Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
November is National Beard Month
Because November is National Beard Month, I wanted to share a few of my thoughts/rules on growing facial hair.
1. You do not shave if there is snow on the ground. It is natures way of reminding you to be manly. If you dont understand, think about this: do polar bears shave?
2. You do not shave if the power is out. The reason for this is not the obvious one, since real men dont use electric razors. The basis for this rule is safety. If there is no power then there is also no light or hot water. These are two things created almost exclusively to aid in the shaving process. You might be thinking that a real man might shave outside and with cold water. But you would then be forgetting that real men dont shave.
3. You do not shave on vacation (unless you are in a tropical location and failure to shave will result in strange tan lines.) Remember, your face is on vacation too. This especially applies if your employer require that you shave for your job.
These are just some thoughts that I had while thinking about the upcoming month. I am not a man beard, just a respectful fan of beards. If you are interested in learning more, you might want to check out Man Beard Blog.
1. You do not shave if there is snow on the ground. It is natures way of reminding you to be manly. If you dont understand, think about this: do polar bears shave?
2. You do not shave if the power is out. The reason for this is not the obvious one, since real men dont use electric razors. The basis for this rule is safety. If there is no power then there is also no light or hot water. These are two things created almost exclusively to aid in the shaving process. You might be thinking that a real man might shave outside and with cold water. But you would then be forgetting that real men dont shave.
3. You do not shave on vacation (unless you are in a tropical location and failure to shave will result in strange tan lines.) Remember, your face is on vacation too. This especially applies if your employer require that you shave for your job.
These are just some thoughts that I had while thinking about the upcoming month. I am not a man beard, just a respectful fan of beards. If you are interested in learning more, you might want to check out Man Beard Blog.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Kenny Rogers
A lot of people have been talking about Kenny Rogers having some strange substance on his hand during the World Series game the other night. As a huge baseball fan, it doesnt really bother me. It is true that if he had something other than dirt on his hand that he was breaking the rules. But also it is up to the Cardinals to have the umpires check. If they had requested, and the umpires found something on his hand, he surely would have been ejected. But they didnt and so he went on to pitch very well and only give up 2 hits. I was never a pitcher, but i just dont think that this strange substance is the reason he has been pitching well.
To me its similiar to a lacrosse player using a pocket that is too deep, or a hockey goalie using a stick that is too wide. These are violations of the rule, and against the spirit of the game. But I have heard them used in comparison to using steroids. And in my opinion they are nothing like using steroids.
To me its similiar to a lacrosse player using a pocket that is too deep, or a hockey goalie using a stick that is too wide. These are violations of the rule, and against the spirit of the game. But I have heard them used in comparison to using steroids. And in my opinion they are nothing like using steroids.
Updated: The Bachelor Recap
I am a little bit surprised by which girls are remaining. I am going to break it down by girl, as I did in my last Bachelor post. I will comment on the 6 girls who were remaining at the beginning of last night’s episode. For lack of a better order, I am going alphabetically.
Agnese- She still cant speak English. Obviously she wasn’t going to learn it in a week (or however long between episodes) but it still seems to be a major issue. In my opinion she is not very hot. At first I thought she was kind of hot, but the more I see of her, the less attractive I find her. I think Lobo finds her attractive, but I don’t believe that is what is keeping her around. There are two other more important reasons why she continues to get roses. The first is because of the lack of competition. The other girls, as a whole, really aren’t that impressive this season. The second, and more important reason, is her inability to communicate. This is a major dagger in real life, but on reality dating shows this is a major plus for Lobo. What I mean is that basically at any time he can bounce her at any time and not feel bad about it. He can play the ‘I can’t even talk to you’ card and everyone (including her) has to understand. I think as he narrows it down, he feels like he is leading on the girls he lets continue. And that means that they are going to like him more, and he is going to have to hurt them more. If he keeps her around until say the final 3 or 4, it makes his decision at that time much easier. And he is doing this while still giving himself a chance to develop real feelings for her. But if not it’s like when you had a P-wing in Mario Brothers to pass any level at any time, you wouldn’t use it on an easy level. You would wait until you were faced with a very difficult decision. I think thus far there have been other girls he wanted to bounce more each week, so he did. He is saving her to eliminate her later. I realize that sounds strange.
Desiree- She has toned down the ‘yeah, baby’ which is a good thing. Clearly that is her most annoying feature. She is somewhat attractive, although like Agnese the more I see of Desiree the less hot I find her. Lobo knows she is freaky, and if it were about just hooking up Desiree would stand a much better chance. I think Lobo was intrigued, and as a result gave her a chance. But I think other than her craziness and slight hotness Lobo wasn’t really feeling it. He didn’t think of her as someone he would be happy with down the road. I am not saying she is dumb, but I got the feeling that Lobo didn’t feel like he wanted someone who comes off as she does. And I don’t mean to be insulting; I just didn’t see him wanting a girl like that. Because of that, I was not surprised that she got bounced last night. I was annoyed how fired up she got regarding Lisa. But I will save that for my comments about Lisa.
Jeanette- Lobo raved about how attracted he was to her, and other than maybe part of the first episode, I never saw it. I did think she had more of a chance a week or two ago. Lobo was feeling her, and she was quiet but in a good way. While other psycho b’s are making themselves look horrible, she remained quiet. So I wasn’t surprised she made it this far. And going into last night’s episode I had her penciled in as maybe in the final 3. I knew she wasn’t winning but I thought it was her spot to lose. And last night that’s exactly what she did. Not to be mean, but I thought she looked not very good last night. And then she totally dropped the ball after winning the chariot race and not taking advantage. Enjoy the moment? What? When you were little, and it was your birthday and you were blowing out candles and someone said ‘make a wish’ did you ever say to yourself ‘I just want to enjoy the moment’? It’s not a bad thing to want; it’s actually a very nice wish. However, it seemed weak (Lobo even called it a cop-out which I appreciated that he recognized) and sort of cheesy. Like she was trying to seem thoughtful and it felt so suck-up-y. That’s just my opinion though. Overall, I wasn’t sad to see her go.
