Archive for August, 2007

Cars

In: Materialism|Rants & Raves

1 Aug 2007

It seems like the car industry has been working really hard to make its cars something people want. (Although they’re still dragging their heels on gas mileage.) I’ve always been somewhat amused that a lot of the ‘hot new cars’ are just really, really old models with a bit of contemporary flair. I want a [...]

Do I?

In: Rants & Raves

1 Aug 2007

I just did my semi-annual rolling of my accumulated change (not so much this time: $38.50. I’ve been trading a lot of change in for bills at work). Then I logged into my account at my bank to see where I wanted to put it. And I noticed that they’re having their annual (?) raffle. [...]

Last night at work, this customer came in. He comes in fairly often. He’s probably my age or a little older. I’ve noticed before that he drives a Porsche, and that he’ll come in even when we’re charging our highest rates, rack up huge bills, and never seem phased by them. I always wondered what [...]


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