"The Magic Beer Hat," or "Beer Dues: WTF"

Here is the story of how that case of beer we bought after the Modest Mouse show turned into a magic beer hat... in case I become an alcoholic and suddenly can't explain where all my time and money is going, and because I didn't sign this into the lease, but it seems like it should get written down somewhere anyways

We bought that 30rack after the Modest Mouse show, Jason said "Well, I'm gonna drink some of those, I'll go buy an 18 pack, same brand" now he's drank most of those, and he says "hmm I'd better replace them" ok so we're up to 66 beers from the initial investment of $20... sounds pretty nice of Jason, eh?

Come to find out this particular day he's not happy about someone owes him some money. Apparently Regina has been consistently paying rent late every month, and Jason has been covering it out of his own pocket because he's such a nice guy.

This month, he can't do it. He wants to increase everybody's rent by $20 so that extra $208 doesn't come out of his own pocket for the 11 or 22 days it takes Regina to getting around to paying it.

Is $208 enough money to keep 8 people drinking for 30 days? I don't know, but I'm afraid I just bought a $208 slice of Jason's credit while we all decide if we want to share our alcoholism or keep separate checks.

Have you ever got some money and you spend it twice, just because you have the credit available that particular day? That's how I live, that's why I have over $10k credit card debt, that's why I don't grant someone a pass to use my credit on their own discretion.

Personally I'd rather see that money go towards things that everyone can use, like a working dryer for the house (which will cost as much again in electric as it did to buy outright, don't forget to spend it twice!) or some repairs for the second bathroom (shouldn't the landlord pay that, or the person who made the hole in the sink? nah, neither of those are fair...)

*SNARL* I'm fuming mad!

Integrated Podcasts

Hey, don't let me leave this place without giving you something to study! I have a habit of doing that sometimes. You should be studying Spanish and Chinese, unless you really want to learn Arabic or Korean. Episode 1 of ArabicPod.net is priceless...

Heyna nizzarati? Fouq at-tawila? La araaha! Unzhur tahta at-tawila!!




Take this Chinese and Spanish lesson with my cumpleaños. I mean, compliments!

Laughing from Afghanistan to Iraq

If you speak English (and you probably do if you found this page), then you might have noticed as I have (and I'm probably not the first Irishman to think in this way, it's a funny coincidence) that Afghanistan was the first target in the so-called war on terror, and that Afghanistan is also the first country out of all countries in an alphabetical list. Now I'm not suggesting that President Bush decides his political strategy by opening a phone book and starting at the beginning, but I was watching Comedy Central one day and I took note of the fact that the writers for Lil' Bush put that same kind of thinking into their Fathers' Day episode.

It's funny! I'm not trying to say that death and fighting are laughable, or that we should take terrorism as a source of amusement, but why don't you go ahead and ask George Carlin for his opinion. Death can be funny. In fact, death is damn near all he's been talking about, the last few times I've seen him doing stand-up comedy sketches, and I've always thought him to be a fantastic comedian. I thought it was funny then, and I'll probably continue to think that way until it's too late anymore, for thinking any other way. So while you keep on trucking, please do keep on laughing. It's good for you, and it's good for us!

Cheers,
Kingdon