Circuit Shady.....

It might be a little late for this, but I felt compelled to bring this to everyone's attention. With the Christmas season nearly upon us, I felt the need to let everyone know about this little tidbit. I was at Circuit Shady, er I mean Circuit City the other day. I was looking to purchase a certain item whose price in the store was $74.99. However, before I left for my trip to the store I checked their website and the same item was listed for $52.99. Well, as luck would have it I traveled to my local Circuit Shady and picked up said item. At the register its price rang up as $79 plus tax. At this point I asked their employee why it was 30% cheaper online. Lucky for me (or them, depending on how you look at it) they are able to access the internet right from the register. Once they found my specific item, they saw that the online price was much cheaper. At this point they were able to change it right then and I was able to get the reduced price. The thing that bothered me the most was that they were more than content to let me walk out of that store paying 30% more than I should have. So, my message is this: If you are looking to make any kind of purchase at Circuit Shady, make sure you take a look online first. Otherwise, you might be paying a lot more than should have.

Here's my other nugget of wisdom for the week. I wish that people would stop moaning about this global warming "problem" that we're having. All I know is that last week it was almost 70 and it is the middle of December. Quite frankly, I am all for this global warming stuff. I will take temperatures like this anytime. And I didn't have to buy a ticket to Florida. The way I see it, the Earth has been around for about 6 million years. I need it to last about another 70. After that, I'll mostly likely no longer have a vested interest in whats going on. Need SPF 500? Fine by me.

Off to a good start.....

Well, the gates to hell have been open for a little over a week and we already have two submissions for the 2007 Death Pool. I have to say that I'm quite impressed with the quality of work I have seen so far. Let's just say that I don't anticipate us getting shut-out again in the '07.

I'm thinking about starting an independent website for this so that its easier to track in the future. Plus, it would give me some experience in website design in case I make the leap to graduate studies in the near future. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get started or any features that you'd like to see, let me know.

Also, I would be remiss in not mentioning the passing of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. He's my second "stone-cold, lead pipe lock" pick for next year to not make to the '07. A moment of silence, please.

Waiting......

And we're done.

Not much else to report. Till next week.

~K

A little disappointed.....

I gotta admit. I thought that by this time I would have at least a few submissions for the pool this year. So far I have none. Zero. Zip. Nada. Now, hopefully this is a by-product of the new rules and everyone is utilizing the maximum amount of time to do research and submit a list that is top-notch. Yeah, that's gotta be it.

Not much else going on in this part of the world. Although, as I write this I am watching the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on CBS. I mean, can we find out who came up with the idea to get this thing on the air? Shouldn't they be eligible for some sort of Nobel Prize? One would think so.

So, I guess that eating kangaroo IS bad for you.

I am all for exploration, but I think that this is taking things a bit far. Is this really the best thing we have to spend $100 billion on.