KARMA

While I am biding my time, behaving myself and waiting patiently for The Big One, I like to think that karma comes around in small ways too.

This morning I decided to treat myself to a bagel. Consumption has been drastically reduced of late, due in part to trying to spend a few less dollars and partly due to my recent cutbacks in overall consumption of everything but fruit. But I am going to a yoga class today after an absence of several months (see aforementioned reduction in spending) and I figured I needed to eat something that will really stick to my ribs so I don’t fall over in class.

I arrived at Bruegger’s just as my good friend Josh, the nice (and sort of cute) bagel man emerged from the kitchen with a big ol’ pile of my beloved pumpernickel bagels – fresh and piping hot. Deb, the nice lady with great eye makeup who makes the sandwiches, put on my usual stuff while we talked about our kids, and then was kind enough to pick up the pencil to write on the wrapper what was on the bagel and then change her mind and hand me the bagel sans label. Then I took my breakfast down to Anthony with the great hair, who is dating my sister’s friend’s little sister, and he looks at the bagel with no label (knowing full well what I always get) and says, “Bagel with butter, right?” Now, I may not be a genius but I am smart enough to know that the correct answer is, “Um. Sure!”

And so here I sit with my morning French Roast and less than half-price bagel, and I just have to believe that sometimes being a decent person really does pay off.

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IRONY

Last weekend I saw someone walking around wearing this t-shirt:

Stupidity is not a crime
Your excused

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THE NSA

They Might Be Giants has new ringtones you can download. I couldn’t decide which one I liked best, so I splurged and got all three. Or tried to. The first two came through with no problems. They are charming and innocuous. The third one, entitled “NSA” is a little ditty about the NSA listening in on all of our phone calls. Strangely, I never received this one. Customer service at the ring tone place was very nice and tried to help but ultimately they couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t receive it and after two weeks of trying to send it to me, they finally gave up and gave me a refund.

I promise I am not about to run out and make a tin foil hat, but does anyone else think it’s a little fishy that for some reason, Cingular absolutely could not process the sending of this particular ring tone?


Reading:
smartypants.diaryland.com
alltooflat.com

Hearing:
The phone ringing.

Needing:
Right now, not a whole lot.

In My Car CD Player:
Pippin!