Thoughts of a Curious Mind

Why is sugar on top of sugar so much better?

2014-03-21T06:34:00.001-07:00

It's so funny when you take a cookie packed with sugar and butter, and you think how can I make this better? Oh wait I know, just add frosting. It's just funny that something so cramed with sugar would need any more sugar to tame the tast buds of a cookie-holic.

Funny how we are, the sweeter the better. But can we over do it? I mean can a treat ever be to sweet? I guess that is to be proven.

Can you eat Hot Dogs for breakfast?

2014-03-15T05:50:00.001-07:00

Recently visited a gas station in the wee hours of the morning, and found they all ready had brats and dogs on their little rotating sizzler.

Do people really eat that stuff for breakfast? So I tried the glamorous unprocessed meat (I'm guessing it was organic), it wasn't good. First of all hot dogs have always been kind of a mystery meat, and putting that down your gullet first thing can be disasterous I think....we'll actually I know.

Take some common sense from the reckless, these were never meant to be eaten before 11:59 am. Be safe out there.

Are Girl Scout Cookies Overrated?

2014-03-14T21:32:00.001-07:00

So I know I'll get crap for this one, but honestly I just ordered $21 worth of cookies, enough for 6 different boxes to give me a variety tasting event in my kitchen. My conclusion, overrated. People buy these to support little girls, not because of their gourmet flavors. Long live the Girl Scouts.

Bathroom Business

2014-03-12T06:55:00.001-07:00

All good thoughts start with a question. Is it wrong to be using my electronic devices while in the bathroom? Most days this is the only place to really think, in quiet, away from yelling kids.

I find it the most convenient time to watch a short video clip or favorite movie scenes. When I enter this small theater made for one, and turn off the lights, turn up the volumn , it's the perfect surround sound theater we have in the house.

I guess it really makes up for not having a big screen TV with high def or a TV at all. I guess it's just a poor mans theater, but it's still the best seat in the house.

Hawaiian Shirts

2014-03-12T05:57:00.001-07:00

It's interesting we have Hawaiian shirts, because true Hawaiians probably don't wear any kind of a shirt. I think it's a thing done only in the office setting to make the minions feel somewhat appreciated. If you cannot afford to go to Hawaii, then at least you can put on a dorky foreigner shirit that has a pattern of a sun and palm trees.

That should take care of that dream to get away on a vacation. Ok, now back to work.

Didn't Wash Hands

2014-03-02T21:42:00.001-08:00

I would love it if we had these. Enough said.

One Trillion Dollars.... Hahaha

2014-02-12T20:08:00.000-08:00

Inflation. Scary thing isn't it? They showed these around the office. It's a reserve bank note of Zimbabwe. When inflation gets out of hand the printing presses are sure working hard. But just like a house of cards it usually all comes tumbling down.

So what would "one hundred trillion dollars" ( I feel like I'm in one of the Austin Powers movies as the evil villan) actually buy? Probably not much. Going back in the time tunnel to the German Weimar Republic I think a wheelbarrow of cash only got you a loaf of bread. In fact I think the story goes when the person went to get the cash outside the bakery, someone had dumped out the cash and stole the wheelbarrow.

About Me

2014-02-12T20:01:00.000-08:00

My Name is Pepe Montego (no not really, but for the sake of having a name on this blog and keeping my privacy I found this name, pretty cool eh?)

I’m a typical man in his 30’s that just sees this world in a different pair of dark hazel eyes. All this man wants to know is why things are done the way they are done (does that make sense?).

The goal of this blog is to do nothing more than create a little curiosity, make fun of the social norm and maybe even provide a wee bit of entertainment. Please excuse me if anything I say comes across as offensive. It is not my intention to offend, just to be curious.

Bottom line, (and I LOVE to get down to the bottom line) life is too short to just follow along what others are always doing; sometimes we need that rebel or misfit to point out the obvious. Like the ones who see things differently, thanks Steve Jobs.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Pepe

Who Orders Appetizers at a Buffet?

2014-02-12T15:39:00.001-08:00

So I have this family member that is afraid she will die if she isn’t the first one in line( as if anyone could go hungry during a family gathering for Thanksgiving). I mean it’s more like, she is terrified there will not be enough food if she is last, maybe it’s just me, but she is the only one I know like this.

So quick answer to this entry question, maybe people need to feel like they can take some food with them, even though they are so full they have to waddle like a 9 month old pregnant women on their way out. Who can even think of taking food out, or even look at food when you just spent the last 45 minutes stuffing your face.

