HP Mini

Day before yesterday,I bought an HP Mini 110 from Costco in Burnaby for $401CAN including tax. Windows XP home, 160 GB hard drive, 2 year warranty from Costco, 90 day unconditional return (provided not run over by a train or something).

One thing I do not understand is that I had to pay tax on $400 for this thing, even though the selling price was only $350 after the $50 coupon from HP. I have run into this before with photo rebate coupons, and it seems just plain wrong, but I checked with the tax people and Costco is just following the law.

So far, this thing seems worth the money. Costco also had an Acer netbook for $10 less, but it did not have a non-reflective screen like the HP, something that makes a huge difference to me.

By having a Starbucks card (you have to register it), I get 2 hours free Wifi every day and of course I buy the same stuff anyway. I am posting from Starbucks now and

OmiGod!! Somebody's cologne! Am I going to faint or puke?

Pecker In A Knot

Drove to Starbucks for coffee the other day and parked in a tight spot, unintentionally nudging the bumper of the new beetle behind me. Owner of new beetle came roaring up, raving that I bumped his car.

"Any damage?", I enquired.

I interrupted his frothing rant to say that if there was damage to his vehicle, we would address it and, otherwise, not to get his pecker in a knot.

SO HE GOT HIS PECKER IN A KNOT!

The lady with him may have gotten her CLIT IN A SNIT as well, but I thought it best not to inquire.

I informed him that I did not have time for his bullshit and walked away.

I proceeded inside to my soft chair by the window, where my friend Jim informed me that the "gentleman" had spat all over my car, especially on the door handles.

A day in the life…

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