A Few Quick Notes 415

-Today was a pretty middle of the road day. Not bad, but not particularly great either.

-That my Roll Up the Rim to Win record has slipped to a dismal 2/14 is not particularly reassuring. I just hope that my failure on this front doesn't have significant negative impacts on my self-esteem and self-confidence (though it is hard to be confident in one's ability in the fact of such personal failures).

-Apparently after Rebecca didn't like this video.



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I have no idea why Rebecca doesn't like this video, these little guys are amazing (if a little strangely dressed).

-It seems that I have finally found a use for my tobacco, a friend of mine is willing to take it off my hands. That he took some a few weeks ago and then came back looking for more yesterday suggests to me that we may have the foundation of a lasting relationship.

-Yesterday while at the grocery store I picked up a few on sale chicken breasts. While I knew that they they were on sale it seemed that the pricing scheme was a little off, $4 a pound shouldn't have translated into $4.50 a kilogram.

Shortly after I checked out and paid about $10 for 6 chicken breasts I heard my cashier page the meat department, presumably to get them to correct their mistake. What I found particularly funny about the situation was that once I got home I noticed that both packages of chicken breasts that I had purchased had been priced and then re-priced. It seems that during the second pricing process things became a little messed up, at least from the store's perspective.

-While on the topic of grocery store deals, I was able to take advantage of a great deal tonight. One of the local grocery stores was giving away, with the purchase of a $12.99 frying pan, a dozen eggs, 375 grams of bacon, 6 english muffins, 1 liter of juice, and 750 grams of hash browns. I wonder if Neil might be inclined to buy a frying pan tomorrow?

-While was walking home today after class I happened to pass a campus hot-dog cart. Though I don't normally frequent this particular street meat vendor, I was a little disgusted to see that birds were eating from a number of the condiment containers while the employee seemed to be engaged in other activities. I had always been somewhat suspect of on-the-street condiments and now I know that it was with good reason.

-Today Tom Flanagan, a former Harper Chief of Staff and University of Calgary Political Science professor, spoke at Dalhousie. Neil and I, along with a few others attended. For the most part Neil and I enjoyed the experience. What I found particularly surprising was that more than most public lectures I have attended, and particularly of those that are somewhat politically charged, this one seemed to generate largely reasonable questions (and Flanagan had reasonable answers).