Yes Man

"A man signs up for a self-help program based on one simple principle: say yes to everything... and anything. At first, unleashing the power of "yes" transforms his life in amazing and unexpected ways, but he soon discovers that opening up his life to endless possibilities can have its drawbacks. "

God that sounds bad.

Lunch cheap and easy.

1. Homemade bean and cheese Burrito
1 tortilla. Cost - $.13, Calories - 170
1/5 can of beans. Cost - $.30, Calories - 80
1/20 package of Mexican Velveeta cheese. Cost - $.19, Calories - 70
Total - Cost $.62, Calories 320.

2. Ginger Ale
Cost - $.40, Calories 140

3. Bag o' Carrots
1 Carrot, julienned (cut into sticks) Cost $.10, Calories 30

Totals
Cost - $.62 + $.40 + $.10 = $1.12
Calories - 320 + 140 + 30 = 490

Notes
This assumes you have access to a microwave for 1-2 minutes to reheat... To make the bean burrito you want to steam the tortilla first, otherwise it's not as pliable and will rip, tear, whatever. Steaming it makes it much easier to deal with.... I used vegetarian black refried beans. The numbers may slightly change for other beans but they should be close... It takes like a little less than half an hour to make 5 of them, including cleaning... I listened to the podcast In Our Time on my iPod shuffle during the time. The discussion was of The Great Reform Act of Britain. Very entertaining... Aside from being cheap, healthy, (the only cholesterol comes from the cheese) and easy to prepare, it's very tasty. Ginger Ale isn't over-sweet like most sodas. Carrots are crunchy and make a nice companion and you can eat them as the burrito cools after you nuke it.

Circuit City - Update

Last year I posted saying I was going to boycott Circuit City over their policy of firing employees who had too much seniority.

Looks like it worked, they are going into bankruptcy.

Too bad for the honest people working there, but this is what happens when you pay people like Phil Schoonover, their (now ex) CEO, millions and fire the people who actually do the work. If the market is supposed to efficiently allocate resources then I guess the market is working in this case by putting these guys out of business. (Technically they are still in business but I won't be buying anything from there. I imagine they'll completely die off soon enough.)

Does it make me a socialist that I think rank and file workers should be paid reasonably and not fired for working at the same place for years and that I think CEO's who drive companies out of business aren't worth millions of dollars in compensation? If so, I have no problem being a socialist.

President Obama.

Yes!

Imagine Etta James playing At Last in the background and you get the vibe.

Kind of hard to believe.