double gulp

a few of us here in the lab were debating what is the size of the biggest of big gulp, since none of us have been to a 7-11 in ages. We tried to look it up on line, but couldn't get any definitive answers (more on that later). So we decided that it might be a good 'team building' exercise to go down to our local 7-11 and check it out, maybe even have a big gulp + the hot dog rolling on the machine since like last tuesday.

So it turned out that the biggest big gulp is called a double gulp, and it is a 64oz plastic cup. that is the equivalent of 5 and 1/3 cans of coke, for those of you keeping scores at home. I purchased a double gulp for a whooping $1.59, and filled it up with ice and coke. I felt really ill right about half way through, probably from the combination of too much sugar, and the tamale pie thing rolling on the machine since last tuesday (didn't feel like a hot dog).

I think they should have an age limit on buying a double gulp, like you need to be 18 or older or something like that, and they should also put warning label on those, like they do on packages of cigarettes.

you have to work for it

I think a lot of young people nowadays have this what I call 'entitlement complex'. They grow up in relative comfort in the upper middle class, everything was provided for them from the day they were born, especially if they were the only child. But what happens when they leave home, or better yet, graduate from college and go into the world where the reality (unless you are super rich, then there is no reality, but lets keep the discussion here to normal people) is that nothing comes free. The next meal, the clean laundry, the job promotion, or the research data are not just going to appear magically. It is not ones right to have everything or anything; if you want it, if you want it bad enough, you have to work and figure out a way to get it.

I hurt my neck sleeping last night, hence the grumbling like I am an old man.