Jennifer- I barely knew who she was before last night. She was just kind of one of those blond girls who was laying low, not being too crazy and capitalizing on her alone time with Zo. And it seems to be working. Going to their date last night, I immediately started feeling bad for her. I was fearful that Lobo was going to bounce her after the date just as he had done the week before in an alone date. I was thinking it would go nearly the same- he would say that he wanted to be fair and truthful and that he just wasn’t feeling it. But I was wrong! The date went well and she got a rose. I still don’t have tons of opinions on her. She seems nice and pretty down to earth. The biggest dagger for her (it appears) is going to be when Zo meets her family. I am pretty sure last night she said they were cool, but then after she got the rose she casually mentioned something like ‘except for my dad, hes kind of crazy’ or something like that. Then in the previews they show her hunter dad loading a gun and jokingly threatening Lobo. But I won’t judge too prematurely because that could easily be a tiny clip taken out of context. Or she could have a crazy family that scares Zo. We will have to wait and see.
Lisa- As you may remember, I really liked her at the beginning. Well I still like her, maybe not as much as I used to, but she is still currently high in the power rankings. The thing that gets me is that everyone hates her so much. I understand that she has this 5 year plan, but since when is that a bad thing. Sure, it’s abnormal to plan your future out when it comes to the romantic aspect. But how is that any worse than the other girls? They are all going out of the country and falling in love with this guy they just met. In my opinion this show is unique because it’s not a normal love situation. Every other girl insists that Lisa’s feelings aren’t genuine and that she is playing the game. Playing the game? She is trying to get Lobo to like her. THAT’S CALLED DATING! Aren’t they all doing that? So the other girls go on this show, meet this prince, fall in love with him, and try and get him to fall in love with them. Well, if you were going on a job interview (which is similar) wouldn’t you do research in an effort to make yourself seem more desirable to the company? It’s like they are all bitter and jealous because she is familiar with the Bachelor. Why is that wrong? It's not, more power to her. Its not like she doesn’t like Zo just as much as the other girls, she does. But they use this against her and try and pretend their feelings are more real. I don’t think they are. Yes, I think Lisa has issues. But her main issue is that she doesn’t understand how having this ‘plan’ makes her come off. Its not like other people haven’t thought to themselves that ideally they would like to be married by X, or have kids at a certain time. Most people have an opinion on those matters, even if they say they don’t. It’s just that verbalizing it and talking about it all the time makes you seem strange. And she is, but I suspect that is the type of person that she is in life. She probably is organized and goal oriented and a hard worker. So it’s not surprising that she is good at ‘The Bachelor.’ Anyways, I still sort of like her, but I must admit that her plan does sort of tarnish her image. As a viewer I would like her more if she made no mention of her plan, but I am not Lobo, and his opinion is the only one that matters. Not to mention I am sure CBS doesn't mind showing each and every time she says it, possibly distorting our view. Anyways, I think she is in good shape, but based on the previews of next episode I don’t see her going as far as I once thought. It appeared that she already had a wedding dress and all these wedding plans despite the fact that she has no guy. I definitely think that if this is the case that it is going to freak out Zo.
Sadie- Clearly still my top choice and I am hoping I will be able to say that I had it right wire-to-wire. She remains atop the list because she is hot, nice funny, charming, and to me she is the most normal girl remaining. Every time they are alone they get along very well. In my opinion, she has a charming innocence about her while still remaining confident. I think Lobo digs that, and I think he gets the sense that she has a lot of the qualities that he would like in a wife. To me it’s her show to lose. The only thing that potentially could go wrong is if she falls head over heels for him. If that happens to the extreme, and Zo notices, he might feel added pressure/stress or be nervous about it. Generally, it is not common of men to like when girls are obsessed over them. I think they tend to enjoy the chase, which Sadie has handled very well thus far. And once they are down to the last 2 or 3, every girl on this show always says they are falling for him, and they never thought they would find real feelings… And I am just thinking that she could be worse than other girls, because she is so innocent. Honestly I don’t at all see this being a problem. I was just trying to think of something to write about Sadie other than she is the New England Patriots of The Bachelor and she should win. But she is the best girl left for many reasons and I will be rooting for her.
Agnese- She still cant speak English. Obviously she wasn’t going to learn it in a week (or however long between episodes) but it still seems to be a major issue. In my opinion she is not very hot. At first I thought she was kind of hot, but the more I see of her, the less attractive I find her. I think Lobo finds her attractive, but I don’t believe that is what is keeping her around. There are two other more important reasons why she continues to get roses. The first is because of the lack of competition. The other girls, as a whole, really aren’t that impressive this season. The second, and more important reason, is her inability to communicate. This is a major dagger in real life, but on reality dating shows this is a major plus for Lobo. What I mean is that basically at any time he can bounce her at any time and not feel bad about it. He can play the ‘I can’t even talk to you’ card and everyone (including her) has to understand. I think as he narrows it down, he feels like he is leading on the girls he lets continue. And that means that they are going to like him more, and he is going to have to hurt them more. If he keeps her around until say the final 3 or 4, it makes his decision at that time much easier. And he is doing this while still giving himself a chance to develop real feelings for her. But if not it’s like when you had a P-wing in Mario Brothers to pass any level at any time, you wouldn’t use it on an easy level. You would wait until you were faced with a very difficult decision. I think thus far there have been other girls he wanted to bounce more each week, so he did. He is saving her to eliminate her later. I realize that sounds strange.
