doodledee

Two items to report tonight.

First, while I was out and about this evening, I wanted to pick up a cup of coffee, so I looked for one of those vend-o-land places. I found one and made a beeline for the coffee machine (F11 = decaf + sugar + 'lightener'). While standing there, plugging quarters into the coffee machine, I noticed that this vend-o-land had something different... something magical... something that blew my mind.

A french fry vending machine.

That's right, you heard me, a french fry vending machine. You put your money in, wait a minute or so, lift the little door, and take out fresh cooked fries. This particular one was Ore Ida, but I did some research and found that there's an entire company looking to corner the vended fried foods market. Huh.

I was all ready to get some, but I decided against it. For one, a $1.50 for a little cup of fries seemed like a rip off - even allowing that you get all the ketchup you want. Beyond that, I decided that vending machine french fries are on my list of things that just don't seem 'right'. (Kind of in the same way that it doesn't feel right that they now want to be called The Dead.)

If somebody out there has had vending machine french fries, let me know how they were. Expenses will not be reimbursed.

The other item of news - and it's way better than a stupid french fry machine story - is that Jeannine and Keith are expecting!

And seeing as I can't decide, that news gets both a 'Yeeeeeeeee-haaaawwwwwww!' and a 'Waaaaaaa-hooooooooooooo!'.