·         Stores opening at midnight (toys r us) to leech even more money out of people on black Friday.

·         Shoppers buying more crap than they need for Christmas. Does anyone really like all the stuff they get? How many of us remember getting presents were like Oh. Okay. And moving on.

·         Being all cold because its dreary outside and it wont stop raining

·         When theres not coffee in the pot in the mornings and people turn violent in the teachers lounge because I managed to get the gritty grains and everyone else wants them.

·         Losing my internet because my ex is stupid and cant think to put the bills where a normal person would.

·         Being thought of while someone orders and eats cheese sauce at a Mex ... Read more ...

This country is in a deep recession. But holy hell there are still a lot of people out buying crap.

My crappy Vizio tv finally died on me in a shower of sparks and a lot cussing and running for safety from me. I went for a week without a bedroom tv, and well, my roomie likes to watch Fox News and I just cant stomach it. So I decided to bite the bullet and go looking for a non-vizio tv.

First stop was the local mall because stupid Circuit City couldnt manage its books properly. I hate the mall around the holidays way too many women wandering around blankly looking at all the pretty shiny things and then just standing in the way asking way too many pointless questions.

Pulling into the mall is like a war zone. People are sharking the parking lot looking for the best parking space because everything is just about taken. I, being smarter than the average bear, pull to the back of the mall near the loading docks and find plenty of spots.

First store I go to is Sears cuz they ... Read more ...

Crazy Cat Lady (CCL) is alive and well and lives in my town.

She is about 5'4, has grey hair that looks like she didn't brush it out after she woreher curlers all night, and wears grey polyester pants and a flowered shirt. And she buys more than 100 cans of expenisive wet cat food at one time.

The grocery store had like no ailses open, think WallyWorld at Christmas, and I was stuck behind her, and I only had the makins' for spaghetti. Her metal cart was filled to the top with cat food. The kind that's for the white persian cat who likes to sleep on silk pillows; and the kind that's so cheap that the poor cats will have gas and the runs for days on end.

And of course, since she was CCL, she longed for as much human interaction as the slightly brain dead cashier could offer.Each time she placed a can on the conveyor belt, she had to tell the cashier who looked like he had just b ... Read more ...