K-Squared Ramblings

All it Needs is an iPod

Seriously: this Starbucks VIA stand-up looks like it could use an iPod #

There’s a Slogan for That

“There’s a ___ for that” is the new “Got ___?” #

Line Items for 2009-07-04

• Spam subject: "Your watch will find you no matter where you are." What if I don't want Stalker Watch to follow me around? #
• RT @BadAstronomer Beware of what you wish for… Immortality is boring (story). #
• Waiting for food at Rubio's. Employees are trying to get the lyrics straight for the latest Jack-In-the-Box commercial. #
• Errands complete! Afternoon to relax, then dinner & fireworks! #
• Laguna Beach in the fading sunlight. (photo) #
• Sitting on beach w/ coffee waiting for fireworks show. Should be any minute now. People playing volleyball in the dark 10 ft away. #
• Back from fireworks show. Spotted 2 raccoons running across parking lot on the way in. Knew there were opossums in the area, but raccoons? #

Pop-Ups & Cake! 11111!

• Glanced up at server monitors. It was 11:11:11 on the 11th, tiled 3 times. OMG!11111111 #
• Just discovered via @GreatWhiteSnark that @CakeWrecks is on Twitter. Also: The Problem With Phone Orders. Now back to work… #
• How appropriate: BNL’s “Shopping” in background of a Kohl’s commercial! #
• Also: the pop-up summary bits on the LOST rerun are seriously annoying. Fortunately I’m managing to tune them out. #

Sushi is your friend!

The restaurant, Ra Sushi, has quite good food. But don’t plan on holding any conversations over dinner, since they play loud, driving music with the bass turned up to 11.

Jumping the Gun

Today’s “Super Tuesday,” on which a whole bunch of states hold their primary elections. We still have have Democrats running against other Democrats and Republicans running against other Republicans, hoping to get their parties’ nominations for this fall’s Presidential election.

So it was weird last night to see an ad for Republican Mitt Romney contrasting himself against Democrat Hillary Clinton. Unless he’s changed party affiliation, he isn’t running against her. We don’t know if he ever will run against her. The Republican party hasn’t opted into California’s open primary system, so only registered Republicans are eligible to vote for Romney today, and they’re not likely to have considered voting for Clinton in the first place.

So who the heck was the ad aimed at?

Keep in mind that I don’t watch much TV, so this sort of thing might have been going on for a while, and I wouldn’t have noticed.

Priorities

The new shopping center, The District (built on a corner of the former MCAS Tustin base), has an ad campaign with the slogan, “A million reasons why.” Each poster shows someone posing with a random number and something that can be found, done, or resolved by going there.

Here’s a guy who has his priorities straight. They’ve got Peet’s, Seattle’s Best Coffee, there’s a coffee bar in the Whole Foods, and who knows how many more restaurants that serve it.

Of course, if he wanted more choices, he’d be better off going to the Irvine Spectrum. They’ve got a Coffee Bean, a Kelly’s, 2 Starbucks (and a third on the way), and a Nordstrom Espresso Bar. And once upon a time, they had a Diedrich…

Speaking of Diedrich, the one on Culver and Barranca is still around at least through next summer. I haven’t been by the one near UCI lately, but I seem to recall hearing October, so it may not be long for this world.

Hmm, you know what? That poster lists a lot of caffeine sources, but it doesn’t say anything about coffee. With luck they won’t be too confused if you just order a coffee, as in this strip from Real Life Comics.