Thursday had a lot more to it than finally beating Nethack. Woke up at 6:15, called in sick and despite my best laid plans promptly fell asleep for another four hours.
A little after eleven, Jaybird, maribou and I were at King's Chef for breakfast. Considering it was so late in the day it was really brunch. This week the Independent's Best of 2005 came out with disappointing results. Apparently all the votes are by readers and they do check for ballot stuffing but the majority of places which were voted best in the Springs or received gold awards were fucking chains.
Piece of shit Gunther Toody's, which is just a gimmicky Denny's with much more despair, was voted best diner in Colorado Springs. BEST DINER?! Jesus Christ, worst fucking food I've never bought. My company bought breakfast for everyone this week from Gunther Toody's and the week before and the fare was substandard! Undercooked meat, watery eggs and limp hash browns. As a fat man, I know good food and gentle reader this was not good food. My opinion has a solid foundation since I've suffered through Gunther Toody's twice and ended up giving it to a co-worker.
Poor, beloved King's Chef came in second. Little comfort can be found that King's Chef was voted as having the best green chile in town. Best book store? Barnes & Noble. This city is lousy with bookstores! Did they not pay enough to get listed? Heck, I don't give any credence to these Best of the Springs lists because Brooklyn Bagel won it a few times. Wooglin's, home of shitty service and overpriced eats, is considered the best deli.
Then again, Wild Ginger is the best Thai restaurant. Fortunately the slope browed, western European troglodytes following their religious zombie on a stick haven't found a place to play it safe at for Thai food. Heck, they probably think it's just spicy Chinese despite the protests of their demented veteran uncle who rants about having killed a whole village of these people back in 1968.
What I'm really trying to say here, support your locally owned, non-chain businesses! Bad enough there's Wal Mart, why have more infiltrating the city?
Other than that, I paid bills, filled the tank ($34 bucks, $2.75/gallon for regular), washed the windshield and removed the plastic hubcaps so they don't get any more scratches and scuffs.
I celebrated my victory with White Castles, frozen from the supermarket, an orangina and an ice cream sandwich.
While waiting at the light at Pikes Peak and Cascade I saw a fox! The little fox was trotting diagonally across the street then hopped up on the sidewalk only to seek refuge in some nearby bushes under some cowboy statues. The little fox's countenance was far from timid and I never realized there could be city foxes! Needless to say I was very pleased by the sighting and wished that I had brought my camera.
Shit, I was just going to pay my bills. What would I need a camera for?
Reckon I should see about ascending a monk in the first place then consider applying conducts. Of course a monk isn't a monk unless he forsakes meat and wielded weapons.
Thank goodness cockatrice corpses do not count towards breaking weaponless conduct.
It also helps if you know what's considered north and south in Jersey.
Also no one really asks "WHAT EXIT LOL" or any permutation of that query.
Consider yourself advised.
I currently live in a fucking square full of Jesus freaks and meth addicts. Everyone inbetween are disaffected peons who cling to their various lifestyle niches.
