Golf is the work of the Devil

Golf is hard. That probably what makes it so fun. Here we are playing 9 holes at the Roosevelt course in Griffith Park. This is a view of the observatory from the 8th hole.

A Pirate in ARRcadia

The flair is strong in this one. Parrots on shoulders is the new toy dog in lap. God I hope not I'm deathly afraid of goddamn parrots. I had another encounter with parrots in Arcadia last week, I was picking up or dropping off scott and this fat green wild parrot comes flying by low and slow. Why are there wild parrots in Arcadia? The story is they escaped from a pet shop that burned down and took refuge in the ARRboretum where they proliferated. Fat green parrots are just about the funniest thing around, especially since they're very vocal and scream along on their labored flights.

4 bucks for petrol

I pulled in and started pumping gas. Then I looked up-- 4 DOLLARS A GALLON! I found a much cheaper Arco on Main and Pico though, I just wish Arco would take credit cards.

My Auntie's Birthday

I finally uploaded pics from my pentax. This was in Rowland Heights at the Hong Kong Palace or something like that. The place has pretty good dim sum. I don't think my aunt would appreciate me announicng her age on the internet so lets just say it's stinkydurian's favorite number. Hey it should be everyone's favorite number, who doesn't like to give and receive. Anyway I think my mom is pointing at the big freaking butcher knife. I'm probably doing the same thing from behind the camera. When you absolutely must butcher a cake, you have to ahve the right tools.

Asswiper

Asswiper

Why risk shitfingers when you can get this gadget. My other personal favorites from that site are toenail clippers with pistol grip and reinforced toilet seat covers.

Trade Kobe

What would be more ironic, if Kobe got traded for Shaq or for Wade? Is it about business or winning? I think the Lakers are so profitable they lost the will to win. Kobe's Laker jersey is like the number one selling jersey in China. Whether Kobe wins or not we pay to see him play. If the front office can totally screw things up, have a crap roster and still the money rolls in, things probably won't change.

Fry's Bait and Switch

Fry's has some funny ass sales strategies. My cousin is visitng from the Philippines and he's been eyeing this laptop at Frys. He checked it out previously and today we went to Fry's in Burbank and found it on clearance for $130 less. The laptop was not on the showroom floor either so my cousin asks if they have them in stock. One of the greenhorn salesmen comes out with the laptop, its a previously returned open box item, he tells us since its open its 5% off. We're like "OPEN BOX? Don't you have a new one?" He goes back in the back and checks. Hehe, here we go, the old bait and switch. Except this one got all weird because as it turns out the clearance price was suppose to be for openbox items and he just offered another 5% off it. My cousin then asks, can we take a look at it? Haha, so all three of us are looking at each other, I'm thinking "haha oh crap is he actually going to open it and boot it up?" And he did. So we play around with it and he's making a sales pitch and the next higher up salesman comes and also makes a pitch.

Finally my cousin decides to buy it and we ring it up. Oops the price is not what we thought it was. So after the misunderstanding gets cleared up he offers the brand new in box laptop with an open box discount of 5%. So my cousin is like, great thats like $65 bucks less than what I was going to pay for the other day. And here's where it gets backdoorish. The salesmen goes to his friend in returns, gets her to "return" the laptop so that now its in the system for 5% less. Then he brings us to his friend the cashier and we pay the discounted price for it. So basically you can sell at 3 different prices with the bait and switch for the laptop. 1. New in Box items, 2. "Open box items" and 3. The mystery box, it-could-have-been-a-failed-bait-and-switch-laptop-or-something someone-returned item. Of course it could all backfire on the salesman. His next higher up manager probably wouldn't be too happy that his salesmen are risking 5% on the sale and it could all backfire if the customer raises a big enough stink. The best thing about the bait and switch is you don't have to stand in line.