Updates

The auction has ended for the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich.  The winning bid was a whopping $28,000.  No, that wasn't a typo.  There were only 27 bids for this miraculous sandwich, with the opening bid at the bargain price of $3,000.  EBay said that financing was available, too.  No payments were due until April, or if you were expecting a big income tax refund, there was no interest if you paid by April.  Shipping was only $9.95 - a bargain by EBay standards, considering that for the majority of the items I buy on EBay the shipping and handling is usually more than what I paid for the item itself.  While the item listing had the amount of the winning bid, they didn't give the identity nor even the EBay screenname of the winning bidder. My guess is that person didn't want everybody on the internet to know how stupid they were. 

My co-worker Adrian and I have collected 201 E-Ploids so far.  We only have a week left to eat as many specially marked bags as possible; Adrian is taking care of the Funyons and I'm handling the Doritos.  We're still confident that we'll win our Pizza Hut gift card to prove the unbelievers wrong.  I'll keep you posted on our progress.

There is currently a federal investigation into Krispy Kreme's accounting practices.  The SEC is looking into the company's franchise reacquisitions and its future earnings outlook.  Whew.  I'm relieved to know that their losses may be due to shady bookkeeping and not from actual sales declines.