Repairs, Burgers, & Dog food
Feelin’
the Love ()
So, The Girl’s iBook mysteriously lost some functionality of the keyboard sometime between last Thursday & this past Monday. Can’t say for sure, because during this time, the laptop was not in our care. So dammit, we trek down to the local Apple () Store in Rancho Suckamonga. They’re extremely busy, and instead of fixing the thing, they direct us to make an appointment. Fine, that’s fine, except: The next appointment was not until Wednesday (that’s today). What really sucked about that is, before we left the house, I checked online to see if they had any appointments left for Monday, and it said no, but I could make an appointment for Tuesday. Which I did not. Obviously.
We had hoped to get lucky and get fit in somewhere. Nope.
Anyways. We ended up back there this evening. They looked at it, tried a key or two, and 20 minutes later (after some typing and signing here and there), new keyboard was installed, tested, and we left. Didn’t cost us a penny short of the drive and the gas. Well, and dinner I guess, because we wouldn’t have stopped out for a bite to eat had we not had an appointment at Victoria Gardens for the damn keyboard in the first place.
But I digress. Apple ()? Love ya. Thanks for all the fish or whatever they say. Really cool that you just replaced the thing without questioning why we lent the thing to someone else and how the hell the thing stopped working in the first place. Because honestly, I have no idea. Lightning, dudes. Aliens maybe. My best guess.
Farmer Boys: World’s Best NOT
Best Burgers? In the world? I dunno ‘bout that, boys. Maybe best burger within 30 feet, but depending on where you are, even that could be pushing it.
Oh, by the way: we stopped at Farmer Boy’s for dinner on the way to Victoria Gardens.
Look, the thing was easily edible. It had all the necessary ingredients. But it was missing flavor, and to me that’s kind of an important part of the whole burger equation. Meat, Cheddar cheese, bacon, bun, and FLAVOR! But hey, what should I expect out of a fast food burger joint, right? Now I remember why I don’t frequent that type of stop. Except for the chicken McNuggets. Because those rock, and you know it.
Poisoned Dog Food
The next time someone tells me that feeding my dogs table scraps is unhealthy, and that dog food is healthier for dogs, I’m going to pour them a big sloppy bowl of Eukanuba.
Yeah, whatever. My dog – all 10 ½ years of him – is the healthiest dog I’ve ever seen in my life. I watch his diet, feed him real food whenever available, and also make sure he gets plenty of exercise. Shit, slowing down finally or not, he still whoops my butt on our weekly (well, bi-weekly anymore if I’m being honest) 3-mile runs.
Moral of the story: Dogs evolved over thousands upon thousands of years eating our scraps. They’re doing OK. Why mess with success?
Peace.