Desiree- She has toned down the ‘yeah, baby’ which is a good thing. Clearly that is her most annoying feature. She is somewhat attractive, although like Agnese the more I see of Desiree the less hot I find her. Lobo knows she is freaky, and if it were about just hooking up Desiree would stand a much better chance. I think Lobo was intrigued, and as a result gave her a chance. But I think other than her craziness and slight hotness Lobo wasn’t really feeling it. He didn’t think of her as someone he would be happy with down the road. I am not saying she is dumb, but I got the feeling that Lobo didn’t feel like he wanted someone who comes off as she does. And I don’t mean to be insulting; I just didn’t see him wanting a girl like that. Because of that, I was not surprised that she got bounced last night. I was annoyed how fired up she got regarding Lisa. But I will save that for my comments about Lisa.
Jeanette- Lobo raved about how attracted he was to her, and other than maybe part of the first episode, I never saw it. I did think she had more of a chance a week or two ago. Lobo was feeling her, and she was quiet but in a good way. While other psycho b’s are making themselves look horrible, she remained quiet. So I wasn’t surprised she made it this far. And going into last night’s episode I had her penciled in as maybe in the final 3. I knew she wasn’t winning but I thought it was her spot to lose. And last night that’s exactly what she did. Not to be mean, but I thought she looked not very good last night. And then she totally dropped the ball after winning the chariot race and not taking advantage. Enjoy the moment? What? When you were little, and it was your birthday and you were blowing out candles and someone said ‘make a wish’ did you ever say to yourself ‘I just want to enjoy the moment’? It’s not a bad thing to want; it’s actually a very nice wish. However, it seemed weak (Lobo even called it a cop-out which I appreciated that he recognized) and sort of cheesy. Like she was trying to seem thoughtful and it felt so suck-up-y. That’s just my opinion though. Overall, I wasn’t sad to see her go.
Jennifer- I barely knew who she was before last night. She was just kind of one of those blond girls who was laying low, not being too crazy and capitalizing on her alone time with Zo. And it seems to be working. Going to their date last night, I immediately started feeling bad for her. I was fearful that Lobo was going to bounce her after the date just as he had done the week before in an alone date. I was thinking it would go nearly the same- he would say that he wanted to be fair and truthful and that he just wasn’t feeling it. But I was wrong! The date went well and she got a rose. I still don’t have tons of opinions on her. She seems nice and pretty down to earth. The biggest dagger for her (it appears) is going to be when Zo meets her family. I am pretty sure last night she said they were cool, but then after she got the rose she casually mentioned something like ‘except for my dad, hes kind of crazy’ or something like that. Then in the previews they show her hunter dad loading a gun and jokingly threatening Lobo. But I won’t judge too prematurely because that could easily be a tiny clip taken out of context. Or she could have a crazy family that scares Zo. We will have to wait and see.
Lisa- As you may remember, I really liked her at the beginning. Well I still like her, maybe not as much as I used to, but she is still currently high in the power rankings. The thing that gets me is that everyone hates her so much. I understand that she has this 5 year plan, but since when is that a bad thing. Sure, it’s abnormal to plan your future out when it comes to the romantic aspect. But how is that any worse than the other girls? They are all going out of the country and falling in love with this guy they just met. In my opinion this show is unique because it’s not a normal love situation. Every other girl insists that Lisa’s feelings aren’t genuine and that she is playing the game. Playing the game? She is trying to get Lobo to like her. THAT’S CALLED DATING! Aren’t they all doing that? So the other girls go on this show, meet this prince, fall in love with him, and try and get him to fall in love with them. Well, if you were going on a job interview (which is similar) wouldn’t you do research in an effort to make yourself seem more desirable to the company? It’s like they are all bitter and jealous because she is familiar with the Bachelor. Why is that wrong? It's not, more power to her. Its not like she doesn’t like Zo just as much as the other girls, she does. But they use this against her and try and pretend their feelings are more real. I don’t think they are. Yes, I think Lisa has issues. But her main issue is that she doesn’t understand how having this ‘plan’ makes her come off. Its not like other people haven’t thought to themselves that ideally they would like to be married by X, or have kids at a certain time. Most people have an opinion on those matters, even if they say they don’t. It’s just that verbalizing it and talking about it all the time makes you seem strange. And she is, but I suspect that is the type of person that she is in life. She probably is organized and goal oriented and a hard worker. So it’s not surprising that she is good at ‘The Bachelor.’ Anyways, I still sort of like her, but I must admit that her plan does sort of tarnish her image. As a viewer I would like her more if she made no mention of her plan, but I am not Lobo, and his opinion is the only one that matters. Not to mention I am sure CBS doesn't mind showing each and every time she says it, possibly distorting our view. Anyways, I think she is in good shape, but based on the previews of next episode I don’t see her going as far as I once thought. It appeared that she already had a wedding dress and all these wedding plans despite the fact that she has no guy. I definitely think that if this is the case that it is going to freak out Zo.
Sadie- Clearly still my top choice and I am hoping I will be able to say that I had it right wire-to-wire. She remains atop the list because she is hot, nice funny, charming, and to me she is the most normal girl remaining. Every time they are alone they get along very well. In my opinion, she has a charming innocence about her while still remaining confident. I think Lobo digs that, and I think he gets the sense that she has a lot of the qualities that he would like in a wife. To me it’s her show to lose. The only thing that potentially could go wrong is if she falls head over heels for him. If that happens to the extreme, and Zo notices, he might feel added pressure/stress or be nervous about it. Generally, it is not common of men to like when girls are obsessed over them. I think they tend to enjoy the chase, which Sadie has handled very well thus far. And once they are down to the last 2 or 3, every girl on this show always says they are falling for him, and they never thought they would find real feelings… And I am just thinking that she could be worse than other girls, because she is so innocent. Honestly I don’t at all see this being a problem. I was just trying to think of something to write about Sadie other than she is the New England Patriots of The Bachelor and she should win. But she is the best girl left for many reasons and I will be rooting for her.
