– I took a walk through Peabody Place Mall around lunchtime, to see what’s new over there. At Hot Topic I saw a shirt that said, “You looked better on MySpace” and had a sign that read “I (heart) Tom.” For those of you who don’t know, “Tom” is this dork who is automatically added to your friends list when you sign up for a MySpace account.
… Hang on, let’s post a pic of Tom.
There ya go. That’s Tom. Anyway, Tom is supposedly the creator of MySpace (although I suspect that’s an urban legend), and he’s there to help if you have questions. Needless to say, one of the first things I did after joining MySpace was to remove Tom from my friends list. A lot of people haven’t though – according to his profile, he has 70 million friends. Tom must be a great guy! His profile says he’s from Santa Monica. To my Santa Monica readers (yes, there are some) – does this guy really exist?
I thought about buying the shirt, but it was pink and a female mini-tee, so I decided not to.
– I also saw a shirt at DAPY that I liked: A pic of former president George H. W. Bush with a sign reading: “I should have pulled out.” NO KIDDING! Think how much better the world would be today if H.W. had had a vasectomy at age 19, and Barb had her tubes tied.
– There’s a machine called Foto Morph inside of Jillian’s that’s kind of cool – a couple can go in and it takes their pics, and then spits out a pic of what their baby would look like. If everyone in the world used that machine, we could probably spare the world from a lot of ugly kids. If you don’t have a significant other, you can select a supermodel as your partner and see what the baby would look like.
– There are two women walking around the Main Street Mall trying to sell these combination money clip/wallet things. They’re pretty aggressive about approaching people, and if there were cameras around I’d think it was an audition for The Apprentice. But they clearly don’t understand downtown. After I told them no, they went over and approached a group of gentlemen sitting on a park bench – and I stopped and snickered. They had just approached THE BUMS!
“Is it free?”
“Huh. Well, can I get about sixty-four cent?”
“Hey baby, you look good. Want to go over to the alley and (lewd comment deleted, even I have standards for what I’ll write in my blog)?”
– Rio Loco has their Nachos Rio Loco on special tonight. It’s nachos topped with beef and chicken cooked with green onion, mushrooms, and bacon. Good stuff. Normal price is $9.89, on special for $7.50 tonight. And don’t forget about their $5.99 jumbo happy hour margaritas.
– The Majestic now has their website up and running. I ate lunch there and had their shrimp appetizer stuffed with andouille and crabmeat. Everything was quite good, as usual.
Time to get an early start on Pint Nite…