Day: June 4, 2007

I left The 52 Ounce (my big thermos mug, and yes, that is its proper name) at D’s house yesterday. Waaah! And then, this morning, I left the banana I meant to bring for my snack, sitting on the edge of the dining room table. I have a feeling it won’t be there when I get home, and that I’m likely to find the mangled peel someplace really disgusting, like buried under my pillow.

1. I stopped at the grocery store to pick up a couple of things this afternoon, and the bagger stuck my sack of potatoes on the bottom rack of my cart. I never, ever, EVAR put anything there, because I am sure to forget it. He didn’t even tell me he’d put anything on the bottom rack, and as I was preoccupied with paying for my purchases, I wasn’t watching what he was doing. Damn! It’s only $2.99, but it really makes me mad.

And I don’t even know why he put the potatoes on the bottom rack. I only bought a few things (lentils, spinach, and lemon juice), so it’s not like there wasn’t plenty of room in the cart.

2. I am seriously considering switching to cable phone/internet service. When I called to pay my bill, they quoted me $20 for phone and $30 for cable broadband. That’s significantly cheaper than what I’m paying right now for phone and DSL. They said that set-up was free, and if you sign up for both phone and cable, there is no equipment rental or purchase charge. I’ll have to give back the modem when I’m done with it, but that’s fine with me.

And, really, as much as most cable behemoths may suck, they cannot compete with AT&T in sheer evilness. For one thing, you can actually call the local cable office and talk to a real, live person. For another thing, their voice response system actually works pretty well. I swear to God, every time I call the phone company, I have an overwhelming urge to kick the smarmy computer voice guy in the shins. Alas, the best I can do is give him a low score on the final “How did I do?” survey.