Friday Fun Facts and Marketing Slander
First off, take a guess as to how much 31 pounds of change is worth?
Bear in mind that this is regular, end of the work day, emptying the pockets change accumulated over the last six months or so.
Try $333, minus the convenience fee of the Coinstar machine and I pocketed $300 last night while finding a bunch of coins I'd forgotten about so I'd say it was a win/win situation all the way around (except that I had to use the machine at Lucky Al's because the Safeway one was being upgraded and I friggin' hate Albertson's/Lucky's because the place smells bad).
Another fun fact, an authentic beer stein from Octoberfest in Munich holds how much change?
Somewhere between $100 and $115.

And no, the beer steins were not included in the weighing of the change.

Some More Stupid Marketing
"All the best holiday traditions start with Macy's." I just heard this in an ad and I've just gotta go on record as saying that's among the stupidest statement I've heard in a long time. The single holiday tradition I associate with Macy's is the balloon parade and that only because they throw the most money at it.

All of my best and favorite holiday traditions start with family. What the fuck are those numbnuts idiots thinking that the holidays are actually about wasting money on pre-landfill shit from their overpriced stores? Pricks. But at least they didn't have the audacity to say "All the best holiday traditions start with Walmart" even though that's probably more true than the Macy's statement.