30 30-packs

I thought they were on sale for $1 off.  Turns out they weren't.  They had them all loaded up and at the front of the store.  I joked, "Oh, the Natural Light is on sale, could I have that instead?"  The guy didn't laugh.  Oh well, won't have to go back for beer for a while.

And yes, that's my living room.

Syria

Can I send the Syrian gov an invoice for 1.5% of my mutual funds for supposedly using chemical weapons?  Shows you where my morals are, my cash-o-la.

Heat Wave

It's Ribeye Tuesday and the grill already registers 100º before we even turned it on.  It's m-f-ing hot out.

Ryan Braun

You can't tell me that other professional players aren't using HGH. Sure, Durant, Duncan, I wouldn't think so.  But LaBron, CP3 (since he's denounced testing), you gotta wonder.  Sly still looks very good (and convicted), as does Gibson (cohort in Expendaes 3).  OK for movie stars...

Whorebag

My dog being slutty 

Market Downturn

I just lost more today in my "safe" mutual funds than I made working the past two weeks.  Unlike a gambler who boasts of his winnings at the black jack table, I feel the brunt of the load when I lose.  Thank goodness I don't play the tables anymore.

Email of the Day

To coworker: I think I will choose items that I feign interest in much more carefully from now on.  (this after a rather long conversation that included me bobbing my head and inching towards the door)

Lorenzo

The Roommate and I love, absolutely love going to New China Buffet.  We usually sit in the booths on the HWY 100 side.  They have staff who swing by and pick up your empty/dirty plates, and if you know me, with the buffet, I go through a lot of plates.  We've gotten to know one of their staff quite well.  He always recognizes us, even cleaned off a table for us pronto when they were busy one Saturday.  Just a really, really nice guy.

I didn't know his name.  Point your finger at me for racial profiling, but I called him Lorenzo.  Between the Roommate and I, that is.  It was a thing between the two of us, until Saturday.

Roommate: So, what is your name?  We always call you Lorenzo.

Thankfully Marco took it well.  

I just continued to stuff my face.

Tippy Toe

I've been tippy-toeing the line vs. the Roommate and the Contractor about getting the bathroom redone.  The Roommate doesn't realize that the contractor will win, until the job is done.  I just want it done.  And no more trips to Menards.

Spiders

I love how my friends won't let my whole spider story die anytime soon.  Thanks guys.

Riley Cooper

Media, just stop.  After the whole Zimmerman thing I think we're done with getting race issues thrown in our face.  Just stop.

As Pooh would say, "Tigger please."

Painter

My friend who's doing my bathroom brought a painter guy over today.  He's Russian or Slovakian, something like that.  I soooo want to ask him to say "Much better," because when those people say it, it's more like "Muouch beeter."  Accent kills me, in a good way.

6:00 AM Spider

I have a week off from work this week.  I had some vacation time to burn so I'm just hanging out at home.  But this morning, might have been dreaming, but I thought I saw, without my contacts in, a big hairy spider behind my dresser.  After I thought I saw that, which in my mind I saw with great detail - not possible without my contacts in - I couldn't go back in my bedroom, hence why I've been up since 6:00 on a perfectly good vacation day.  So I retreated out to the deck with a cooler full of beer, peeking into my bedroom every time I go inside to use the bathroom.

God I hate spiders.

GOLD RUSH - South America

I can't believe they're televising the destruction of the jungle.  Where are the Whale Wars people?

275 lb Bench

After joining the gym again, for the past two months, I've increased my max bench press from 245 lb to 275 lb.  The fall semester price will be about $100 but with those results, verses lifting weights in my basement with the spiders, I don't know if I can NOT keep the gym membership up and running.  It's just been nice to use some sturdy equipment that's bolted to the floor.  Openining the first beer of the night at 5:30 instead of 6:15 has been nice, too.

MLB Homerun Contest

Is Bryce Harper's dad trying to brush him off the plate with all these pitches inside?

Bathroom

I'm putting at least $4,500 into my bathroom, none of which I'll ever recoup as I'll never sell my house.  I just hope it turns out well and I can enjoy it for many years.

Anti-social

My dog is being anti-social today.

Bathroom Renovations

I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't have to.  But I'll tell you this: I'll never watch HGTV and all their do it yourself shit ever again.  This crap is not fun, or cheap.

Market Swings

Years ago, back when everything was fairly stable, I don't remember mutual funds fluctuating 1% or 2% a day.  Mutual funds used to be a fairly stable investment.  And granted, for 2013 the market has done well.  But these large swings, either plus or minus, have me a bit concerned.

What else are you going to do, earn .75% on your savings?  Kind of held hostage vs. hiding cash under your mattress.