Spinning: "Sick of It All: Last Act of Defiance"

As a long-time fan it is nice to hear band you like come out guns blazing.
I had it in my hand after having it delivered to work, and a coworker asked what it was. I said they were some of the godfathers of New York Hardcore. I then had to shorthand what THAT was for her --

and I said "Not as much melody: Drums and Bass and Anger".

They bring it here, after all these years. I will keep this in my CD player (yes, yes, even punks get old and don't adopt to new technology) for a while. At least until the new Rancid comes out...

What if no one works anywhere?

I was at the store, and I needed to know where the bacon was. There was a guy unloading a box of stuff into the freezer case. I asked him. He then told me "I don't work here". I was so confused, since he was here and he seemed to be working. Is unloading products into freezer cases just a hobby of his? Even more scary, what if he wasn't even here at all?

Kingsford is Barbecue: An Observation

I was at the store today, looking at the seasonal section that is slipping away from summer to the fall. The firewood is being replaced with Oktoberfest beers; Halloween candy is rearing its ugly head. The barbecue briquettes are still on the shelf though. There are different sizes and flavors, and various accessories hand around them. There is one thing all those bag have in common – red, white, and blue. Most of those bags show the Kingsford logo. There is one group of bags on the lower left who just carry the colors without the logo. It is a store brand. It is priced 30% less than the comparable sized bag of Kingsford briquettes. I see that display, and it tells me one thing: Kingsford is barbecue.