Tuesday, Feb. 06, 2002 -
Did I tell you? I am typing these entries using Omniweb, which is a super cool browser for OS X. And if you aren't on a Mac, what the hell did you buy a computer for?
Anyway, the point is that Omniweb uses the built in spell checking functionality of OS X to spell check these entries in the browser itself. There is no coding on the part of the website person, the program just does it.
Sweet.
I'll tell ya what else is sweet: food shopping. I have a blast whenever I go to the food store. I know most people think it is a bore or a chore, but I find it very amusing.
Just last Saturday, Glenn and myself went food shopping. I think that might qualify us as losers, since we were food shopping on a Saturday night, but there were other people there as well, as at least we had company.
I was a little giddy for some reason and I was wheeling my cart around this fricken' HUGE Super Stop and Shop they built about 200 yards from the None-Super Stop and Shop, just enjoying the hell out of being a consumer.
I wheeled down the wrong aisle, and when I saw I wanted nothing from it, I backed up and I said, loudly, "BEEP BEEP BEEP" as I backed up. Emulating a truck displaying the same behavior, and this woman was standing behind me. As I backed up and beeped I soon we able to make eye contact with her, and eye contact was made. She looked at me with a puzzled look on her face, and so I said, "I'm backing up. Beep Beep Beep." She smiled at me and wheeled away, out of my sight but within Glenn's. Glenn saw her laugh at me. And isn't that what food shopping is all about?
Fast forward to the tomato sauce aisle. I was a little daunted by the huge array of tomato sauce that was on display. I didn't know what to get! So I said, a little loudly, "So many choices! What should I get?" Which would have been fine if Glenn was standing next to me, or over if he was in the same aisle as me, however, I was alone. So this guy that was with his girlfriend heard me, and he pointed at a bottle of tomato sauce. And I said, "You want me to get Emeril's Tomato Sauce?!" and he said, "NO! Prego." And I said, "OK."
He walked away and I got Prego.
A few minutes and several aisles later, I saw him again, and he said, "Get the Prego?" I held it up for inspection and he gave me the old thumbs up.
Score one for the Scott man.
And finally while I was in the produce section, some fool left the little hose they use to spray water onto the vegetables out in the open, where I could play with it! Having never worked in a supermarket I was intrigues, and so I picked up the silver device and felt the heft, and the promise of water that it held. slowly pulled the trigger and watered the crap out of some Romaine Lettuce.
Overall, a very satisfying food expedition.
