No fancy keyboard, but good beer instead
27 Feb 2006 
in the early morning 
Matt Winckler
I got tired of waiting for my thankless readers to chip in for a Das Keyboard, so I went out and saved both myself and Ben $10 by purchasing a $30 HP multimedia keyboard. It is nice and silver and black and has a lot of buttons that took me several hours to get working in Linux, and I still haven’t gotten them all functioning rightly. However, I can open Firefox or OpenOffice with the mere press of a button, so that is all to the good, I suppose. It’s a shade disappointing though - I did actually think of a word that rhymes with spendifory. Now I shant have a call to use it.
The most important news, however, is that I went on to Yoke’s website last week and sent them a message asking them to stock Belhaven Wee Heavy Scottish ale. And lo! supernal bliss, in my inbox this morning was an email from none other than Russ Martin, Category Manager, Yokes Foods! It ran like this:
Dear Scott, Thanks for the inquiry. I will look into this immediately and find a distributor for this item. It may take a week or two so please have patience. Thanks once again for your support and input.
Sincerely,
Russ Martin
Category Manager
Yokes Foods.
Here you have it! Not only did Russ promise me he would rush out the door right this minute and go find a distributor of the nectar of the gods, but his benevolence extended even unto christening me with a new name! In honor of this fine food chain and this most excellent category manager, I hereby declare that this week, Monday the 27th through Sunday the 5th, is Scott Week at the PFRB. All those inclined to leave comments must write them under the name of “Scott”, unless you are a girl, in which case you should use the name “Portia”. Those refusing to follow this edict shall have their comments forcibly altered and/or have their participles dangled from the rafters to reflect proper deference.
Here’s to the Wee Heavy!
– Scott
That’s too bad that you didn’t get the Das Keyboard. I was hoping I’d get the chance to try one of those out. :-)
Are you able to eat/drink grain based products again? That’s definitely something worth celebrating.
I guess you should’a ponied up the cash! :-D
Yes, the magic word around here is Nexium. Little purple pill, not to be confused with any other color of pill. I will stop now, lest my ravenous antispam hounds viciously turn on their hapless owner.