Out of Cheese

Over on the Freakonomics blog, they interviewed Scott Adams of Dilbert fame. One of the Q&As jumped out at me:

Q: My all-time favorite Dilbert cartoon is the one where he gives some kooky well-thought-out amount of payment for an item so he’ll get back an even dime, and says it’s for the clerk’s convenience. Do you really do that in real life?

A: I don’t do that. I prefer to use my mind for daydreaming while the cashier works out the math.

I do that all the time. I’ll buy something which costs $6.26 and have a $10 bill but no 5, so I’ll pay $11.26 instead to get an even $5 back. Or if I don’t have a quarter but I have three dimes and a penny, I’ll pay $11.31 and get $5.05 back. I’d never thought of that as being particularly weird, but in thinking about it now, maybe it is. Hmph.

Looks like someone figured out how to create WordPress accounts on this server without my permission and post a bunch of items about ringtones. Argh. I think I’ve cleaned up the mess now, and I’ve upgraded to the latest version of WordPress as well. Hopefully that’ll help.

Unfortunately, it’s unlikely this’ll result in a change in how often I post here, which is a fine topic for another post. Hah!