reference" thing.

Poll

One of my coworkers is really annoyed at his inability to find a song he wants. It's very special to him, because he heard it at Bellagbo the first time he was in Vegas, and thus it is his Happy Song. Alas, it wasn't one of the songs the fountains synched to, and thus is somewhat difficult to find, because everybody in the fucking world sampled ( Read more... )

Today at work I saw:

A guy with the watch I want (Seiko SNA411)

A girl with the creepiest too-blue eyes I've ever seen. Not too blue in the sense of Hugh Laurie or Cal Ripken, blue-Sharpie blue. Pretty close to #0707c6 in hex (paste it in here if you don't have a favorite color picker of your ownAnd the weirdest thing of all, a customer who ( Read more... )

Today I had a customer -- cute 20-ish blonde girl on her way home from work (still wearing her waitress' apron) -- go through my line and buy two bags of Hershey's candy, a coffee mug, and some tissue paper. We exchanged the usual pleasantries, and she paid and left.

Twenty minutes later, this suddenly plonked down on my desk, and when I turned to ( Read more... )

A 90-year old guy who doesn't look a day over 80 shared this bit of wisdom on how he lived so long:
"Good whiskey, rare beef, and pinch all the girls you can catch."
Words to live by, right there.

Also, I saw somebody wearing an ironic t-shirt:
"Stupidity is not a crime, so your free to go."
(Emphasis mine)