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To go along with this chicken sandwich craze, McDonald's should come out with a "Golden Nugget Burger" consisting of a quality bun with Chicken McNuggets on it, topped with fries and covered in a garlic based creamy wing sauce of sorts (savory) -- like what you get a decent wing place like Buffalo Wild Wings or a local pub. Or you can get it dry and put your fave condiment on it like BBQ sauce, sweet n sour, ketchup.

NBA 2K21 disappeared from Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at the end of August. Doh! I checked the Xbox Store, and it's like $70 and $100 for the Kobe Bryant Mamba Forever Edition. Can I just get the standard edition without AC, power windows, automatic tranny? I want the Model T version. I ordered it off ebay, sealed, new for $17 for the standard edition. Kinda telling that the Xbox Game Store only sells the pricey copies.  2022 edition's about to come out; 2021 one should be $39 or at least $29. At $29 I would've bought it instantly.

My brother suffers from anxiety attacks/bipolar. I sent him a Tivoli Model One radio, and he loves it and has mellowed him out he says. He had to leave all his vintage hi-fi equipment/turntables with his ex-wife and has missed it. The soothing woodgrain of the radio and the soothing music (he plugs his smart phone into it) helps him a lot. It's based on the older Kloss branded one.

Now I need to buy me another one.

Do people get some weird, sick fascination out of wasting peoples' time on FB marketplace, CL, OfferUp, etc.? I posted a 2-3 year old small sofa for my neighbor -- mint shape, non-smoking home. $100 obo. Had like 20 people message me, but no one actually came to buy it. I even had appt's set up for like 5 of them to come buy it, all no-shows. Finally, he got tired of the BS and put it on the curb, and a lady asked if I still had it. I said yeah but it's on curb. I would've taken $50 for it I said, and she said she would've totally bought it. So then I said well it's still on curb if you want it. Gave her my address, and she said she'd be right over. Never showed up even for a free nice sofa. It's still sitting out there 3 days later. Humans are bizarre. 

TV sucks so hard, that I'd rather watch a Home Shopping Network or QVC one hour sales pitch for some middling Dell laptop or something. At least it appeals to the geek in me. But I can't because I cancelled cable TV 2 years ago. I can stomach The Jeffersons though since my parents liked that program a lot when I was a kid. It has nostalgia value. It's on one of the local OTA digital channels twice a night.

Oh, and on the weekends I do enjoy relaxing while watching golf in the background while I am on the computer.

I saw an item on eBay I was interested in and the seller is 2 miles away, but the item didn't offer a local pickup option. I messaged them saying if they change the listing to "local pickup allowed", I'd use the BIN and pay full price (sans s/h) and meet them locally to collect the item. Seller sent me back boilerplate from eBay with all the bull s--t about it being against their rules, fraudulent, etc. to exchange info. and cut eBay out of the process.  I replied: "never mind". I don't want to meet an idiot like that in person. I already have to deal with enough idiots at work and in everyday life.

Facebook is good for something after all. It sure lets you know the general IQ of your friends, relatives, co-workers based on the bull s--t they post, like, comment about, etc.. 

Archaeologists have discovered the first ever what they are calling motion video/graphics. It dates from ancient Greece and is sort of like the Antikythera Mechanism. It is a complex geared device with a space for these sort of key like things that are separate from the device itself. The device is connected to a large abacus like thing with hundreds of beads connected to the device via levers. They put one of the key things into the device (fit precisely) and cranked it, and the abacus thing showed an animal running. This is the first storage media we know of. One of the other key cylinders produced a graphic of a well endowed woman with obvious breasts bouncing up and down. This is being called potentially the first ever porn movie in existence. Most baffling is the phrase "Please be kind, Rewind" that is written in ancient Greek on each of the cylinders. 

What's with all these amped up Price is Right contestants in this era of pandemic? I think they're all idle SAG performers or something. They come out of a door dancing and doing cart wheels and such on their way to bid, and do the same as they win the bid and are approaching the game they're about to play. Idled Cirque De Soleil performers be up in that mofo. 

All 5 Phantasm movies are on Tubi now, so if y'all wanna have a Phantasm movie marathon this weekend, go for it. GF and I watched the original last night (it's remastered -- beautiful video/audio). GF had never seen any of the Phantasm films. We're watching Phantasm II tonight. 

Cedar Point theme park here in Ohio has had to close a few days in the week due to not having enough employees. Even though they are paying $20 an hour. So come to Ohio if you want to make about $40k/year making overpriced munchies for families or tearing tickets at the roller coaster. Not making light of their work, I am sure it's hard, as most jobs are. Rent is cheap in Ohio. $700-$800 a month in most areas will get you a nice apartment with a pool, gym, etc..

Nicolas Cage only winning one Oscar is tantamount to the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame snubs like Blue Oyster Cult, ELP, Duran Duran, Iron Maiden, etc..

Went for a vision test for the first time in 5 years. My near vision's been getting bad the last couple years (I will be 49 this year). My regular prescription (nearsighted, astigmatism) hasn't changed much -- just the near vision. 

I don't want bifocals, so I asked for 2 scripts -- one for regular and one for reading, so I will be switching glasses back and forth. Are bifocals that bad? Or do you get used to them? Maybe I will get a pair to see (pardon the pun) if they work.

Don't you love it when you call out an inconsiderate arsewhole for their crappy behavior, and then they try to turn it around onto you. "Now you made me feel bad", he said instead of a simple "sorry". Um, you should feel bad or better yet don't be an arse in the first place.

Watching the local news, I see that 2 local Mensa members broke into a popular local Italian deli with no masks on in this era of mask use (even a basic blue mask conceals most of one's features). Now their ugly stupid faces are plastered on the news. They will be caught quickly hopefully. They stole some beverages and a gift basket. I sorta know the owners -- nice family. I hope those few bottles of Snapple were worth it. They do have nice gift baskets there -- imported cured meats, pricey imported pasta, marinara sauce, Italian espresso pot, etc. -- stuff like that.

I had my 2nd shot of Covid-19 vaccine yesterday (Moderna). I didn't turn green or sprout gills. I heard there can be a severe immune response, but I didn't get that fortunately unless it kicks in today.

When life throws you lemons, make lemonade. If life throws you lemonade, make a lemonade stand. When life throws you lemonade stands, duck, or you will get hurt.

I am starting to doubt my doggo's grasp on the English language. She thinks "DQ" means she's getting a small dish of vanilla ice cream from the DQ. Sure, we've playfully told her we are going for ice cream, a treat, etc. from DQ, and she now thinks DQ automatically means ice cream and she starts to get excited and wags her tail. What if we meant some other DQ? As in disqualification? 

Ohio has opened up Covid vaccine to 40 and up folks. I tried the chain pharmacies, and their systems were broken (no appt's within 20 miles or 5 days) with no option to expand the search. Went to the OH health website instead and was able to schedule an appointment for a "jab" in a few days.  Though to be fair, perhaps if I spoke to someone directly at the pharmacies then perhaps I could've gotten an appt? But they probably would've just said "go onto the website/app".

I had to work last night -- sorta an emergency/called in by the boss. Thankfully I have an AWD Honda CRV SUV, because the nearly foot of snow wasn't plowed yet. There were some high drifts around the facility. The Honda went through it easily. 

Merry Christmas! 

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