I just went to the vending machine, and noticed that one of my nickels wasn't a nickel, but rather a 0.20 Swiss Franc coin. At current exchange rates, this represents nearly a 400% windfall!

Perhaps you've found the wondrous alchemical vending machine. Why not check your wallet and see if any of your dollars have transformed into euros?

At current exchange rates, this represents nearly a 400% windfall!

Hey, if that happens 19 more times, you could buy a gallon of gas.

When I come back from San Francisco, I need to find a good groomer to help take care of Pisces. She still has quite a few mats, mostly on her legs, that I'd love to take care of without shaving down.

Favre took a sack for...someone or other to break a record a few years back.

Oh yeah, I remember that.

(Also re Favre - how has his wife not killed him yet? This is crazy.)

I. Do. Not. Know. Plus, at this point? The only place he can go is Tampa, and he would get killed there. This whole debacle has left a bad taste in my mouth. That said, GO PACK!

I just went to the vending machine, and noticed that one of my nickels wasn't a nickel, but rather a 0.20 Swiss Franc coin. At current exchange rates, this represents nearly a 400% windfall!

AWESOME!

if that happens 19 more times, you could buy a gallon of gas.

If it happens one more time, I can almost buy a stamp!

When I come back from San Francisco, I need to find a good groomer to help take care of Pisces.

It's so hard! I worry about my dog particularly now because he is elderly and blind but it's always been a hassle. I found this place, which is a tiny independently owned petshop, by calling the pet shop in my neighborhood that doesn't have a groomer on staff. The lady who owns my neighborhood petshop was commisserating about how terrible so many groomers are. but she said this place had been recommended to her by many customers. Evidently they don't advertise because the money they would use to do that goes to taking care of rescue animal vet bills.

A story about a guy who wanted to be a hitman. So he created a website to advertise his services. The whole story just gets wackier and wackier....

The funniest thing I've read in ages.

From the guy's website (cache here [link] ):

Hitman is the perfect solution for your killing needs. We offer a variety of professional assassination services available worldwide. Whether you are trying to put an end to a domestic dispute or eliminate your business competitors, we have the solution for you.

We are a privately-owned independent enterprise that specializes in reliable contract killings.

We take our business very seriously and are the best at what we do.

Assassinations are the most practical solutions to common problems. Thanks to the Internet, ordering a hit has never been easier. We manage a network of freelance assassins, available to kill at a moment's notice. All you have to do is send us an email, along with the details, and wait for further instructions. All the correspondence is done through our secure online forms.

It sounds like a joke. But the Las Vegas Sun says it's real: Would-be Vegas hitman’s story ends in Irish jail

If Eid really fancied himself a hit man, he was a lousy one. He never came close to killing anybody. In fact, his whole strategy was not to kill the intended target, but to let him in on the plan, to tell whomever he’d been hired to kill all about it, and then generously give him the opportunity to buy out the bounty on his life. Whether this was Eid’s cowardice or cleverness is unclear.

Online dating for the undead: ZombieHarmony

I love how they describe themselves as "One of the best free dating sites for zombies."

Also,

Disclaimer: ZombieHarmony is for zombies only. We advise signing up for ZombieHarmony only if you lack a pulse, have limited motor skills, or feel an intense desire to feast on human beings. We are not responsible for lost or ingested loved ones. If you go on a date with a zombie, we cannot be held liable for contributing to the apocalypse.

Please date responsibly: bring a baseball bat or crowbar.

Last night we saw "Not the Messiah!(He's a very naughty boy)" at Wolftrap.

We have tickets to see this at the Hollywood Bowl on the 1st!

Eric Idle signed my score!