Pete's Log: stupid exterminators

Entry #1059, (Life in General)
(posted when I was 22 years old.)

I woke up this morning and found the following message from Paul in my inbox:

"So, that's six penguins, at $30 apiece, and one monkey at $100, for a total of $280. But since you're a friend, we'll throw in one of the penguins for free, bringing your total to $250, payable on receipt. Thanks for doing business with R&P Exterminators."

I knew immediately that today would be an interesting day...

I finally ran into Martha Gibney and gave her the gift her family left for her in May.

Each graduate student is supposed to have 50 square feet of space. We've calculated, and we think our office is about 288 square feet. There's six of us in here, which gives us 48 square feet each. And that doesn't even take into consideration the fact that the several square feet in front of the two doors in here can't be used by any one grad student, so we're definitely getting less than our fair share. We're thinking of annexing some of the hallway and charging tolls.

Oh, and I am the official victor of the great chain fight of summer 2001.