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What I learned in Mexico

Posted on May 19th, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: travel.

1. The Mexican military and Department of Tourism don’t seem to have open lines of communication. Case in point:
   
   
   
   Just minutes before getting into Rocky Point, we came upon a stop in traffic. Cars were backed up as far as the eye could see. Why, exactly? The Mexican military set up a roadblock so they could search for drugs. Apparently drug running is on the rise in Sonora, MX, and I guess they got a tip that there may be some trafficking going on. It was pretty lame. What made it worse, though, was that my fellow tourists thought it would be a good idea to make more lanes, therefore creating a bottle neck and slowing traffic to an even slower crawl.
   
   
   
   I like to think I made the best of things, though.
   
   
2. Roger Clyne is awesome.
   
   When he says he’s got a 45 song set ready for the night, he’s not kidding. Grab a blanket, some beers, and tequila.
3. Jack and Jose can be friends.
   
   Saturday, 10am: Jack and Diet. Sunday, 1am: Jose. Various combinations of the two and beer throughout the day. It was a good day.
4. Jet Skis are fun. I finally got to ride one. It’s like riding a motorcycle on the water, and it’s a lot more forgiving if you fall off. Dragging knee on the water = lots of fun.
5. Mexican guacamole FTL. This isn’t really new to me, but I figure maybe I’ll find something better one of these times. Either we’re going to the wrong places, or American made guacamole is like eleventy billion times better than Mexican guac. Guac I’m used to up here is kinda chunky with all sorts of good stuff in it. Guac down there is simply avodacos in a blender, watered down, with a bit of cheese on top. Meh.

Here’s a link to the rest of the pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshua_schlag/sets/72157605143792441/

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Big Bird

Posted on May 15th, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: work, random.

So, there’s a crane at the office.

No, it’s not IN the office. It’s outside, in the courtyard/arboretum. I don’t know where it came from, and I don’t know if it’s going to leave. It’s like 4 feet tall, and pretty cool looking. I wouldn’t go near it, though. That beak could take an eye out.

Anyway, I called Maricopa County Animal Control and left them a message. “Yeah, there’s a big bird here. It’s not teaching us anything about the alphabet. Instead, it’s eating our fish and chasing small mammals.”

Maybe they’ll come and take it to a lake or the zoo or something. If not, I’ll get a hunting license and we’ll pay a trip to the taxidermist and have a creepy piece of office decoration.

Pictures? Yeah, I got some:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshua_schlag/sets/72157605073965002/

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BWW FTL (follow up #2)

Posted on May 1st, 2008 by Josh.
Categories: random.

Just got this email:

from oai@azwings.com
date Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:00 PM
subject Rock Band

Dear Josh,
We are so sorry that you are so upset with the results of the RockBand Finals.
We thought the tournament was fun and competitive. We wanted you to know that your comments
were directed to corporate. Corporate did hear your message. Corporate’s protocol for comments
is to have the stores address their own issues and resolve them in the politest manner
possible, thus, your comments were directed back to our store.
We responded by apologizing for your feelings that the contest was unfair. We
never like our guests to feel that they were mistreated in any way. We would like to offer your
team another chance to re-compete for the top prize. Your team is invited back, next Thurs,
May 8th at 9:00 p.m. to compete against the winners score. We will award your team the $300
prize if you should out perform their numbers. The competition will be played in the Hard Mode, so
please prepare this week in the difficult level.
We like to play fair, so we look forward to your team’s competitive performance,
next Thursday, The 8th at 9:00 p.m. Good Luck to your team!

Management at Buffalo Wild WingBuffalo Wild Wings
Oasis at the Islands
1475 W. Elliot Rd.
Gilbert, AZ 85233
SE corner of Elliot & McQueen
480.813.WING

My reply:

I’m not going to bother with this, as the team that beat was most definitely the best team - and frankly, I don’t think we can beat them. However, it still doesn’t change the fact that things like this should be exclusive to customers. When people sign up to participate in things like this, we expect to be playing against other customers, and that the winners will be strictly customers - nobody employed by the company sponsoring or running the competition should be allowed to compete. Period.

Thanks, but no.

I’m over it.

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