Short Fountain

2014-02-12T15:34:00.001-08:00

First of all I’m not here to make fun, but at work the drinking fountain is completely catered to the shorter person. So I’m not tall, just shy of 6’, but every time I get a drink I’m imagining I’m a samurai warrior who has to bow down to his knees to fight the master of water just to parch my lips, ahhhh yah. Call me lazy, but seems like a lot of bowing for just a sip of that cool and refreshing natural H2O. Why are they so low to the ground, don’t they understand most people will need to get so low to get a drink they might just give up and not even use that drinking fountain. Wouldn't that be a waste of resources, at that point? Also, just an afterthought, it seems weird one would need to bend over so low and then have to fight gravity to suck that water up and into their mouth and into their stomach. Maybe I’m looking into it too much.

What Makes a Person Free?

2014-02-03T16:08:00.001-08:00

I can't help but think as I ride public transportation, and see all these people pour in and out of the trains like tinny worker ants, are they free? Do they feel like they are trapped in their job? Do they feel like they could quite and find a perfectly good job elsewhere? Do they feel confined to not standing up for them self at work for fear they might lose their job?

Ants don't ask these questions, they just follow and work, what am I?

Businesses with great customer service but crummy back office

2014-01-24T19:36:00.001-08:00

Best Things Are NOT Free

2014-01-23T21:40:00.001-08:00

Contrary to the song ("The Best Things in Life Are Free" is a duet between singers Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson) there are things that are simply amazing, and most certainly are not free. Just thinking how some of the things I cannot live without, and of course like most people (unless you got your Obama phone, that was free) they had to pay for these things.

Cellphone - These are just that, amazing. They have been the killer to the home phone and now will continue to dominate the internet experience as well. A must have for everyone person, can't live without one.
At home printer
Laptop
Washer and dryer
Cheese

Why do people clean bathrooms at 5pm?

2014-01-21T16:19:00.001-08:00

Left Lane Drivers

2013-11-26T16:08:00.001-08:00

Did you know that by speeding while driving you really only shave off a handful of seconds to minutes on an average trip? So why get mad at the left lane drivers. Really they are saving you from a potential hundred dollar ticket (Most states it's more I believe). I wouldn't call my self a slow driver, but I do enjoy programming my cruise control to the speed limit and just leaving it there. BUT, weather I end up in the car pool lane or the far left lane ( on accident I tell you) OT seems like someone is always trying to tailgate me. What's a matter with going the speed limit?

It's so interesting that we have so many drivers that think the speed limit is the lowest speed they should go. Why can't we understand in an age of so much wasted time with TV's, smart phones, FACEBOOK, and so much more, saving an extra 2 minutes won't get us 100 more friends on Facebook. But maybe it will allow us to watch that local professionally done auto ad more more time (I'd rather barf, no offense to those auto dealer ad creators, I love those ads).

All I'm getting at is in a world of "get there now and smash the car pool clogger," is it all worth it to drive like Jeff Gordan and arrive to the Thanksgiving Dinner a whole 6 minutes and 45 seconds ahead of your In-laws. Something to think about this wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. Be safe out there.

Limited Edition

2013-11-26T15:46:00.001-08:00

How many times do you see everyday products we use being sold as "Limited Edition?" Honestly, who cares? Just cause my dish soap is "now" limited edition doesn't mean I'll buy more or save the container. I mean come on give me a break, who gives a rats behind if it's limited or not? We buy it because of the service it provides, or what it does for us, not because this once in a lifetime container that looks like a snowman. Let's be real.

Stall waiters

2013-07-26T07:21:00.001-07:00

So while going to the bathroom recently at work I couldn't help but notice a guy( a guy right how weird to see in a men's bathroom??) just waiting 2 feet outside one of the closed stalls.

I mean, so he looked like a janitorial type guy, so he needed to refill the TP or something, but I don't think the person inside the stall is appreciating that he was so close. Is it going to make the stall mate go any faster?? I'm not sure, but it seems weird to me. I guess some people like bathroom smells and will hang out in there as long as it takes.

Isn't this just a liability waiting to happen?

2012-08-03T19:52:00.001-07:00

Over at one of our outdoor malls they have this "splash pad" (WARNING: do not be fooled, there is nothing padded about it). So it's basically concrete with water that shoots on top of it, that's it.

