R & D

   Wednesday Morning I got in an argument with my friend Alvin Tsao regarding whether the best burgers in Davis were from Ali Baba's, or their cross-the-street arch-enemies Sam's Mediterranean. But then I realized that though Ali Baba's burgers are so good that in my opinion it is extremely unlikely that another place in town even comes close, I haven't ever actually had a burger at Sam's. I therefore immediately resolved in the name of science to go have a burger at Sam's.

   At Ali Baba's I always get the bacon-cheese-burger and dollop bbq sauce on it and then sprinkle the dried basil they have there on it. To be scientic I decided to try to get as similar a thing as possible at Sam's.
   Well, Sam's didn't have a bacon option. They didn't have bbq sauce. And of course they didn't have the dried basil, but who has that. But regardless, the meat patty, which at Ali Baba's is juicy & delicious, was thin and alarmingly chunky at Sam's. It almost tasted like a veggieburger the patty was that particulate and odd tasting. )=
   Winner: Ali Baba's by a landslide.


   Yesterday was one of my favourite days on campus: Chamber of Commerce Day. All the local businesses set up tents on the quad and try to woo us with cheap or free stuff.
   I wanted to get two $1 slices of pepperoni pizza from the Woodstock's tent, but they only had one left by the time I got there. Fortunately Steve's Pizza had a tent one over, so I decided to get my other slice there and make a comparison of it.
   Anyway, I think I actually liked the Steve's slice better. Though Steve's seriously lagged on doing a speedy job of exchanging $1s for slices of pizza.


   Tuesday I went with Gabi and her friends Jamie & Chavez to Rock It, the indie-rock night at the Grad. As usual it was quite fun, though I missed Kristy and her amazing prancing skills. )=


   Wednesday Evening I played poker with C-Bunch and crew over at the house inhabited by C-Bunch, Olivia, & others. Also present were "Sweetpea," Candice MacIntyre, Cheryl, & briefly Corey.
   My usual secret strategy of having a perfect poker-face by not knowing what my cards mean wasn't enough to stop me from being the first one out this time, but I'm working on developing a better strategy.


   Last Night I dremt that I was the pope.


Picture of the Day

   I really wanted to post this picture but Kristy was concerned about my relatives being exposed to her gratuitous use of the middle finger ... but I couldn't resist posting this slightly less gratuitous one.
   Also I put up one more installment of old pictures. In addition to the above picture it involves pranks on a passed-out person, Kristy's sister Tracy, & Shalane.