50 cents at a time on the way to riches

Continuing on my trifecta of healthy eating posts I stopped in at McDonald's this morning for a number 6. For those of you not familiar with McDonald's fare this is 2 breakfast burritos, a potato patty (aka a hash brown) and a small coffee. My local McDonald's has an interesting price breakdown on these items.

2 burritos (alone) is $2.79
The full meal deal is $3.29

So in effect you get the potato patty and coffee for 30 cents. I typically go for the full meal since there is so little difference in price and I happen to enjoy the grease soaked potatos and generally crappy coffee. It's definitely worth the 30 cents to me anyway.

This morning was a bit different than most days. The cashier decided to ring me up, not for a #6, as I had ordered it, but for two burritos and 1 small coffee. She didn't bother putting the potato patty on there although it was in the bag. The only way I noticed this is that with tax the meal is two cents shy of $3.50 but this morning it was two cents shy of $4.00.

Now I suppose you could get rich 50 cents at a time this way but is it really good for the public image?

Best wine for the meal?

I'm sitting here wondering what is the best wine for the meal at hand.

My choices:
Columbia Winery's Cellarmaster Riesling, vintage 2004

Floral, honeyed aroma with hints of apricot, pear and allspice. Rich and full-flavored fruit on the palate is balanced by clean, crisp acidity.

Cavit Collection Pinot Noir, vintage 2004

Silky smooth with well defined fruit redolent of red berries with cherry notes. Medium-bodied with soft tannins, concluding in a pleasing finish.

On one hand we have the white whine, the Riesling. It is very light and fruity, sweet enough that it might even be mistaken for *gasp* a wine cooler. The Pinot Noir has more of a full bodied, traditional wine feel. It is a deep red that resembles cranberry juice and has a slight hint of cherries. It is much dryer and less sweet than the Riesling but equally as fulfilling in a whole different way.

Now I know that red wines should be served with a "meat and potatoes" dinner and white wine is reserved for fish or fowl but I don't live by that credo. The #1 rule of wine is that there are no rules. Therefore I don't have to live by such archaic and uppity terms. I make my own rules and there's no wine snob in the world that can gun me down.

Therefore, lo my loved and friends you be...
Which wine goes best with Manwich?


P.S. I'm hungry so I'll just have a little of both.

Thanks for the tip

Sometimes I run across things that don't make sense to me. Perhaps there is a logical conclusion but other times it is just unfathomable. I just had one of those moments. I was searching some of the technology oriented stores for a Usb hub. It seems like they are all the same, big as a cigarette pack, and flimsy as a newspaper in the rain. Almost all of them have all of 4 ports. I won't get into my "why the hell do they only have 4 ports if I can run 127 devices on USB" rant at this time. I haven't formulated my full diatribe so I'll shy away from it. You have been warned though.

Back to the topic at hand.
If an image isn't for display purposes, what is it for? I certainly hadn't intended to make it my desktop background and try to plug my USB peripherals into it. Honestly, I'm not kidding. I wouldn't even try that. Now the description of this particular item... it reads like a penny stock report. I guess, since I'm going to quote it, I should give credit where credit is due. You can check out the page for yourself at ZipZoomFly.com, or just read my bastardization here. Below is the original text, unaltered.

This 2-piece USB sharing hub will increase your office productivity exponentially. You can share connections among as many as 7 USB devices and then link those peripherals to 2 PCs. Think of all you can accomplish! You can create a full service office that’s perfect for small businesses - it’s all made possible by one dynamic device! Or you can use this 7-Port Buddy Hub for an integral part of your overall big business matrix. Tested to the strictest quality controls. Made by the finest engineers. Includes 2 USB cables, power adapter and User’s Manual.

Now for my version a la a press release by a former employer, all text will remain intact, I shall only change formatting.

This 2-piece USB sharing hub will increase your office productivity exponentially>. You can share connections among as many as 7 USB devices and then link those peripherals to 2 PCs. Think of all you can accomplish! You can create a full service office that’s perfect for small businesses - it’s all made possible by one dynamic device! Or you can use this 7-Port Buddy Hub for an integral part of your overall big business matrix. Tested to the strictest quality controls. Made by the finest engineers. Includes 2 USB cables, power adapter and User’s Manual.

Meh, I think I'll keep looking. This doesn't appear to be the right one for me.

You want your flying car?

I'm rather tired of people who complain there are no flying cars. The thing is we have a flying car. Yeah, it's 3.5 million. OH, YOU WANT A CHEAP FLYING CAR? Oh how surprising. I'll bet you also want the fastest computer on your block for less than Wal~Mart sells computers.


Well it isn't going to happen.


If you really want a flying car why not just buy a damned plane? Is everyone's head so thick that they don't understand a flying car could also be called an airplane? Here, use this link. Buy all the airplanes you want.

But quit yer bitchin about flying cars or pony up the 3.5 million and get on the list.

What is Herty

What is Herty