Archive for August, 2000
August 29, 2000 at 04:00
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- We had dinner at Globe again last night, and it was totally unlike any previous visit. We reserved a table for seven for 20h30, and arrived right on time, but were informed that there was no table ready. By 21h00 we were genuinely interested in a table, and noticed that there were two perfectly suitable unused tables. Upon inquring about this situation, we were informed that they were both for 21h30 reservations. Uh-huh. Er?
No worries, though, we were served reasonably soon thereafter, and right away George noticed that there was broken glass between our plates. It seems that the guy that set the table broke a glass and didn’t bother to clean it up; the maitre’d reprimanded him right at the table, which was… unnecessary… but then they had to re-set 1/3rd of our table following a fairly detailed cleanup. Sigh.
By 22h00 I think we’d managed to order some food (though perhaps just drinks). Within 15 or 20 minutes two or three fully suited, oxygen-tanked, axe-wielding firemen go tromping into the kitchen, la la la. They left reasonably soon, so I don’t think there was an actual fire (perhaps they just wanted dinner?). Sigh.
The remainder of the evening was less dramatic; the waiter was new, I think, so everything was an “excellent choice” or “very good”. The specials just didn’t have the same sort of vivid descriptions that they usually do. On the other hand, the food itself was up to their usual standards. www.bury-me-in-a-torte.com
- I’ve been spending a lot of time at the office lately. I’m going home right now.
August 30, 2000 at 04:00
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- The fire alarm (I think) went off while I was reading last night. I have determined that I will never, ever, ever sleep through the fire alarm, because the alarm and walls seem to be setup to focus all of the sound right where my head is. Fuck, it’s loud.
- I like the Métro. A lot.
- Sometimes people do dumb stuff with CVS. F M U T A.
- I noticed that the things on my desk today tell a story, so I took a picture. Which story, exactly, is left as an excercise to the reader.
- It’s story time. Take a look at our Coke machine. You should be wondering why we have all of that pop on the top of the machine. This is the story of that pop.
The buttons read, in order, “Coke, Coke, Root Beer, Diet Coke, Sprite, Orange Juice, C Plus, Nestea, Nestea”. Notice how the third button actually says “Coke” but has a little sticker on it? Pretend that there’s a similar sticker over the bottom “Nestea” that says “Ginger Ale”.
Coke really, really wants you to put Coke in those top three slots, and to encourage this behaviour, programs the machine so that when you push any of those top three buttons, a Coke will come out of a random one of the three inside slots dedicated to Coke.
Sigh.
Likewise with the bottom two Nestea buttons. Hence, you have a one-in-three chance of getting a root beer no matter which of the first three buttons you press. FMHWA12ID.
- I’m off to play video games with Zab. Perfect Dark makes me wet.
- I think that this is my favourite bug ever.
August 31, 2000 at 04:00
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- I like chocolate milk. A lot.
- We have a fridge full of milk. It’s scary.
- I am continually reminded that my office is the focus of all of the air conditioning in the entire building. I wish someone would figure out that they’re conditioning the air to suck.
- In an effort to drive the point home, I’ve started purchasing and mounting calendars and posters featuring really cold places. Hopefully I can find one of that really cold place in that movie I once saw.
- I am so incredibly tired. They couldn’t have picked a better time for the labour day weekend.
- The long-awaited sequel to stinkymeat has come and gone while I wasn’t looking. stinkyfeet was a resounding success, it appears, and stinkymeat 2 seems to be coming rapidly to a close. I haven’t seen shaver laugh as hard as he was laughing at stinkyfeet in a long time. This is what really did us in.
