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Fry’s price matching works!

LarsVargas — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:23:27 +0000

I’m genuinely surprised in a happy way.

Fry’s has a price matching policy. It’s not plastered all over the store, but I found it on the good ol’ Interweb after a short search:

I am officially old.

LarsVargas — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:53:59 +0000

There were things I did in my younger, crazier years that would probably kill me if I attempted them now. And if they didn’t kill me, I’d probably want to be dead. It’s no secret that I like my spicy food really hot, usually as hot as or hotter than a restaurant can make it. I also haven’t had a cigar in about seven years. So why not combine them?

Read first. Apply second.

LarsVargas — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:19:58 +0000

The lovely Mrs. Vargas called me yesterday and suggested that we go out for a sushi dinner. I liked the idea. I like sushi.

Since I work at home, my attire can sometimes be politely described as “casual” and other times, um, well, I wouldn’t want to be in public or under the scrutiny of Glamour’s eye. But I had actually gotten up early, showered, shampooed, and was dressed for public activities in shorts and a nice Hawaiian shirt.

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Wanna sell me something? Think carefully about how you do it…

LarsVargas — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:05:22 +0000

ARRGH! An insistent little person just rang my doorbell trying to get me to use her carpet cleaning service. Um … no … I don’t think so. I told her nicely that there is no solicitation in this neighborhood and she should probably leave. Now.

Telemarketing scum: Wizard Carpet Cleaners of Las Vegas

LarsVargas — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:19:34 +0000

I loathe telemarketing calls. That’s why our home phone is on the National Do Not Call Registry. When a telemarketer calls, I alert them to this fact and ask them to remove our number from their list. They usually apologize, and we never hear from them again. Fair enough. Mistakes happen.

Why Can’t Rain Happen Before I wash the Car?

LarsVargas — Tue, 16 May 2006 14:12:11 +0000

I live in a desert. We have VERY little rain. I understand this. That’s why it’s a desert, after all. Because of the lack of rain, we also have lots of dust. I have a black car which apparently has a special dust-attracting paint job (factory applied).

A Few Good Books

LarsVargas — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:44:13 +0000

James Lileks is one of the funniest writers around. His sense of humor is a bit weird, but he’s always got a great take on the mundane as well as the ridiculous. His daily Bleat blog (www.lileks.com/bleats) is a must read. His web site (lileks.com) will entertain you for hours.

This is NOT the Party to Whom You’re Speaking!

LarsVargas — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:43:13 +0000

OK, Las Vegas … what gives? Since we moved here, we have received more wrong number calls in three months than we did in a decade anywhere else.

Apparently we got the phone number that people named Vince and Gayle [Last Name] used to have. How do we know this? They get more phone calls than we do, and the callers ask for them by name. I guess they left town, and apparently when they left town, they did it in the middle of the night. The people calling for Vince and Gayle do not sound like happy folks wanting to talk to contest winners, nor do they sound like concerned relatives. They sound like professional collection agents, taking stern tones with anyone who answers.

Wallets: I Duct the Issue

LarsVargas — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:40:22 +0000

I wanted to wait until after the holidays were over to avoid anyone who saw this and had gift ideas.

Never give a man a wallet as a gift. Just don’t do it. Men are picky about their wallets. Most men will use a wallet until it becomes a worn leather flap that surrounds their ID, credit cards, and cash. At that point a man then has to search for the correct wallet. This search might take weeks or even months, depending on how picky a guy is.

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OK, so I took a week off…

LarsVargas — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 05:43:55 +0000

I love writing this site. And I appreciate the feedback from my friends and family who visit. I kind of wish more people would visit and leave comments, but I’ll get to that in a minute.

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