Bachelor Recap
I am working on a recap of The Bachelor from last night. Check back in a little while...
Friday, October 20, 2006
is it wrong
if a homeless guy asks you for money and is really rude and uncomfortable, and you say no and make up a lie about why. say for instance, a person declines to donate money to the shady guy and tells him the reason for his lack of contribution. he thens tells a detailed story of a day when he was donating money to a similiar homeless guy who then jacked him and took his wallet. tell the shady guy that the reason this guy is not contributing on this day is because a different homeless guy ruined it for him. i have to imagine that the homeless guy would understand. he wouldnt feel bad for the guy but he atleast cant blame him for not giving money this time. i imagine the homeless guy would still probably produce a rude insulting remark, but the homeless guy might hate him less than if he just said no.
or maybe i am totally wrong here. i cant decide if this is an apporiate defense tactic vs. an annoying persistent homeless guy. this is all in response to an encounter i had yesterday when this guy tried the old 'pretend we are best friends and that somehow entitles him to free money' scheme. unlucky for him, i was on to him and in no mood for the courtesy chat. i could see and feel the weather and traffic and was not interested in discussing them. nor was i going to give him 85 cents. which reminds me of another thing i have pondered before. when people are begging for money, do they have a specific item in mind when they ask for specific amounts like 85 cents? if it was the price of a bus ticket, or a 40, i would understand. but i feel fairly certain there are times when said person asks for a random amount. it almost makes me ask what it is for. like if you are 63 cents short on this than maybe people would be more likely to contribute. i dont know.
or maybe i am totally wrong here. i cant decide if this is an apporiate defense tactic vs. an annoying persistent homeless guy. this is all in response to an encounter i had yesterday when this guy tried the old 'pretend we are best friends and that somehow entitles him to free money' scheme. unlucky for him, i was on to him and in no mood for the courtesy chat. i could see and feel the weather and traffic and was not interested in discussing them. nor was i going to give him 85 cents. which reminds me of another thing i have pondered before. when people are begging for money, do they have a specific item in mind when they ask for specific amounts like 85 cents? if it was the price of a bus ticket, or a 40, i would understand. but i feel fairly certain there are times when said person asks for a random amount. it almost makes me ask what it is for. like if you are 63 cents short on this than maybe people would be more likely to contribute. i dont know.
slacker
long time, no post. and i wish my first post in nearly a week was better than this. but it is not. oh well, here goes:
Something that annoys me so much: the sixth floor workers in my building. The building that I work in has 19 floors of businesses. This does not include the 6 or 7 floors of garage parking that is above the lobby and below the 19 floors of businesses. In the lobby there is a separate elevator that goes only to the garage. There are also 2 sets of elevators. I am not an architect or a planner, but if it were up to me I would have set up the elevators different than how they currently operate.
The first set of elevators are marked Floors 1-6. The other set of elevators are marked 7-19. Since I work on the 17th floor, I take the second set of elevators. I think I might understand the logic, but I don’t think the operators are set up in an ideal fashion. Basically, there are equal elevator services for the first 6 floors of businesses as there are for the other 11 floors. I am thinking that if you include approximately 7 floors of parking garage, that makes 26 total floors in the building. And it would also mean that the lower elevators actually service the lower half of the building. So in theory, I can sort of understand why they are set up the way they are. But that is me hypothesizing why they are set up wrong. Even if I am correct, that doesn’t provide any satisfaction because they are still wrong. And this is not really a correctable problem.
Anyways, back to the annoying part. Yes, there is something much more annoying than the set up of the elevators. The higher elevators that I ride, which are marked 7-19 floors, actually service the 6th floor. The sign doesn’t indicate it, but it does. So those jerks on the 6th floor ride our elevators. And I know why they do it. They like express service. When they ride the upper elevators they are guaranteed to have a direct route to the lobby. It just seems so discourteous to me, instead of sucking it up and riding the elevators that they are directed to ride, stopping a maximum of 5 times, they ride the upper elevators and ensure everyone else is delayed by 20 seconds. I don’t think they think about those of us who have to ride to the 17th floor. We have like 10 potential stops and we probably average 3 stops per ride.
One day I want to get the courage to say something to those jerks on our elevator. I have heard stories of a guy who called the female rider from the sixth floor an insulting phrase as the door closed behind her, but I have never done anything like that myself. I think when I do, its going to be something like “you know every person in this building on floors 7-19 hates you, right?” I want to engage them in a conversation and I want them, at some point in the convo, to say “I don’t want to have to stop.” At that point I am going to make some rude remark about how annoying it is to make extra stops. I realize my master plan is nothing special and I know that our building isn’t some skyscraper. And it probably seems like not a big deal, but I think I speak for all employees above the 6th floor when I say that it really makes me mad.
Something that annoys me so much: the sixth floor workers in my building. The building that I work in has 19 floors of businesses. This does not include the 6 or 7 floors of garage parking that is above the lobby and below the 19 floors of businesses. In the lobby there is a separate elevator that goes only to the garage. There are also 2 sets of elevators. I am not an architect or a planner, but if it were up to me I would have set up the elevators different than how they currently operate.
