Bearded Dragons aren’t exactly for beginners
I went to petsmart early this morning to get some crickets. I normally have dubia roaches on hand, but they arent reproducing as quickly as I would expect. Hungry dragons aren’t going to wait for USPS to deliver their supply. I was getting down to the bigger of the small bugs. Which isnt a good place to be in when trying to establish a growing colony. Little ones have to get adult size and making their own wee ones to complete the cycle. As they get older they reproduce more. It will probably be a few more months before that happens. So when getting too low I have to grab crickets in the meantime to keep my growing dragon feed and happy.
I dislike crickets. They dont stay where you put them, smell, die quick, are a pest if they get loose in the house, and produce alot of waste. But they are easy to obtain from the local petsmart for 11cents each for a quick fix. They also sell bearded dragons and have them labeled as a beginner pet.
This isnt exactly accurate. However bearded dragons are the king of chill
Jury duty
So here is a new experience for me. Getting the opportunity to serve as a juror in Travis Co. I’ve never been given a jury summons before, but first time for alot of things this year. Good and bad alike.
I called at 11am-ish like instructed to see if I would even need to show up. When I called I was told that I was indeed expected to be there, bells excluded. I was able to finish up my last emails, grab a sloppy potato from the lunch line, print up my parking pass and be on my way.
20minutes later, passing the homeless shelter I found the free parking across the street, threw on a polo shirt over my DirectHit x Fat Wreck Chords tshirt and crossed on over to my court room where I was expected.
Everyone was super nice and almost appreciative that I was there. Doing a civic duty has it’s own reward. I dont quite understand that sentiment. It’s like that old adage of a task no one wants or knows how to do so ‘let the maid clean it up’ kind of gig. Like signing up for the draft and voting. Without some volunteer initiative nothing that we depend on no one in their right mind would volunteer to this sort of imprisonment. The money isnt worth it.
The biggest problem I saw is finding unbiased judgements of people. Say someone was robbed and never got any justice over the incident. They may not be able to separate the 2 unrelated incidents in order to say the opinion of a guilty or innocent.
Luckily in my jury duty experience I returned from the restroom just as the judge was announcing that we were dismissed and our duties fulfilled just for showing up and waiting. Both trials were not going to need a jury that day.
2 hours later I was back at work getting asked why did I return to work, and they would have gone straight home. I guess i have a better work ethic and rubbed it all in.
Why do grocery stores bother with in-store coupons?

Perhaps, I just don’t get the idea behind it or how coupons work. I understand

However my local H-E-B grocery store still recommends that I rip off a yellow piece of paper from an aluminium ring and give it to the always friendly cashier before I can save 55 cents on my package of bacon. Why don’t you lower the price? Why not just offer the lower price automatically with an HEB app? Encouraging people that would save money if they signed up and used the app that automatically applied their coupons when they used their Application which could give display ads of deals, save time applying coupons, and free up a ton of man hours printing and stocking those yellow coupons. You could even provide analytics of how much overtime the customer was saving by shopping at HEB. You would even be able to apply receipts to accounts and save by not having to print receipts. Saving a ton of time and resources and progressing to the Future.
The US trailer
I had gotten invited to hangout with a quasi famous, atleast to me bassist that just happens to be in one of my most favorite bands this week, plans got crossed and perhaps another day we will hangout, now that i know he lives in Austin too. I had to pass on Blazer tag to check out the new Jordan Peele movie ‘Us.’ Everyone ive informed ill be seeing this immediately turned green with jealousy. Myself have been waiting to see this one as well. I like everything Ive seen peele do so far, it’s smart and funny. Reminds me of how Tommy Chong was a brillant actor, Chow from the hangover whose a fricken Doctor turned comedian.
The todo list dilemma
Things have been interesting lately. I thrilled about having new clients for my website gig. Having the time in front of my magic box to create has been the challenge. I have found that keeping a checklist keeps my focus for the things i forget i need to have completed.
Ive heard before about how keeping todo lists are a waste of time. Thats where ideas go to die. I call BS. Im learning things that i heard and remembered but didnt understand when i started being interested in what actually hppens with my money. Take advice with a grain of salt, filter the ideas with what gives you results and dont be afraid to try something different when it gets hopeless, and it will get hopeless. So i hear dont make todo lists, have action and do it. Maybe thats the trick, im constantly looking for somethjng to grind on but get frustrated when i cant focus on working instead of getting lost somewhere between facebook and instagram.
Todo lists are a system, if you work the system that works for you.