Although it was nice of them to make the coins "golden" to make them more distinguishable from quarters, putting George Washington's face on the front sure didn't help. Two dollars and two quarters appear in the picture of the day.
The Many Faces of George Washington

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My cousin just turned twenty-one years of age today. Among the things he can now do legally are purchase alcoholic beverages and take people's money at the poker table at the casinos.

After enjoying a meal$40+ Prime Rib at Kreis' on Lindbergh Blvd. (kamoranakrre certainly wasn't buying!), we ventured to one of those riverboats boats-in-a-moat buildings ( Read more... )

A few times in the past the Picture of the Day ventured south beyond the end of Interstate 55 to New Orleans, Louisiana. Today it ventures just beyond the other end into Chicago, Illinois. At evil_puffball's suggestion, he, kamoranakrre, and several others journeyed to the capital of the midwest to see the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. On the way out of town, out the ( Read more... )

Spring is almost here! (Well, we're in the right month, anyway.) One of the features of springtime is lower heating bills. Those fine folks at Laclede Gas haven't bothered to take a look at this meter since July. I decided to take a look today--their estimation would probably be valid if I thought 40°C were the right place to set the thermostat ( Read more... )

In a previous picture the cost of a gallon of regular unleaded was $2.819--due to reasons, like suddenly finding a trillion barrels more oil reserves, increased production capacity during the snowy season, reduced demand since nobody needs oil for heat when it's cold outside, or some other reason related to the market (maybe just since oil ( Read more... )

Thursdays are street sweeping days for one side of many of the streets in the area. I couldn't tell you how often they actually sweep the streets, but they're at least pretty good about giving out what you see in the picture of the day.
Parking Violation Notice

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Today azigazi and I ventured to the St. Louis Mills, one of the most obnoxiously commercial establishments in the St. Louis area. Apparently there are actually motorcoaches full of travellers who come hundreds of miles to visit these lovely enterprises... Anyway, we were looking for new pants. Well, I wasn't, but I was there anyway. While waiting at ( Read more... )

Although the star note from yesterday isn't among them, there are still several two-dollar bills in today's picture of the day.
Picturing Twos

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I have absolutely no qualms about spending two-dollar bills. I tend to get a few more every time I deposit my paycheck; they were printed to be spent, not to be put on display. However, when I took a look at the latest batch of twos today, I noticed that one of them was unusual. Why? Take a look at the picture of the day.
Starred Two

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I heard that prices for the all-too-useful gasoline are about to rise by quite a bit, so I filled up the car tonight. So you can either marvel at how cheap fuel used to be or laugh at me for how much I paid, the sign has been captured for the picture of the day.
$2.819/gal

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