The first set of elevators are marked Floors 1-6. The other set of elevators are marked 7-19. Since I work on the 17th floor, I take the second set of elevators. I think I might understand the logic, but I don’t think the operators are set up in an ideal fashion. Basically, there are equal elevator services for the first 6 floors of businesses as there are for the other 11 floors. I am thinking that if you include approximately 7 floors of parking garage, that makes 26 total floors in the building. And it would also mean that the lower elevators actually service the lower half of the building. So in theory, I can sort of understand why they are set up the way they are. But that is me hypothesizing why they are set up wrong. Even if I am correct, that doesn’t provide any satisfaction because they are still wrong. And this is not really a correctable problem.
Anyways, back to the annoying part. Yes, there is something much more annoying than the set up of the elevators. The higher elevators that I ride, which are marked 7-19 floors, actually service the 6th floor. The sign doesn’t indicate it, but it does. So those jerks on the 6th floor ride our elevators. And I know why they do it. They like express service. When they ride the upper elevators they are guaranteed to have a direct route to the lobby. It just seems so discourteous to me, instead of sucking it up and riding the elevators that they are directed to ride, stopping a maximum of 5 times, they ride the upper elevators and ensure everyone else is delayed by 20 seconds. I don’t think they think about those of us who have to ride to the 17th floor. We have like 10 potential stops and we probably average 3 stops per ride.
One day I want to get the courage to say something to those jerks on our elevator. I have heard stories of a guy who called the female rider from the sixth floor an insulting phrase as the door closed behind her, but I have never done anything like that myself. I think when I do, its going to be something like “you know every person in this building on floors 7-19 hates you, right?” I want to engage them in a conversation and I want them, at some point in the convo, to say “I don’t want to have to stop.” At that point I am going to make some rude remark about how annoying it is to make extra stops. I realize my master plan is nothing special and I know that our building isn’t some skyscraper. And it probably seems like not a big deal, but I think I speak for all employees above the 6th floor when I say that it really makes me mad.
Friday, October 13, 2006
Another Friday Gaming Challenge
This is not a new game, but I am curious where I stand compared to my talented readers. Post results if you are proud of them.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
More Blog Lists
I decided I wanted to identify my top 5 favorite candy. I love candy and eat it all the time. You will probably notice that my top choices are not the chocolate variety. In any case here it is:
5- Cowtails
4- Take 5
3- Twizzlers Nibs
2- Nerd Rope (and just nerds in general)
1- Spree
Honorable Mention: Twix, Caramello, Junior Mints, Shockers (formerly Shock Tarts), Sweet Tarts, Reces Pieces, Fast Break
Cowtails are good for a variety of reasons, the most important being taste. They are pretty much a fresh tiny roll of caramel creams, but not sliced up. They are fun to eat due to shape and almost guaranteed freshness which assures the eater a nice soft chewing experience. I am not the biggest fan of caramel, but for some reason I cant stop eating cowtails.
Take 5 are relatively new on the candy bar scene, so perhaps I am going out on a limb to put them in my all time top 5. But how can you not? They are absolutely delicious. Hersheys took all the 4 best candy bar ingredients (peanut butter, caramel, chocolate, peanuts) and added pretzels and was left with the best candy bar around.
Twizzlers Nibs are not to be confused with Twizzlers Bites. The bites have hollow tubes lenthwise and are a little bit bigger. They taste similiar but not quite the same. Nibs used to be its own brand i think, but maybe it was taken over by Twizzlers or something... You often can only find these Nibs in the small pack or the medium sized ($1.39) pack. The big pound bag of cherry flavored bites are good, but not as good as the Nib variety.
Nerd Ropes are made with a gummy type piece of chewy candy that is coated with Nerds, which I love even by themselves. They are just little tiny pieces of sugar but I love them. I often eat the big boxes of them at work, and have considered separating the big nerds from the small ones and selling them on ebay. How much do you think someone would pay for a box full of giant sized Nerds? I like to bite off the biggest nerds from the rope, so i can enjoy them by themselves. Then I let the small ones do their job of adding flavor and texture to the rope when I gobble it up. So good, i think I am going to go eat one now.
Spree are my all-time favorite candy. I eat them all the time and I never get tired of them. I would estimate that I could eat an entire roll of Spree in under a minute. The best part is the texture, which might seem odd of an apparent 'hard candy.' But anyone who has experienced the treat knows that you should not judge a book by its cover. The candy coating isnt nearly as difficult to break as you would think. Chewy Spree are also good, but nearly as good as the original. Plus after a few packs in a row, the tangy-ness of the chewy ones kind of gets to you. They are sold in the standard roll, the movie theatre box, the mid sized bag and also in rolls, kind of like smarties. I think I most prefer the old school style of the rolls, although the big boxes are a delcious way to watch any movie.
Thoughts?
5- Cowtails
4- Take 5
3- Twizzlers Nibs
2- Nerd Rope (and just nerds in general)
1- Spree
Honorable Mention: Twix, Caramello, Junior Mints, Shockers (formerly Shock Tarts), Sweet Tarts, Reces Pieces, Fast Break
Cowtails are good for a variety of reasons, the most important being taste. They are pretty much a fresh tiny roll of caramel creams, but not sliced up. They are fun to eat due to shape and almost guaranteed freshness which assures the eater a nice soft chewing experience. I am not the biggest fan of caramel, but for some reason I cant stop eating cowtails.
Take 5 are relatively new on the candy bar scene, so perhaps I am going out on a limb to put them in my all time top 5. But how can you not? They are absolutely delicious. Hersheys took all the 4 best candy bar ingredients (peanut butter, caramel, chocolate, peanuts) and added pretzels and was left with the best candy bar around.
Twizzlers Nibs are not to be confused with Twizzlers Bites. The bites have hollow tubes lenthwise and are a little bit bigger. They taste similiar but not quite the same. Nibs used to be its own brand i think, but maybe it was taken over by Twizzlers or something... You often can only find these Nibs in the small pack or the medium sized ($1.39) pack. The big pound bag of cherry flavored bites are good, but not as good as the Nib variety.
