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July 11, 2005

Vending Machine Conspiracy

Why oh why won't you just give me a Snickers?! I put in my money you accepted that. 60 cents a little expensive yes, but i graciously overlook that every time I get a major Snickers craving and I hear you calling me, like a siren, from 2 floors down. I thought we had an agreement, once we got past that nasty folded paper bill incident and you very clearly let me know that you would only accept coin money from me in a future, i bent to your will, I gave in, the lure of the Snickers was just too much.

But now, what is this? "Make another selection", what does that mean? I tried to placate you, i tried reinserting all of the coins, I even tried putting in an extra dime to make sure that you registered all of my coins. But all i get from you is "Make another selection", no explanation, just "Make another selection" rolling endlessly across the screen every time i hit E3, the Snickers combination. Why must you torment me?

Ok, ok, after the third person passed by with a sideways tentative look in our direction, I gave up. I'll settle for the second best chocolate fix on your menu, a Kitkat bar, E4. But what is this? "Make another selection"! Feverishly I go through all of the other chocolate bar selections. Three Musketeers, E1, "Make another selection" Hershey's, E5, "Make another selection" Crunch, E2, "Make another selection" Nooooo! All of the chocolate is organized on row E, and you won't give me any of it!

Just when i'm thinking i'll have to return downstairs dejected, forced to get Peanut M&M's instead, I see it, Butterfinger, D1. I'm saved! Sure it wasn't my top choice or even in my top 5 but that's ok, I'll deal. It's hard to argue with someone that doesn't bother to explain any of their behavior. But, if you keep treating me like this i'm going to leave you. It's not like you have the monopoly after all. I could just take my money up to the 6th floor machine, sure the commute's a bit longer but I can handle it. I'm sorry but you really are forcing my hand on this one.

July 08, 2005

Washed out

Sorry, not a great blogging week from me. Anyway, here's an update:

New Camera Phone, pics below

New iTrip, I've already made it through most of an audio book in my car

Camping trip last long weekend, this deserves it's own entry but i haven't bugged Brian for pictures yet so you'll all have to wait

My new procrastination tool at work, Sudoku Yep i'm a nerd, but they're fun! And it beats mindlessly playing solitaire over and over again.

Running, running and more running... we're now well over 100 miles since we started training

Anyway, so for those of you not living in the general area, it's been extremely wet here recently. And just to emphasize that fact here are a couple of pics from my commute to work this morning taken with my new handy phone.


This is Huntermill Road just before you cross the W&OD, there were two of these sections of washed out roadway.


Not a very good pic but this is a field behind a horse stabling place. Usually, it's a beautiful lush green field where they let the horses out for exercise, this morning it seems to have transformed into a swamp.

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