Keep The Change

Steve Dublanica wrote one of my favorite blogger-makes-good books called Waiter Rant, in which he tells the world what he thinks about restuarants and the dinning public at large.  He lived and died by how much he was tipped-and he hated people who didn’t tip, much as an Assembly Line Portrait Photographer hates people who don’t buy. In Keep The Change, Steve ventures into the universe of tipping.  Being a poor schmuck myself, my own tipping activities are limited to restuarants with wait staff and my semi-annual haircut.  And I’ll be honest, I’d rather not tip the random woman at…

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Mosque Near World Trade Center

President Obama follows in the footsteps of John Kerry by doing a bit of waffling. He’s not sure whether or not there should be a new Mosque built two block away from Ground Zero in New York.  First he seems to think it’s a fine idea, then he says that he would not comment on the issue.  A number of people have noted that two Strip Clubs and an Off Track Betting place are already within two blocks of the World Trade Center, so what’s the big deal? Well, for one thing I don’t recall gangs of Strippers with box openers…

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