Such a happy bee...

This is the mascot for Jollibee, some local Filipino fast food franchise. On a local or even national level, I'd say they manage to hold their own against McDonald's and their ilk, and a large part of that has got to be this snazzy mascot. I mean, he just looks so happy to be giving you food, plus he's just presenting the wealth of options available with a little flourish. Real classy, that bee is. On that note, did I mention that I once spent a good part of one summer helping keep bees in northern California? Yep, the biblical patriarch Jacob herded livestock (camels, sheep and such); I kept bees. That worked out a little better for him than it did for me though, unfortunately. That's a sly allusion there, isn't it?