Practicalmadness

For the past two weeks, my DVD player has been under the knife at Best Buy, and so for the past two weeks my computer has been doubling as the center of my moviegoing world.

But no longer, for my DVD player is back and operating in accordance with my usual standards of excellence. That is to say that it plays Seven Samurai and no longer emits a thin tendril of circuit smoke as it does so.

What's more, a trip to Birmingham's one and only Best Buy affords me an opportunity to visit Target, where they have begun selling Einstein Bros. Bagels (their chocolate chip bagel is like the world's biggest, fluffiest cookie), and Cost Plus, where they sell single bottles of imported beer. Like this Heineken that I'm sipping as I blog.

As if that weren't good enough, my employers finally called to put me back to work sometime before my creditors arrive seeking the young blood, and the ever-helpful James (the support guru for Tilted Planet who may or may not be an android of some kind) has hooked me up with the ability to use Smarty templates.

I think this occasion calls for another beer -- huzzah for my impending alcoholism! Star me! Cue my theme music in a major key!