Pope Benedict? Anyone else craving eggs and hollandaise now?

As a patriot and a staunch opponent of Nazism in all its forms, I will hereafter refer to said delicious dish as “freedom eggs.”

Sometimes I love Metafilter.

I took the day off from work today, and among other things I gathered all my change from Matt’s place, came back to Jersey City and gathered all the change from the top of my dresser, and took it all to the local Coinstar machine. I took a wild stab and guessed (overly optimistically, I thought) that I had 30 bucks in change. When the machine was done counting everything, it turned out I had nearly 38 bucks in change. Thirty-eight dollars in change! After the 8.9% fee, my take was $34.69.

Coinstar is such a brilliant business idea. Who wants to count all their change, then take it to the bank and organize it into rolls of coins? The 8.9% fee isn’t bad when you realize that your change is going to sit around if you don’t do anything with it. So in a sense, you get “found money” for a small fee. I just got $34.69 in found money for the price of about $3.40. Not bad at all.

Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin, who star in the new Broadway production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, were interviewed on Theater Talk on Friday night. I’d been meaning to see the play since it opened to excellent reviews last month, and after watching Turner and Irwin on TV, I decided to get my ass in gear and get a ticket. So I went to BroadwayBox.com yesterday afternoon and managed to find a great seat for today’s matinee: fifth row center. (Someone must have cancelled.) Matt had a meeting, but he said he wouldn’t mind if I went by myself.

So I went, and I had a great time. There was a man sitting right in front of me with a big head, but it didn’t block much; I rarely had to tilt my head to look around him. Turner and Irwin were both terrific, and the two supporting cast members were great, too (particularly Mireille Enos as Honey). And what a fantastic set.

Just last year I saw the movie for the first time, but the movie cuts a lot from the play. Today was the first time I’d seen the play, and I prefer the play. My favorite plays are those with a small number of characters — I just find them more efficient, and you get to know the characters better. And this is a real writer’s play. Such wonderful dialogue.

There appear to be tickets available on TKTS. If you love a good play, see this one.