Was it just me or do they still not let the little kiddos run along the side of the pool? Humm, wonder why. Here they can do all the running their little hearts desire, only it's the same surface, just more wet.

I'm just saying, am I the only cruel parent that doesn't let their kids run on the concrete slip n slid? Just saying.

Any way to make a buck.

2012-08-03T19:48:00.001-07:00

Is being a High School TA slave labor?

2012-07-04T13:15:00.001-07:00

So recently a friend of mine that is still in high school was telling me that she was a TA (teachers assistant) for the high school in her town. And I remember back a few years that being a TA in high school was a cool thing. In fact I had a few opportunities to do it, but ended up doing some other classes instead. The bottom line is..Is it worth it for students to be TA's?

Some of the other "cool classes" to take in high school seemed to be: study hall, weight lifting and other PE classes. I would also put being a TA in the same category with these other classes, and basically they are mostly not a great choice for students to prepare them for life after high school

My friend even told me that there was times the teacher would have her do ridiculous things, stuff not even related to schoolwork or education. Things like: making the teachers lunch, organizing her music or movie lists, or even cleaning the locker bathrooms. All things that would fall under either personal responsibilities or teacher work responsibilities, NOT something the student should be doing.

Seems to me it's a little like slave labor. These tasks are crazy and it just simply goes to show how lazy some teachers can be. All said in done, I wouldn't think that being a TA in our high schools would be a very productive thing, as students are preparing to apply for college.

TV's at the Dentists office, pure genius.

2012-06-30T00:43:00.001-07:00

So on a recent trip the dentist, we found that they had implemented a system to working with children in their office...TV's. Pure genius!! Kids will lay down on the table, sit still (this used to be when they would start the squirming that eventually lead to the kicking and gnashing of teeth) and just watch a cartoon while the "used to be hated" dentist will do his usual poking and prodding in their mouth. Why have we not done this sooner?? Kids watch a TV screen on the ceiling, have headphones to hear the movie and not even notice that they are even in a dentist office. Thank heavens to child dentists that have helped keep parents sane for these past few years. The is a great accomplishment and is keeping any kind of remotely good relationship for kids towards these offices for years to come.

$25 gift card for $5, theres always a catch.

2012-06-30T00:41:00.001-07:00

If it's to good to be true, it's to good to be true. We saw this offer to spend $4 and get a coupon for $25 at a restaurant. Well our first thought should of been, "Why would they do something so nice like this?" Actually we thought it was just a good way to bring new people into this restaurant...wrong. This certificate had so many requirements, like you had to spend over $50 just to get the $25 bucks off. Basically these types of coupons are interesting and can make you feel like they are trying to be sneaky. READ the SMALL print. It just is so amazing the multiple ways places will try to bring in new people. Bring you in with a small price, and make you pay a lot just to get the full worth out of the coupon.

Are fox tails really in?

2012-06-30T00:37:00.001-07:00

Recently while visiting Nevada City, CA with some family we went to a night market and saw the strangest thing, girls that would be wearing a fox's tail. Their were even some booths just selling these. Why the heck would you wear a fox tail? Some trends and fashion statements I will never understand.

Is Throwing away pictures of a two year old a crime?

2012-06-30T00:34:00.001-07:00

I can't help but wonder if there is some type of "Fair God Mother" out there that could be watching me toss this pic in the trash. I mean it isn't a sin to throw away your two year olds coloring paper from church right?. I mean, she will just plaster it with waxy crayola and drool next week right? And where do you keep all of these pictures anyhow? So we all know, when its your own child how cute they are and of course we want them to feel good, but at the same time not try to give them the wrong impression about good quality art. But what is all comes down to knowing, is throwing away pictures that your two year old drew a crime?

Is the Post Office a Business?

2012-06-30T00:29:00.001-07:00

Sometimes, actually all the time, I wonder if the post office is an actually business. They always keep raising postage stamps, they can't seem to ever keep all of their postal offices open (so many have been closed and maybe many of those shouldn't of even been open), and finally this one amazing me that they give all of their priority postal supplies out for free. I guess they have calculated them in their costs of the shipping. But mostly whenever I hear about the post office in the news I wonder if there is a businessman that is actually running it. I mean do they really have any competition? So honestly why do you need to raise prices all the time? I mean really, is the United States Post Office a business? (as a side note, I'm glad its not like many of the postal systems we hear about in south a