Every time you order a song
off iTunes, you get a confirmation email from Apple regarding your
purchase. Sometimes the title of a song
or album just doesn’t look right when placed elsewhere. Take, for instance, this classic Beastie Boys
song I purchased.
The intro to the song
randomly plays in my head, where a girl asks her teacher “Professor, what’s
another term for pirate’s treasure” and the reply, in a deep male voice is “Well,
I think it’s Booty (record scratch)… booty… (record scratch) booty… (record
scratch) booty."
Anyway, the bill made me
laugh when I got it.
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I’ve gone on rants before
about how stadium names change too often to remember anything but your hometown
arenas. I was reminded of that as the
ECHL season begins tonight for me and when I went to the Gwinnett Gladiators
web site, I noticed that the Arena at Gwinnett Center is now the Your Best Rate
Financial Home Ice at the Arena at Gwinnett Center. That’s more than a mouthful. That’s a flippin’ Dagwood sandwich of
corporate ill-named sponsorship piled in between 2 turds posing as sandwich
bread. The announcer it going to tire of
saying that name 20 times a game.
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It’s not often I get to a
steakhouse to fill that primal urge to eat flesh anymore, but it’s fully
expected that it will cost a pretty penny and I’m completely fine with
that. Last month we went to Ruth’s Chris
and had a very satisfying dinner and the service was exceptional. Anyway, I didn’t think anything of it until
this week when a postcard came in the mail from our server. She wrote “Thank you for your recent visit to
Sandy Springs Ruth’s Chris. We look forward to seeing you again soon. Thanks,
Brooke.”
Wow, I wonder if they make
their servers sign a card for all their customers? That could really add up. I really did like the extra touch of them
doing that though. Sure the note is
generic but it’s handwritten and personalized – a nice touch in this world of
anonymity and generic service. I’d hate
to have to be that server where every day is like the day most of us want to
avoid – writing all those personalized holiday card notes! But the bottom line is this little touch of
additional service stood out and makes me consider being a repeat customer.
I did find it a little odd that she included her phone number on the card and a link to her porn site.
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Is my daughter a future
abusive girlfriend/wife for someone? She
dropped her new baby on its head yesterday morning on the wood floor. Like any kid, she talks to the baby but
instead of “consoling” the baby like she normally does, she lashed out at her,
insisting that “I didn’t drop you. You FELL.”
Why do I see future playmates with black eyes who tell their parents that
they “fell down the stairs” and that the truth about Ally being an abusive
friend never comes out because she scares kids as if she were in the mob?
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Let’s end today’s utter
randomness with a World Series-appropriate note. I had included this photo last year on my
blog when my Cubs fan friend sent this t-shirt to me, but now I can also wear
it as a Tigers fan!
