407ETR - Highway Robbery

Yesterday I made the mistake of looking at my bill from the resident evil over at the offices of Highway 407ETR.  Up until that point, I was actually in a pretty decent mood.  I came to the realization that I am paying these greedy pricks almost $9.00 per day if I decide to use their precious road.  I am now thinking twice, or dare I say, thrice about using the 407.  It is true - the highway is very convenient - but... really?  They are charging me an average of $.021 a kilometer and I travel 40km per day if I take it to and from work. 

Here is a quick math breakdown of my 407 expenses:

40km X $0.21 = $8.40

Approximately 19 work days per month = $159.60

12 months per year = $1,915.20

What's that?  There should be some kind of reward for traveling the highway this frequently?  Well, here it is.  I usually qualify for Tier 3 of their rewards program, which is the equivalent of a giant middle finger gouging out one of my eyes.  I qualify for 55km of FREE highway use on Sundays as well as $0.03 per litre off on gasoline (up to 120 litres), but only if I want to use Petro Canada (which I don't).  The other problem with this is I don't work on Sundays and I rarely have the occasion to "take advantage" of my FREE kilometers.

Now that I have actually broken this down monetarily, I see a lot of back roads and side streets in my future. 

It's Fried, eh? + YGTBFKM | Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheeseburgers

That's right, this image depicts a plethora of Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheeseburgers.  My arteries are congesting just looking at them! I can't help but think of the time Homer encourages Bart to "butter up that bacon" and "bacon up that sausage"... "but Dad, my heart hurts".  Have a good weekend!

YGTBFKM: The KFC Double Down

Do you ever wonder why the North American population has a growing obesity problem?  Look no further than exhibit A: The KFC Double Down Sandwich.  I'm not just picking on KFC (as there are plenty of other culprits), but this example radiates my point.  This fast food atrocity has bacon and cheese wedged in between two pieces of fried "chicken" and clocks in at a whopping 540 calories.  For the record, it also has 32 grams of fat and 1380 milligrams of salt.  I wouldn't eat this thing with Hitler's mouth... I'd like to live past 40, thanks.