Q: What will your kid want to dress up as this Halloween?
A: A superdelegate!
What Shrillary wouldn't give to find a few hundred of them stuffed in her christmas stocking. I'm so tired of the dems bickering amongst each that I'm almost ready for John McCain & 100 more years in Iraq. Rev. Wright this, Bosnia that, Florida & Michigan this and that . . . ENOUGH ALREADY!!! This op-ed on Shrillary's audacity of hopelessness is very apropos.
Got an email today from the MPRE folks that the exam has been cancelled due to inclement weather. 14" of snow is expected by Sat evening. I was planning on taking the bus but they start running at 9am on the weekends which is when the exam was scheduled to start. Would've ended up taking a cab so I'm happy I no longer have to. It's too treacherous to drive that early in the morning. The Columbus snow removal trucks seem to have a policy of sleeping in over the weekends. Now we can all enjoy!
Ended up buying a 40" samsung tv this evening (after my bro-in-law gave it his blessing). I was tired of dithering around & the sale on the tv was ending. So off I went to the store but James, the salesman from yesterday, was nowhere to be found. Instead, the Sales Manager (his name tag said so) came up to me and asked if he could help me with something. So I told him that I came to buy the tv that James had convinced me to buy (had to give him props). To cut a really long story short, here's what I got in addition to the tv:
-free shipping & free home theater installation by Firedog ($199.99 value!)
-$100 voucher
-a Sony surround sound system (yup, I got roped into it). The price on it was $299.99 because it was an open box item. So the Manager asked me what I thought about it & I told him it was great but I wasn't interested. Then he said, "C'mon through out a number." So I said, "$100," thinking there was no way he'd go for it. Then he said, "Done! I'll have the installation guy set it up for you when he installs your tv." Crap. Now why didn't I say "$50?!"
On balance, I think I got a good deal altho' my bank account would really beg to differ. Enjoyed dealing with someone who could make things happen. As for warranty, I didn't get suckered into buying theirs. It's terribly rated. Will probably get one from Square Trade though since LCD technology is fairly new so something's bound to go wrong.
John Edwards pulled a Dick Cheney on us? Not a peep from him since his "secret" meeting with Obama a few weeks back. Hmm. At this point does it even really matter? Seems like he was waiting to endorse once there was a clear winner after the Ohio & Texas primaries but Ohioans and Texans had other ideas (edit: Obama technically won Texas because he netted a higher delegate count than Shrillary by kicking a$$ in the caucuses). I suggest he settles further into whatever little hole he's holed up in. It's better that way. The race is getting ridiculous as it is. By the fuzzy math of those drinking the Hillary Clinton Kool-Aid, they are in it to win it. Already talking about the dream ticket - and not with her as the V.P.! Now that's some good sh*t they're sippin' on.
Obama should rethink his strategy though. The kid gloves need to come off - throw a roundhouse punch & knock Hillary in the mouth one time. Stop being such a nice guy. At some point it'll start looking like he doesn't have the mojo to stand up against her and who wants a woose for a President? If she slings mud, right back at'cha!
An aside: Four days a week, my breakfast consists of yoghurt, a slice of bread w/ peanut butter, and half a can of coke. Religiously. Not because I enjoy it but because it's the only thing I can grab & go inside of 1 minute & head on out the door. So I was in Walmart this past weekend & noticed a lady pick a bunch of frozen blueberry pancakes. Figured there were there were some plain ones in the vicinity & grabbed myself a pack. Now: what does my breakfast consist of every morning? Pancakes w/ half a can of coke! They come individually packaged - about 3 in a pack - and they are delish. Only takes a minute to nuke them in the microwave & they're ready to go. Mmm good. In case you're wondering, I only drink half a can of coke because I don't have enough distance between my house & school to guzzle the whole thing down. Too much hustle trying to lag my books & an open can of coke once I get there so it gets left in the cup holder.
Looking for a tv is proving nightmarish. Can't seem to make up my mind. I went into Circuit City knowing exactly what I was going to buy until I got to talking to a sales guy for about 3 hours who ended up convincing me that if I bought a 32" I'd end up bringing it back. Left the store, sans tv, to rethink my battle plan. This was after the Sears guy had me convinced, the previous night, that a 32" would be perfect. To top it all off, these sales guys were super nice so who'll-get-my-sale thoughts have been swirling in my head. Will it be the commissioned Sears one or the non-commissioned Circuit City one? Both stores price match so saying I'll go where the cheaper tv is doesn't cut it. Beats me when this excursion went from simple tv shopping to psych 101! Must be the aspartame in the coke.
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