Hobson's Choice

From the Word of the Day feed (in the right-hand column)

Hobson's choice \HOB-suhnz-CHOIS\, noun:A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.

The origin of the term Hobson's choice is said to be in the name of one Thomas Hobson (ca. 1544-1631), at Cambridge, England, who kept a livery stable and required every customer to take either the horse nearest the stable door or none at all.

Hobson's Choice: That describes the upcoming presidential election and our choice of candidates.

I'm writing in "a bucket of warm spit".

En Garde!

You Are Fencing

You're competitive but not brutally so. You compete to make yourself better. You find having an opponent to be challenging and rewarding. You are fierce when you're in a competition, but you don't wish your rivals any real harm.

What Olympic Sport Are You?

Just in time for the end of the Olympics.

I got the gold in the Procrastination Decathalon.

Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce

Can't remember where I saw the results, but this was voted one of the most annoying songs...ever.

The Best Kind of Spam

The kind I can't read.

Cheap Dates

I noticed a headlined article on my AT&T / Yahoo home page titled "Dating in the time of recession".

The author itemizes expenses of a regular "date night".

Dinner at a medium price restaurant - including meals, appetizer, no dessert, iced tea and tip - $56.29
Movie tickets - $18.00
Movie Snacks - $18.00
2 Coffee-Like Drinks and one big cookie - $12.00
Total - $104.29
For one date!

As a less-expensive alternative, he lists the costs of a "bookstore and coffee" date. Here's the cost breakdown:

Bookstore - cost of one book and one magazine - $17.00 plus tax - could have been no cost
Coffee shop - 2 coffees and a piece of lemon cake - $11.95
Total cost - $28.95 plus tax
And the added benefit of talking and getting to know each other.

I remember a few cheap dates where all I needed was the key to the service station restroom, a couple of quarters and the manual dexterity to turn the crank on the dispenser.

In the Interest of Fairness

Since I poked a little fun at Obama in the previous post (next post down), it's only fair that I include McCain.



That's not funny, though...it's just plain scary.

He looks like an old Popeye on steroids.