Me: “So I went to lunch to Daphne’s today, and they gave me so much meat.”
Coworker 1: “What…um beef?”
Me: “No, you know…lamb. They gave me so much shaved lamb with my meal.”
Coworker 2: “I prefer the shaved beaver.”
Needless to say, the quiet room of tech geeks fell on the floor after this uncharacteristic outburst from coworker 2. Perfect timing and witty.
So I haven’t received my stimulus package from the government yet, though I did receive my refund checks early this week. A few months back I figured all $600 would go straight to debt, but my wife and I have been making quite a few sacrifices as of late, so I am tempted to splurge on something a little fun….maybe for the house…maybe just for me. I don’t know yet. Here are a few things I’ve been thinking about:
- Blu-Ray DVD player – My Panasonic DVD player is in mint condition, but it’s also about 6-7 years old and is not progresive scan. At times it takes a few minutes for the try to open. I’d like to get a HDMI, Hi-Def player now that the standard has been agreed upon, but they are still a little high priced right now. I’m hoping by the holiday season they’ll come down more.
- GTA IV: Yeah, my wife may be a bit upset if I buy a $59.99 video game when I have like 5 others right now I haven’t yet finished. I’m notorious for buying games….starting them….getting 50-75% done, and then never complete them.
- Shower fixture: Our master bedroom shower spigot has been leaking and getting proverbly worse. I hate the idea of getting this little bonus, just to spend it on a spigot repair.
- Bills: It may be nice to help pay down some credit card bills that aren’t going down as fast as I would like. I can also look at it as a car payment and insurance payment for my car too. But what fricken fun is that?
- Backyard Fountain: Our backyard is seemingly taking forever to remodel. We’ve been eyeing a water feature for $367 for a while now that we would like to add. On top of the base cost, there’s tax, some plumbing and electrical cords we’d have to buy, some landscaping bricks and dirt, etc. So I see that $600 being spent already too before I even cash it.
On a totally unrelated note, our Network Admin is so nosey….. Excruciatingly and annoyingly nosey when it comes to blatantly looking at our computer screens when he walks by. It’s like he’s crowned himself the official Internet police, and wants to make sure every web page we look at is business related or something. Everyday I inadvertantly catch him spying and straining his eyes to look at my screen and others. So annoying. Plus he coughs constantly and has an equally annoying underbiting chewing habit. Guy cannot eat anything without his mouth smacking and coughing if his life depended on it. Moreso the hacking….go the G.D. doctor already and get whatever it is in your throat look at. It’s been a year nonstop.
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