Random thoughts

• I realized today that there's a direct correlation between the cosmopolitan-ness of a city and its meter rates. In Walnut Creek, a quarter gets you 12 to 18 minutes. In San Francisco, a quarter gets you 6 minutes. (I know!) In Stockton, a quarter gets you an hour.


• Wal-Mart has sushi now. It looks like there's a sushi area for the chef to actually be there to make it daily, which makes me feel better. It looks decent and doesn't smell, but I just can't bring myself to try it. It's really no different from the sushi at Raley's or whatever, but there's something inherently "discount" about Wal-Mart that you don't want associated with food that could potentially make you ill anyway. Crackers, fine. Raw fish, maybe spend the cash. But it was $4.97 for like 16 little roll pieces! I know, I know ...