Nerd Ropes are made with a gummy type piece of chewy candy that is coated with Nerds, which I love even by themselves. They are just little tiny pieces of sugar but I love them. I often eat the big boxes of them at work, and have considered separating the big nerds from the small ones and selling them on ebay. How much do you think someone would pay for a box full of giant sized Nerds? I like to bite off the biggest nerds from the rope, so i can enjoy them by themselves. Then I let the small ones do their job of adding flavor and texture to the rope when I gobble it up. So good, i think I am going to go eat one now.
Spree are my all-time favorite candy. I eat them all the time and I never get tired of them. I would estimate that I could eat an entire roll of Spree in under a minute. The best part is the texture, which might seem odd of an apparent 'hard candy.' But anyone who has experienced the treat knows that you should not judge a book by its cover. The candy coating isnt nearly as difficult to break as you would think. Chewy Spree are also good, but nearly as good as the original. Plus after a few packs in a row, the tangy-ness of the chewy ones kind of gets to you. They are sold in the standard roll, the movie theatre box, the mid sized bag and also in rolls, kind of like smarties. I think I most prefer the old school style of the rolls, although the big boxes are a delcious way to watch any movie.
Thoughts?
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Engineering Humor
10-12-06 Update: Sticking with the engineering theme (i love graphs) I wanted to post this figure. Notice yesterday was the highest traffic day on this site by 50%. I am not sure why... does The Bachelor commentary draw a bigger audience? I dont know, but thought it was postworthy.
It does appear that most of my readers check in while at work but not from home on the weekends...
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I think that most people don't think of me when they picture a typical engineer. They are probably correct in their assumption, however, the people that I work with are probably exactly like what they are thinking. The reason that I bring this up is because of what happened today at work.
I was in the restroom when two other coworkers entered. They actually were probably in there first, i cant remember. They conducted your typical mens bathroom chat. It is not unlike the typical conversation that occurs the night before Thanksgiving during your first year of college. You went to college and are home for the holiday weekend, so you hang out with all of your high school friends. Most likely you will encounter someone who you werent that close with during high school. The conversation goes something like this:
Hows college?
Good, what about you?
Pretty good.
Whats your major?
[major 1], whats yours?
[major 2]
cool
The mens bathroom conversation that i am speaking of is between two people who know each other but not very well. They dont talk to each other, only when in a confined space where they feel obligated [i realize this only really leaves the elevator and the bathroom.] Anyways its just small talk and nothing important. But back to today... I hear the normal talk and because we are in the transportation industy the conversation leads to the Washington Metro [the subway]. It is owned and operated (i think) by WMATA. One guy tells the other guy a story about his meeting with them today and how it was unproductive and stuff. This reminds the other guy of something he learned when he worked with WMATA a bunch of years back. Anyways, he recalls a story where on his first day someone told him what WMATA stands for. After some more analysis and hypothesizing, I hear the punchline. It means we meet and talk a lot. good one.
I'm sorry, but i didnt think words like and and a got recognition in acronyms. And I am also pretty sure that a lot is two words. Its arguable that it could have been called WMATAL or MWTL or something. I am not hating on the joke, but i didnt enjoy it nearly as much as those guys. [thinking further, maybe i am the real engineer since instead of just laughing i analyzed it and am still writing/thinking about it...]
the other thing happened only minutes later. it is not as strange as this, but exemplifies the environment in which i work. I am washing my hands, and a third guy makes the courtesy small talk with me. I respectfully engage in weak conversation while accelerating my hand washing and drying process. Anyways, eventually he asks how i have been and I reply 'pretty busy'. in our work terms that means we have a bunch of projects to work on, as compared to being pretty slow when you dont have much work to do or projects to bill your time to. anyways, after saying that i think i might have even thrown in a 'which is better than being bored' or some other equally meaningless phrase. in any case, he responds 'oh, back on the crack pipe.' he might have said 'oh, yeah not back on the crack pipe.' i couldnt even tell is he was asking or telling me. i also have no idea what it meant. i absolutely can't think of a situation where what he said makes any sense. and he chuckled as i walked out the door.
and he is one of the more normal people at work, or so i thought. there are a few people who would say this to me and i would not think anything of it. but not this guy. i have no idea what he was talking about. there is a chance i couldnt hear him since he was facing the urinal, while my urinal was flushing and the sink was running. i dont know. it doesnt really matter anyways, i could tell from his demeanor that he wasnt mad at me or anything.
i just thought those 3 minutes in the restroom painted a fairly accurate portrait of what it is like to work at an engineering firm.
It does appear that most of my readers check in while at work but not from home on the weekends...-------
I think that most people don't think of me when they picture a typical engineer. They are probably correct in their assumption, however, the people that I work with are probably exactly like what they are thinking. The reason that I bring this up is because of what happened today at work.
I was in the restroom when two other coworkers entered. They actually were probably in there first, i cant remember. They conducted your typical mens bathroom chat. It is not unlike the typical conversation that occurs the night before Thanksgiving during your first year of college. You went to college and are home for the holiday weekend, so you hang out with all of your high school friends. Most likely you will encounter someone who you werent that close with during high school. The conversation goes something like this:
Hows college?
Good, what about you?
Pretty good.
Whats your major?
[major 1], whats yours?
