Pork Chops and Apple Sauce

Blockbuster lost what was left of its carcass once a Redbox sprouted at my local 7-11. Sure, the giant red DVD rental kiosk had been tempting me for over a year at the end of the self checkout lane at Stop and Shop, but it seemed kind of hokey. Besides, it was from the same people who make Coinstar, the great rip off change redemption machine.

Coinstar. Lets see, I feed a dollar worth of KFC encrusted coins and the machine keeps seven cents for processing? A Bunk Of America executive says...