I Win...AGAIN!!!

Today was the big day...Memorial Day weekend and the sales began. So that meant it was time to head to Best Buy to cash in my gift card. Going in I had some idea of what I wanted, but when I went to the store, I was fortunate to find that an even greater deal awaited me.

Going in I was planning on buying a Sharp 32" television that was originally $799 and marked down to $599. However, right next to that on the display in the store was another Sharp television with a bit higher contrast ratio, originally marked $999 but marked down on clearance to $649. Now I am not an expert on TV's but I figured this was a good deal, as it was a bit nicer than the other Sharp TV, but had a few better features. So all in all, I feel I got a good deal. The one drawback was that this TV was the display model that was on clearance, and there was no stand for it available. However, the store was kind enough to throw in the $50 wall mount for free...good deal. Anyway, I now have a nice new TV mounted on my wall, and my viewing pleasure has greatly increased. Next on tap is to play some original NES on my new television. Thumbs up!!

So on to more ranting. Last night I played Guitar Hero 3 for the first time (actually this was the first time I've ever played any Guitar Hero). I now know why that game is so huge. I was absolutely addicted after about 5 minutes. Unfortunately, I had to leave the house where I played the game, and now there is no Guitar Hero for me to play. But damn, I wish I had come up with an idea like that for a game. Ah well, I'll just have to fall back on my goal of writing a novel for extra monies.

Speaking of monies, I've decided that the greatest value for your dollar is to go to a restaurant with a salad bar. But that raises the question: Where can you go to get a good salad bar anymore? Maybe I'm just remembering incorrectly, but I seem to recall consuming a fairly steady dose of salad bars when I was growing up. Maybe we just ate at Shoney's a lot, but either way, it seems that salad bars are rare anymore. And I don't mean buffets, because those are still around between Ponderosa, Ryan's, Hometown Buffet, and others of the sort. But I think more restaurants need to bring back the salad bar option, because that shit's some good eatin'. What better way to complement your meal than with a salad on a plate piled 10 inches high.

While we're on the topic of buffets, I think I'm going to dedicate my next post to trying to figure out what the best kind of buffet is...Salad Bar's, Chinese Buffets, Pizza Buffets, Casino Buffets, etc... This could lead to a hell of a discussion, as I like all of the above listed buffets. Well, I'm off for now to watch my new TV and remind myself of how big a winner I truly am.