[major 2]
cool
The mens bathroom conversation that i am speaking of is between two people who know each other but not very well. They dont talk to each other, only when in a confined space where they feel obligated [i realize this only really leaves the elevator and the bathroom.] Anyways its just small talk and nothing important. But back to today... I hear the normal talk and because we are in the transportation industy the conversation leads to the Washington Metro [the subway]. It is owned and operated (i think) by WMATA. One guy tells the other guy a story about his meeting with them today and how it was unproductive and stuff. This reminds the other guy of something he learned when he worked with WMATA a bunch of years back. Anyways, he recalls a story where on his first day someone told him what WMATA stands for. After some more analysis and hypothesizing, I hear the punchline. It means we meet and talk a lot. good one.
I'm sorry, but i didnt think words like and and a got recognition in acronyms. And I am also pretty sure that a lot is two words. Its arguable that it could have been called WMATAL or MWTL or something. I am not hating on the joke, but i didnt enjoy it nearly as much as those guys. [thinking further, maybe i am the real engineer since instead of just laughing i analyzed it and am still writing/thinking about it...]
the other thing happened only minutes later. it is not as strange as this, but exemplifies the environment in which i work. I am washing my hands, and a third guy makes the courtesy small talk with me. I respectfully engage in weak conversation while accelerating my hand washing and drying process. Anyways, eventually he asks how i have been and I reply 'pretty busy'. in our work terms that means we have a bunch of projects to work on, as compared to being pretty slow when you dont have much work to do or projects to bill your time to. anyways, after saying that i think i might have even thrown in a 'which is better than being bored' or some other equally meaningless phrase. in any case, he responds 'oh, back on the crack pipe.' he might have said 'oh, yeah not back on the crack pipe.' i couldnt even tell is he was asking or telling me. i also have no idea what it meant. i absolutely can't think of a situation where what he said makes any sense. and he chuckled as i walked out the door.
and he is one of the more normal people at work, or so i thought. there are a few people who would say this to me and i would not think anything of it. but not this guy. i have no idea what he was talking about. there is a chance i couldnt hear him since he was facing the urinal, while my urinal was flushing and the sink was running. i dont know. it doesnt really matter anyways, i could tell from his demeanor that he wasnt mad at me or anything.
i just thought those 3 minutes in the restroom painted a fairly accurate portrait of what it is like to work at an engineering firm.
want some cheese with your wine?
make sure you have the sound on when you watch this video. thanks amanda!
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
New TV Season
I can't believe I just wrote this...
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It’s no secret that I watch reality TV. Many of my favorite shows are reality shows. In celebration of the start of the new season on network TV, and because of my interest in reality shows, I decided that I want to write my opinion of ABC’s The Bachelor. I will assume that you, as the reader, are familiar with the show and so I will jump right in to my thoughts.
I enjoyed the first episode, in particular the segment where the ladies are first introduced to Lorenzo Borghese, this season’s bachelor. The ladies are all hot and bothered because LoBor (or sometimes just Lobo) is some kind of Italian prince. My initial thought about him is that he is a fairly reasonable guy. He seems to know what’s up, in terms of these reality dating shows. I think he is not trying to go the elimidate route, which is good for the show. While those slimy make-out-with-as-many girls as possible shows are sometimes entertaining, they are only inches away from Jerry Springer. So he seems (at least thus far) to be fairly conservative about getting close with the girls. He could have easily already gotten on 6 of the 8 remaining girls.
Anyways, the success of the season is pretty much controlled by the girls they bring in. I thought right out of the gate they were on the right track. The first girl introduced, Lisa, was my favorite from start to last. She was my favorite because she was passed by the very last girl introduced, Sadie.
On the first night LoBor had to say goodbye to about half of the girls. I am sure he was overwhelmed and thought it was difficult, but to me it seems easy. With so many different girls, it would seem to me that you would be looking for reasons to send girls home, not keep them. If someone is annoying, just send them home.
Right from the start LoBor was feeling Lisa. They shared a moment while they had a conversation away from the rest of the girls and she was in. I was somewhat annoyed by the whole ‘tree hugger’ episode, but what can you do. It’s a TV show, and there are cameras all around. As if the situation of 30 girls all trying to get 1 guy to like them in 8 hours isn’t strange enough, then throw them in front of a camera, and you can only expect so much. I have a feeling that if they shoot all the girls for the entire night, then only show the viewer a few seconds of video, they can pretty much dictate how certain people are portrayed. And I can’t blame them for doing this, as ABC’s is probably far more concerned with ratings than they are with LoBo falling in love.
So Lisa was in, and so I was only concerned with Sadie getting to the next round. Not surprisingly, she needed little effort to not go home as there were plenty of other crazy/annoying/ugly girls who had no chance of staying around. The only problem I have with the rose ceremony is that I often think he is advised or assisted with his choices. LoBo still has not eliminated Erica. I do not want to devote much more than a sentence to talking about her, but pretty much she very spoiled and so annoying. I can’t imagine that he actually is interested in her. And its like contradictory. They show clips of them totally having awkward moments and not getting along at all and he selects her for the next round. I am pretty sure this is strictly for TV. Kind of like how at least one minority always makes it into the second round even if the contestant has no interest in the girl.
I wasn’t until the second round that Sadie really stepped it up. She was on a group date and she stood out enough to get a rose before the rose ceremony. It was later revealed that she is saving herself for marriage. The other girls were making fun of her but I think that actually helps her chances. In my opinion it seems that LoBor has already narrowed it down to the three girls who got a rose prior to the ceremony. And I can’t blame him. I would have been kind of disappointed if I were him. I think he will be happy once he settles on Sadie, but overall if I were responsible for selecting 30 of the hottest, smartest, most fun, successful girls, I would like to think I could assemble a slightly better group than LoBor was given.
This entry is getting wordy and I still never made it to my commentary on all the girls. So here are a few of my other comments about this season and the contestants:
Desiree- Pretty hot, is very interested in having fun, baby. She adds baby to the end of every phrase that she says, baby. She would be fun to be friends with, but hanging out with her all the time would probably not be fun, baby. Also she seems incapable of being serious, baby.
