I don’t know why this surprises anyone — fundementalist Christians are very sensitive about nudity in any form. It’s like they’re offended that God gave people genitalia.

UPDATE:

Wanna really have fun this Easter? Get this!

Yesterday was my Mom’s birthday, and I met up with her, my sister, and my Dad at Nacho Mamma’s.

When I contacted her earlier that afternoon for menu suggestions, Bonanza Jellybean recommended the muchos nachos (nachos muchos?), and let me just say, God damn those nachos were good.

I was grateful that dinner did not result in my ass exploding forth into a toilet at any point that night. I was also appreciative of the establishment’s sense of humor, evident on their menu/placemats.

I was most appreciative for the ease in which I found parking. Made a right on Linwood from O’Donnell, and voila!*, a spot. Didn’t even have to parallel park … which is good, because those of us in the counties aren’t forced to resort to such barbaric practices on a daily basis (which means I’m out of practice).

*Check me out, speaking French and shit …

As soon as the guy said, “And the bottom line is, if it isn’t, it’s coming out of your tip,” I figured I wasn’t getting much of a tip.

Which is a wonderful way to make sure the pizza guy doesn’t stalk off with your food which, to be honest, was my first reaction.

The problem originated with a coupon - buy a large at regular price, get a medium for a couple bucks. Turns out whoever the customer had spoken to on the phone didn’t recognize the coupon, so marked him down for full price. I don’t quite know which of my coworkers took the order, but I’m not surprised at the situation — Gary’s been printing new coupons every time he has to re-up on his menus, so there are a whole ton floating around.

(Here’s a secret: most pizza-shop coupons aren’t ever redeemed).

And when the guy not-so-indiscreetly threatened my tip, I was in the process of resolving the problem. This involved calling the store to find the regular price for the large speciality pie he’d gotten (I’d love to be able to say I know this stuff by heart, but Euripedes has started pushing that information out of my head), then added the price of the coupon and the mileage charge, and the new total was $19 (down from $25).

And I got a six-buck tip atop it - hurrah!

My public service announcment for the week:

The Wire, Season One on DVD, at Best Buy this week for $24.99.

Noisebot’s “Who Dun It?” tee:

HT: Noire about this. Thanks for the e-mail: you’re da’ best!