Just to follow up, thanks to Bartkat we have arrived at the heart of the problem. I checked the oil filter after draining the excess oil and it was definitely NOT changed by the Tire King guy (yeah I took it to Tire King, I got a great deal on oil changes from them from a door to door sales guy that makes my fully synthetic oil changes cost only $30 which is barely more than the price of the oil which is $26 for 6 quarts). It was strange that he came in to talk to me and let me know that it needed an extra half quart of oil but then he didn't change the filter which made the extra half-quart un-necessary.
I took it back and demanded that they pay for a new round of Mobile 1 15w50 and replace the filter this time around and they did, very apologetically. I wonder how many people get oil changes and don't get their filters changed (i.e. I wonder if this is some sort of money saving scam they try to pull off on 'idiot yuppy lexus owners' etc.). I imagine most lexus owners go to the dealer to get raped . . . err serviced.
thanks for all your helpful replies! The dipstick definitely did NOT lie. :)