Who decides these things?

So I'm at Wal-Mart a few days ago, and I decide to get a cheap microrecorder to record city council meetings, so I can better blog about them.

Wal-Mart has the recorders, but doesn't carry the tapes. What use is the recorder without the tapes?

I suppose I could dig out one of my old recordable Walkmans.

Or I could do like dude from the radio station and carry a thump-ass microphone with a bright yellow head, so I could sit in the front row and lay it on the ground in front of me.

Or I could save up some scratch and get a digital voice recorder.