We went in wanting to buy Army of Two but walked out with The Simpsons Game.

As much as the husband and I enjoy video games, I have to admit, video game fanatics are freaks.

Customer: So, are there some cool powers that you get to use?

Clerk: Oh man, that’s the best part.  You have so many cool superpowers that you get to use.  There’s this one power where you can look into the water to target the enemy.  That’s the one I like to use the most.

The Simpsons Game is really fun.  Lots of puzzles to solve as a team — a lot like Marvel’s Ultimate Alliance.  But it’s ten times more hilarious.  Great Simpsons humor — in typical fashion their comedy targets a wide range of topics: Grand Theft Auto, tree huggers, EA executives, play on words, Jelly Donuts, etc.

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The husband made a ridiculous confession on Sunday night.  As he was opening his Taco Bell Big Bell Box meal, he looked over at me and said dramatically, “I have a confession.  I think Taco Bell might be my favorite fast food place.”

I, of course, was outraged by this.  When I went on to name all the other great fast food establishments, Whataburger (my personal favorite), Jack in the Box (with their sirloin burgers and ciabatta bread), he interrupted me by saying, “– I don’t know, I just really like the ground beef.”

Shocked, I started to stutter, “But, but, it’s the cheapest meat ever!  We can just buy tubes and tubes of ground beef and make it ourselves!”

I will admit that Taco Bell is probably the most cost effective.  The Big Bell Box includes a crunchy taco, a bean burrito, the new queso crunchwrap, cinnamon twists (which he gave me!) and a large drink.  All for $4.99.  That’s pretty darn cheap.  If I’m going to eat TexMex fast food though, I still prefer Taco Cabana.

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I’ve been buying furniture for the student lounge in my college and because of that, I’ve become intimately familiar with craigslist.  I’ve used craigslist in college and sporadically since moving to Houston but I’ve never monitored it day to day like I have in the past few weeks.  First of all, people on craigslist are crazy.  Their descriptions are crazy.

I know you want to try to make your product sound good but when you start describing your couch’s color as “organic” because it’s brown, you’ve crossed the line.

Also, people are selling their Cantoni (Italian import) designer couches for ridiculous amounts of money on craigslist.  Are they successful?  Do people who can afford Cantoni couches go on craigslist to look for used furniture?  Don’t people with that much money hire interior decorators?  I don’t know.  This is a mystery to me.

I also think it’s funny when someone writes “vintage furniture” or “retro furniture” and you click on the photo and it’s just modern furniture that’s just plain old and worn.

I also think it’s funny when people get personal in their ads.  When they start talking about how they just moved in with their boyfriend and girlfriend and they have to get rid of furniture.  Or the new place they moved into is just too small.  Or maybe that they need money for a new TV so they’re selling their barstools.  Does personal connection sell better?  Maybe.

I am also amazed at the number of ugly couches that exist in the world.  Horrendous flower patterns that could not possibly be fashionable ever.  I have never seen a floral couch that I liked.  Sigh, I guess there’s a couch for every taste.

If you have an ugly couch, you could enter it in Regis and Kelly’s Ugly Couch contest.  The winner gets $5,000!