Working again!

So! After my time being an unemployed Indian Actor, whose last gig was a major Bollywood film starring the luminaries of indian film like, umm, I forget, I've just done a full days work here in san fran! Fun!

I don't want to kill people with excitement, so I'll skip what I did at work today, and discuss: Butter. Or rather, butter as in, I can't seem to find any here in the oosa! They have margarine, sure, and they have "cream filled butter" that comes in a paper box and looks, well, weird. But where is the butter with the olive oil and the reduction in cholesterol? Huh? Where?

Also - today, I got my sink unplugged by a li'l old spanish guy, who kept on leaving the room to "get tools" and then coming back, without tools, but smelling of smoke. The big question is: "how much do I tip him?" He was there for, what, an hour? With a drill and a plunger and other stuff, and then he fixed my toilet too, which was apparantly broken. I gave him a tenner in the end - is this too much? Too little? I don't know!
And what happens if I don't tip enough? Do they refuse service? Spit in my food? Clog my sink?

Also, police in Australia will be monitoring a nude car wash for "x-rated illegal activities"... how are they proposing to monitor this?

Also: Fox News. Because They Can.

I was watching some presidential debate yesterday - between republican guys wanting to be presidential candidates. They went into super-crazy overdrive, among the better (verbatim) quotes are:

On american culture:
"America is the last bastion of Western Civilisation" (and that's with an "s" oosa!) [republican guy #1]

On torture:
"I would tell the interrogators to use every measure they could think of" [Giuliani]

"Some people have said we ought to close Guantanamo. My view is, we ought to double Guantanamo," (Or maybe triple it!) [Romney]

On combating terrorism:
"I would be looking for Jack Bauer" (Goal oriented leadership!) [republican guy #2]

On 9/11:
"They attack us because we've been over there. We've been bombing Iraq for 10 years. ... Right now, we're building an embassy in Iraq that is bigger than the Vatican. We're building 14 permanent bases. What would we say here if China was doing this in our country or in the Gulf of Mexico? We would be objecting.
(I think this particular Republican forgot he was a Republican on the day) [Ron Paul]
--In response:
--"I don't think I have ever heard that before and I have heard some pretty absurd explanations for Sept. 11" (I don't know, because you only watch Fox? It's not THAT uncommon a viewpoint...) [Giuliani]

And of course, today on Fox News (Because They Can), a look at how REPUBLICAN debates are different from DEMOCRAT debates. Conclusion: REPUBLICAN ones are better, because they have REPUBLICANS, and also ask tougher questions, like "What would you do if you were the president and had a situation like the ones that come up on 24 all the time?" (where the answer, or course, is to torture people and get Jack Bauer).

And look at this poll!
"Should Congress change the law that allows its members to trade stocks on non-public information?"
56% - yes
44% - no
What sort of crazy country IS the oosa? And how do I get into Congress?