Now I really want to go to the Shake Shack. But I'm not going to, because it's still lunch time there, so long lines, and what I really need to do with my free afternoon is go to the stupid post office. I hate going to the stupid post office!

Jesse, I have a package to send. Can you please swing by and take it to the post office since you are already going?

Emmett and I go to Foster's Freeze fairly often. They have great shakes, though I think he likes Burgermeister better.

I'll take BK over McD if those are my choices, but In-n-Out reigns.

I can also go over to the Ferry Building and get In-n-Out quality fresh burgers at Taylor's Refresher, and on Farmer's Market days I can get a Prather Meat grilled burger that's insanely tasty (and healthy, since their meat is pure of all hormones and antibiotics).

I used to have a passion for Friendly Ice Cream's coffee Fribbles. yum!

So nobody else has heard of Arctic Circle? They could be local.

There's a wildfire up in the mountains a couple of miles away from us. The tanker planes keep going by over head. At least the wind is keeping the smoke away from our building. If the smoke starts seeping in, I'm going home.

That's the downside of working close to the mountains, in the summer, something's always burning.

Who are these people? I keep getting call form 'credit/customer service' about my 'credit card' , which there is nothing wrong with - but I am eligible for lower rates - press 1 to talk to someone... Right, like I will talk to the mysterious and vague people

When I really wanted something utterly disgusting for me in college, I'd drive across town to the lone Arby's and get a beef 'n cheddar with a jamocha shake.

I also loved the beef 'n' cheddar. With potato cakes and a chocolate shake. And a turnover, though apple or cherry would depend on my mood.

I don't know what is wrong with my nerves today. The planes going by overhead all the time are driving me nuts.

Do you and Allyson have the same landlord?

I feel like I should send Allyson and sarameg DVDs of Strangers on a Train.

What's not to love about an empanada?!

The flavor and the texture, if the ones I've had are anything to go by.

Captain D's now has grilled shrimp, roasted new potatoes, and garden vegetables, so they get my fast food vote. Though I like McDonald's fries the best.

Don't love the fast food. I kinda miss it, though. There was one "adult" burger that McD's used to sell on a rice bun that was a key part of offsite visits to one particular customer when I worked in MI. I'll do a lot for the right bread.

Just got an obnoxious phone call from someone who just got cc'ed into an ongoing discussion and didn't think to ask the person who cc'ed him in. And also didn't stop to tell me who he was and why he was so offended that I was part of the conversation. I just pulled out the most high-ranked name in the project I could think of. I hope it all works out just fine. Or at least that he doesn't call back ever.

I'm still obsessing over Belize. I've picked a random week in the fall and am running prices. The photographs make me want to weep with their beauty. I love me some Jamaica and really like coming from a place that beautiful...enough that I can sometimes feel guilty really liking similar scenery more, but damn. We do not have coral reefs--and nowhere but Australia has reefs like Belize.

Ambergris Caye. Man. A nice slow week, with hammocks and lazy ceiling fans and maybe even no internet.