JB’s Blog

During my train trip home yesterday I observed an advertisement that had the following statement, "TSC Direct may save you up to $500 or more."  Let’s break that down, shall we?

Up to 500 = less than or equal to 500
500 or more = 500 or greater

So the above statement is basically saying TSC Direct may save you an infinite amount.  My advice, pick the top number it will save and say up to that number.  So TSC, I’m available when you need me in the future.

I get half an hour to leave my office for lunch everyday.  I work in midtown NYC, and so i venture through all the touristy areas every day.  My first week at the job, my co-worker and I went to Rockefeller Center to watch people fall.  I called my girlfriend to tell her this…her reaction "Watch people fall?!?"…my response, "yeah, and it was disappointing because only one person did and it wasn’t even good."

This past Monday I stayed closer to my office.  My co-worker and I went to the free ice skating rink at Bryant Park.  There people were falling like crazy.  As we were oohing and aahing, I heard someone else echoing.  Not five feet away from us were two other workers on their lunch break.  I turn to them…"Watching people fall?"  One responds, "Yeah bro, every day…for lunch.  It’s better when it is warmer out and water goes flying when they fall." 

I turned to my co-worker and said "That’s like the bizarro version of you and me…although they’re just a bit more sadistic."  Maybe sometime next week we’ll hang a bullseye on the rink by where we are standing.

This past Sunday I decided to make myself some eggs before I was to head out to the gym.  I took out a couple extra large Shop Rite eggs and notice some writing on the egg shells. The expiration date was put dirctly on the egg.  "That’s a good idea," I thought.  Then I noticed there was larger print on the other side of the shell. "The Class, a new comedy."  It was an advertisement for CBS’s new sitcom…on my EGG!  Advertising has now gotten directly onto my food.  The thing is, "The Class" is on at night…and well, eggs are a morning food.  So I guess my next hamburger will have "The Class" charred into the top.