I go to the cornerstore to buy a piece of posterboard. The sign says it's going to be 99c. A buck. I can afford that, even in this economy. So I haul the board all the way up to the front. This adolescent, hollow-eyed kid with yellow hair stares through me. "Is that all?" D: Yeah. K: That'll be..... $1.94. D: ... K: ... D: Um, the sign says this is 99c. K: [looking at the register, squinting] Um, it's 89c. D: 89c. K: 89c, mm-hmm. D: So, like, howcome it's $1.94? K: Tax is... 9%. D: Yeah. So, that's more than double the price. K: ... D: [considering dropping it, not being so cheap. then stubbornly refuses!] K: That's just the way it works out. D: ! K: ... D: Then, forget it!

J: So I'm reading this book, The History of Infinity. D: Yeah? How far back does it go? * D: I'm writing a post for Dandan about this History of Infinity book. K: Yeah? D: Yeah. I think I'll call it "The Other Google." K: ... D: What. K: Well, 'googol' isn't really infinity. D: ... K: It's just a 1 with a hundred zeroes after it. D: ... K: I mean, googol is a really big number, but infinity is a really really big number. D: So it's not technically accurate, is what you're saying. K: Yeah. Not mathematically, anyway. D: ... K: ... D: That's kind of interesting. Thinking about infinity and space and stuff like that. K: ... D: Kinduva mindf*** typing 'Google' into Wikipedia.