My Faucet Got a Raise Before I Did
Austin Water's new rates kicked in today, adding about $7.76 to the average monthly bill. So I gave my kitchen faucet its first formal performance review, with a long memory and no union rep.
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Someday Has Its Last Service Tonight
Olamaie serves its last dinner tonight, and I never once ate there. Turns out the envelope in my kitchen drawer marked SOMEDAY was a lease nobody was going to renew either.
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$2.99 Lone Star Sixers at the Gas Station on Airport Boulevard
The Circle K cooler at Airport and 51st used to dispense a sixer of Lone Star for $2.99 before the clerk even looked up from his crossword; last week the same transaction required an app, a loyalty scan, and left me with $19.47 on the receipt and a sudden urge to lie down in the parking lot.
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