Tribulum ad hilarity - Part II

As you might be able to tell by now, I spend possibly more time than the average person at grocery stores.

I can't help it. Not only are grocery stores facinating places, but you can actually get food there! It's quite the novel idea, actually. I can go and trade my government-issued paper (and minted!) currency for food stuffs and other items - and don't forget, Shirty was born at a grocery store. They are magical places, indeed...

But I digest...

When one is done wondering around, taking in all of the ingenious/deceptive/eye-catching/head-shaking marketing, one must proceed to the check-out counter. You might perceive that as an ending to the adventure, but you'd be wrong. And naive. And probably too short.

For, it is an ending of a beginning, but also a beginning of an ending, and so is just as confusing as it sounds. But, there are magazines to look at while there. And said magazines can impart some pretty interesting information.

Like the existence of today's Daily Shirt! I can still remember being a little tiny Shirtmaster, and seeing this character grace the cover of the revered Weekly World News. And oh what a character...uhhh...'it' is. Lately, 'it' is supposedly off in the Middle East, fighting evildoers, as a matter of (Weekly World News) fact. He ought to be careful though...the CIA can be pretty dastardly...