yay. clap hands. squeel with glee. (that was sarcasm)

Got rid of one homeless guy (Floyd) coming into the store every damn night, and now we have another one. Well, technically two, as Leroy never stopped coming in, but Leroy only stays a minute or two, and really doesn't bug me that much.

The new one, I have dubbed "Mushmouth", after the Bill Cosby character. While both Floyd (who is not missed at all), and Leroy are both missing substantial numbers of teeth, they still manage to talk coherently. "Mushmouth", who is also missing substantial numbers of teeth, never mastered that, it seems. Or the art of keeping food in his mouth while chewing. (Honestly, cleaning up dog crap in the store that one time disgusted me less then cleaning up half-chewed Snickers bars.)

Or, for that matter, the art of knowing when I'm going to call the cops on him. I mean, really, I've told him repeatedly that he can't stay in the store, and then he goes and falls asleep in the store? Yeah.....

I can only hope he gets the hint.

And yes, while I am a bastard, I do feel sorry for the guy. But I can't have homeless people sleeping in the store or constantly coming in and trying to bum change off of people. But there are homeless shelters not that far away from here.

Of course, it remains to be seen how effective this will be

Consumer group sues insurer over policy changes.

So yeah, that insurance company that was raising rates in California by as much as 39%? They're being sued, by policy-holders, for other alleged dickery.

Well, that's cheery to know

Phoenix, Arizona is joining Columbia, South Carolina in a "Man, fuck the homeless" kickoff.

(The Columbia, SC reference is to one of our city council, E.W. Cromartie, getting a case of the hairy ass over the Salvation Army using one of their lease properties to run a soup kitchen. He is however, now claiming that the city shouldn't sue the Salvation Army in spite of him saying they should pursue all options to keep the SA from opening the soup kitchen.)

*sigh*

I don't like homeless people coming into the store during the night and trying to stay there and/or bum change, but trying to shut down programs that feed the homeless isn't going to make the homeless go away.

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You know that little part of your brain that keeps you from saying every last thing that comes to mind? I think mine is breaking down.

I saw a magazine on the shelf stands at the CVS a week ago, and on the cover, one of the article teasers was something like "13 ways for a woman to touch a man sexually" and it took an effort of will to not say, out loud "Man, if one of them isn't a handjob....."

*sigh*

Is it snowing? Yes.
Am I at work? Yes.

Is the toilet still broken? YES.