My tepid coffee to become more tepid---er

Rumor has it, over the next year several Starbucks in Fresno will be closing down. And several of them happen to be the ones I frequent the most. When we bought our house, we had a checklist of things we wanted: a nice area, good schools, and easy access to Starbucks: check, check, and check. If and when the proposed Starbucks closures happen I may have to...*gasp*... give up my morning fix, as the one remaining on the way to work will now be packed and is not in a very convenient shopping center. I know whine whine whine, but other than me being grumpy until noon, you have to think about the other ramifications: even though Starbucks seems a bit over saturated in some areas, they still provide jobs to people, particularly college students. The benefits and perks of working there were great, as well as having it on your résumé coming in to your next job (you'd be surprised how stuck on that one fact interviews get).

Below is a map of the proposed "siren slaughter" in my area, lets hope its just a rumor.

I just threw up in my mouth and LMFAO at the same time!!!

Disclaimer: It is midnight so this post might be just a bunch of misspelled words put together on the page in no particular order. Also the video on here is slightly NSFW, depending on how strict your workplace is (but if its that strict you probably shouldn't be surfing the internet right now anyway).

Natali and I were watching a DVRed episode of House last night that was recorded back in September. I had the requisite popcorn in one hand and Twizzlers in the other. Normally we use the "skip ahead" button to jump ahead 30 seconds at a time during the commercial breaks. I was jumping forward when we caught a glimpse of a Trojan box on a magazine page which piqued our curiosity (I know real mature huh?). So I hit the "back" button and went to the beginning of the commercial.

Here it is in its entirety, but please pay attention to around 0:35 (this video is mildly NSFW):



Nat and I literally turned and stared at each other. Did she just...ugh!

• A: this commercial is on midday, why?
  
• B: TMI!
• C: You are old
• D: DO NOT roll you eyes at some "silly youngsters" just before you are about to tell them where you got your fingertip electric toothbrush that you giggidy giggidy yourself with
  

If that wasn't enough fun, please please pleeeeese go to the youtube page and read through some of the comments.

Um...this better be a misprint!

We bought a "pre-owned" home a year ago and part of the fun is fixing it up the way we want it. So in the spirit of home improvement we applied for a Home Depot card because of the special financing offers (12 months no interest, etc). This morning I got an email reminding me that our payment was due, so I jumped on to make a quick payment. Last month one of our financing offers ended and I wanted to ensure that the it was paid off so we didn't get charged all the accured interest. I opened the statement up (which I hardly ever do) and checked to make sure that everything was right. Then my eyes came across a box with the summary of the accounts APR (annual percentage rate)... this is what I saw:

If you can't see it, this is what it says:

ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE on this account: 251.59%

Yeah, just in case you aren't familiar with credit card interest rates 21% is considered really high. I'm assuming this is because we have differed interest due to the promotions, but it was still enough to freak me out for a second.