Has anyone out there ever have a McDonald's McGriddle?

Once in awhile, I like to stop at McDonald's in the morning and get two breakfast sandwiches. The Sausage McMuffin is my favorite. I also like the Egg McMuffin, which has Canadian bacon. Until recently, the Sausage McMuffin was part of the McDonald's value menu, costing only one dollar. Then to my disappointment, it was removed from the value menu.

Up to a week ago, the McDonald's that is close to my work place had two Egg McMuffins for two dollars. So needless to say, I would stop in once a week and get my McMuffin fix.

This week, there are no more specials featuring the McMuffin sandwiches. They are, however, promoting a special on two McDonald's McGriddles for two dollars.

Now let me get this straight. The sandwich consists of a sausage patty between two pancake like buns with maple syrup baked inside?

Sorry folks, but I like my pancakes with a knife and fork. It just doesn't sound appealing to me. Which leads me to ask you, have you ever tried one? Let me know if you have.

Since McDonald's did away with the Sausage/Egg McMuffin for a dollar, I feel like my old friend, Rodney Dangerfield:

"I went to McDonald's for a break, and they told me I don't deserve one!"

As I am currently taking my break at work, I am here on the computer responding to any comments made about my last post. Thanks to all who left a comment. Anyway, the reason I bring this up is that where I work, we have a computer lab at the community center that is available to the public. Most of the people who come in to use it leave disappointed after finding out that they cannot get on the porn sites because of the filter system that the Telecommunications department installed on all the computers. Just kidding!

All joking aside, we do have people come in to use the computers. And the children in our after school program love getting on the computer, to say the least. And throughout the day, some employees from the city will come in to use the computer on their break. It may be to get onto the city web site for information from personnel. Or it could be home banking. Or just checking out the scores of the games from last night.

When the neighborhood center opens in the morning, I usually turn the computers on so that the lab will be ready for use. Today, however, I did not do that. So what happens. I get a guy from Parks department comes in to the center and walks into the computer lab.

Now, I have to be honest with you. A part of me has it in for the parks department. Some of the employees work hard, I give them that. But there are many others who look at putting work off on others, or are somewhere they not not suppose to be. Sometimes, there will be several employees from the parks department holed up in a neighborhood center playing pool or lifting weights in the weight room. But no one can say anything about it.

Anyway, getting back to the computer lab. Sometime later, I came in to the computer lab, only to find that the computers were turned off. Now, when some people come in and find that the computers are off, they will ask a staff member if the computers can be turned on. This employee from Parks did not even ask. He just left the center.

Which gets me to wondering. Did he not know how to turn the computer on? Was he embarrassed to ask for help? If he had asked for help, I most likely would have been more than happy to help him out. We get people ask that all the time. My advice, though, would be to sign up for a computer class.

But I have a funny feeling that the employee was just too lazy to turn the computer on. If it was on, he most likely would have sat down. But since he had to turn it on and wait, he didn't bother.

And now I know why some parks go without maintenance for a long period of time.

Here's a news story that you're going to love! A woman in Ocala, Florida, had a man arrested for trespassing after coming home from work and finding him in her house. That's the normal part. Here is where it gets strange.

When Lisa Bess came home from work, she found Tom Wilkerson sitting on the toilet in her bathroom. In her clothes. He even had her underwear on.

Apparently, Wilkerson broke in to her home earlier in the day, and used her shower. He then proceeded to use her body lotion and then dressed up in her clothing.

He refused to move from the toilet until he was finished, so she called police and pressed charges.

Now I don't know about you, but if I found someone in my home, I would most likely get out the baseball bat. But to come home and find a person in your clothes?

The fifth of May. Cinco de Mayo. A Mexican holiday. Or as my friend would put it, another reason to go out and party.

I think I am going to stay at home and cook dinner. Tonight's menu calls for steak tacos, and I'll be washing it down with a tequila sunrise.

Anybody want to join me and my friend Jose? Bring a covered dish. And if you don't drink alcohol, bring your favorite beverage.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

I'm tired and I want to go to bed.

Had a drink about an hour to go, and it's gone straight to my head.

Oh, to sing like Greg Lake.

The NASCAR race from Richmond is over, as well as a repeat of Saturday Night Live. So there is not much on, and it has been a long day. Time for me to retire for the evening, as it turns into early morning.

As I sit at home getting ready for bed, I think about the days when I would still be out at this time, and last call would soon be served. And someone would be singing about being wasted away again in Margaritaville. Looking for that lost shaker of salt.

As for me, I would think about that song from the Emerson, Lake, and Palmer CD that sits in my collection.

I am home, though, and no other place I would rather be. So good night, everybody. Sleep well, and may you have a wonderful Sunday.

I will post something soon. When I have something to write about. Which I do, but it is late. And the Sandman has just arrived.

And if anybody wants to stop by for coffee in the morning, I'll have the coffee brewing. As I always do.

Cream and sugar?