Ellen- I am glad she went home. I never really like her (other than when she did the chicken wing during that bedroom dance party) and was annoyed with how she tried to call out Lisa. It made he look pretty pathetic and like a witch with a b.
Jeanette-she is really young and not bad looking and also a teacher. Her stock went up when they went to the beach (then again she is 23 and one of the younger contestants.) She doesn’t get much time on camera, and her face reminds me of Mandy Moore at times.
Jami- blonde from
Gina- is an ultrasound technician. I think that’s an interested job, and I am sort of curious why she chose to be called that. I would imagine that she could have called herself something more general, like physicians assistant or something like that. I was glad she got a rose, only because I disliked a few people more than her.
Agnese- it’s funny that she is still around because she doesn’t speak English. I feel fairly certain that the producers just walked around
Erica- wishes she was Paris Hilton, thinks she is as hot as Charlize Theron and as cool as Brad Pitt in Oceans 11. She is a socialite, and I think her family is very rich. She claimed that her flight to
Kim- passed out from drinking 2 days in a row. Sure she was at the beach in the sun all day long. And maybe she was drinking. But so was everyone else… didn’t she know that her chances of sticking around would be greatly increased if she actually showed some interest in the bachelor? Despite her claims, has to be embarrassed with her showing.
Sarah- she dominated when they played football, but I think her courtesy rose in the first round was because she was the only minority in the group (and she was from
Rosella- she was eliminated in the first round and I was pumped. She kept saying how it was destiny to be there and she was convinced she was going to win. She claimed to have sold her car to raise money to fund a new wardrobe for the trip and that turned out to be a major dagger since she was only in
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Random Referrals
I saw that someone came to my blog via this page:
http://www.google.com/search?q=jamaican%20guy%20on%20starburst%20commercial&hl=en&lr=&start=20&sa=N (check the 7th webpage listed)
I guess I am glad that my page comes up as the 27th best match on Google when searching for that specific person , and also nice work by the searcher because I probably would have not even looked at results 21-30.
Originally I had the key phrase (J G on S C) in this post and was wondering if the post would move me up in the rankings on Google. Then I thought that was cheating so i removed the phrase.
Kind of I love internet searching, aka googling. I also love when people reach my site by chance after searching on a search engine for a particular topic. It seems the most popular by far is for that high school football player Pat that I commented on a few weeks ago. More than a few times per week someone stumbles upon my blog after searching for something related to him. Second place would probably be people searching for the donut establishment and smoothie discussion. Sometimes for fun I search for things I have posted about before just to see if it comes up, or more importantly, how far down I am on the list of sites.
On a side note, to prove my internet searching capabilities, recently the guy who sits next to me at work had his bike stolen from his car. Days later, after hearing the story, I found it on ebay.
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I love mustaches!
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Whats up now NYC?
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Monday, October 02, 2006
credit where credit is due
Since my recent man pole post I have had some interesting discussions with various people. It seems [as Val pointed out] that the technique that you use while in the bathroom might depend on what kind of underwear that you have on. To clarify, it seems that many people are discouraged from using the zipper only because of the damage it can cause. If you have on a pair of boxers, a loose pair of undies, or no underwear at all, then you have very little from keeping your pizzle away from your zipper. This makes perfect sense to me, the seconds that you save are not worth the risk you take. If you play with fire… I actually don’t use zipper for another reason. I prefer my unit to be held in place, and for me to use the zipper I would have to stretch out my underwear. Not to mention its like a minor operation, since you have to weave your duder through the panels. That escape hatch for you piece is a good invention in theory, I just don’t find it very practical.
Anyways, this brings me to what I wanted to talk about. Flashback to September of 1991. I was a 10 year old kid entering middle school. It was the first time I had a locker, it was the first time I had the option of getting french fries everyday at lunch. It was the first time I had to change clothes to go to gym class, and it was also the first time I learned that wearing boxers got you much more locker room cred than tighty whities. So there I was, leaving my comfort zone and taking the huge step into a school where girls had boobs. I was a brief-wearing student government president of my elementary school who was learning the ropes of middle school. It took me only a day or so to master the quickchange, it was all I could do to hide my speedo-like underwear.
After mentioning it to my mom, she got me some boxers. I was pumped and no longer had to worry about wearing the nerdy tighty whities. On my first day with boxers, it was maybe 2 minutes into the first game of dodgeball when I realized that me and boxers had a problem. I had been under the impression that girls were the only ones who had to worry about bouncing private parts. I was wrong. It was probably the next day that I was back to my old ways, but I was supported and comfortable.
Since I didn’t do my own laundry, I am sure my mom noticed. I had really wanted boxers and then I dropped them just as fast. So then one day she came to me with something that I had never seen before. Far from your standard cotton panty, this was a small tight short that was made like briefs yet covered more of your area. The support of briefs with the coverage of boxers… this seemed like a good idea. I thought so then, and I still think so today. Back then I don’t think the mainstream underwear companies even made them. It would be a few more years [like midway through high school] before I started seeing other people wearing this revolutionary pair of underwear.
I just wanted to take this chance to thank my mom for discovering boxer briefs. If it weren’t for her finding them, they probably wouldn’t be anything that they are today. Underwear producers all over the world should be thanking her. Also, they got the best free advertising ever, as people are constantly trying to look at me in my undies.
Note: I wrote this post once and then while looking up a link to a page, Firefox broke and I lost what I wrote. I tried my best to recreate the post but its nothing compared to the original. I also had a link to a video about bouncing privates, but decided to remove it fearing most of my readers are at work and it would not be appropriate.
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