Ah, the fresh breeze...of the Smoking Ban

Well, or the usual funk of too many people in one place. And spilled beer. But that might just make my stomach jump until it gets used to it.

( I'm very sorry for you, my smoking friends, really -- if you told me I had to go outside to drink my Diet Mountain Dew (sorry, it's the thing I can compare it to) I would be cheesed too. )

Today's Pet Peeve: Unctuous Voice Man.

You know him. He's usually doing BMW or other expensive car radio ads. Now he's doing plantation shutters for Next Day Blinds. He's like the knock-off version of the old guy who used to play the law professor on that show...damn, surely one of you geeks will remember him.

Anyway, he says things like: Reeeeaaaaally. (long pause before the next word) Then yada yada "plaanntaaaation shut ters" . It's like he rolls each word around in his mouth for a bit and gets it all coated with saliva, sucks on it a bit before he delivers it on a silver salver.

Listening to him is like putting used chewing gum in your brain. Blecch.

On a different note, I heard said commercial on the way back from Whole Foods where I heard two customers utter "ATM machine" and "Pin Number" on separate occasions. Proof that paying more for your food doesn't mean you're any smarter.

(Hey, I was just there for Parmesan Cheese. And a Brazilian Shrimp Burrito...which made me giggle because I always think of personal grooming anymore when I hear the word "Brazilian", which means I may be smart, but still childish AND paying too much for my food. But the joke was on me because I had no idea that those sea monkeys qualified as "Shrimp" in Brazil...)