A local pizza delivery guy reports that despite (eventually) losing the gubernatorial election, Dino Rossi is [allegedly] sticking to his fiscal conservatism. Possibly inspired by the Domino’s commercials starring Donald Trump as a shrewd pizza negotiator, Rossi went for the 5-5-5 deal:

1 medium cheese
1 medium pepperoni
1 medium mushroom

talk about surreal experiences. he couldn’t look me in the eye.
and he tipped $1 and change on a $20 order. [lj]

The final bit of this delicious unsubstantiated rumor is the the customer paid with a check decorated with the creepy baby art of Anne Geddes. This example of shoring up the family values image and saving money might be a sign that he’s preparing for the next campaign.

But by now, even the marginally recognizable should be aware that their tipping habits are likely to haunt them in this age of the weblog. Last night at Elliott Bay Books, Chuck Klosterman talked about an account of his (decent) tipping behavior ending up on the internet, and even the non-famous can worry about ending up in the “shitty tipper database” [bitterwaitress].

For guidance on gratuities, see the Original Tipping Page [#].