It is quite late. The best grocery shopping gets done after midnight. Few shoppers at the warehouse-type store. Food is cheaper here too, if you don’t mind wandering through a maze of half-unpacked boxes and forklifts. It’s the perfect time for stocking.
Outside, the cart must be put back away. It’s at the store with all [...]
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Just a quick note. I don’t know if I’m going to write a review on Revenge of the Sith. It seems like other people are better equipped to do that.
I will say this: I have betrayed myself and went to the dark side. I’m admitting that I liked Episode III. A lot a lot.
Perhaps it [...]
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The smell of fishy air is strong in my nose. I hope it goes away, filters out. But the perfect moment in my trip is just about to begin.
We walk down from a higher vantage point to get closer to the sea lions. They are so playful, snorting water up, sparring with each other, and [...]
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19. Service plans. High pressure to buy service plans, which is basically gravy on top of the electronics purchase. The store is basically gambling that you’ll never use it, or even if you do, that you won’t use it as much as you paid for the service plan
Buying the swank camera, I faced a very [...]
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I’ve been waiting for months, and could at last wait no longer, and gave in to the temptation to buy my Canon EOS Digital Rebel.
Like a kid on Christmas morning, I rip open the box. OK, I don’t rip open the box, but at least eagerly open it to decant the contents within.
There’s a lot [...]
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16a. I could have taken a picture of Darth Vader in Best Buy, except I was in the process of buying my new camera. (More later)
Heather talked to Darth, but he said nothing back. Bastard!
Anyway, I spent my entire time in the store, when I wasn’t drooling over the camera, ignoring Darth and the evil [...]
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