Posts from — January 2008

Remember 78 days ago when I said that I was seven days behind in my newsreader? (Sure you do, at the time I was celebrating that I was no longer 26 days behind from 25 days prior!)

As of today, I am only *one* day behind.

(And if y'all would just quiet down and watch Lost, I can probably get caught up by this weekend!)

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McCain has a secret plan to capture Bin Laden. Stallone endorses McCain.

Coincidence?!?! Hmmmm…..

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Via Sloane in the comments….

Do you like cheeseburgers? Sure ya do! Who doesn't?!

What if you could have a cheeseburger any time you wanted it, anywhere in the world? Well now you can.

Straight from the sharpest minds in Germany… it's the cheeseburger in a can.

I don't know who invented the cheeseburger in a can, but — if he were alive today — I would suspect Vincent Van Gough. How else can you describe the of absolute fusion of madness and genius that went into this?!

I can't even begin to imagine having a cheeseburger in a can.

Oh, wait. Yes, I can… but that was a totally different context.

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chicken fried bacon
Originally uploaded by yi.

From Texas Country Reporter: If a person can't sit down to a nice, big plate of crispy, flaky chicken fried bacon, well… what's this world coming to?!

It may very well kill me… but I think I'm going to try this if I'm ever in Snook.

And I wouldn't be surprised at all if Josh made a road trip for this. It's just the kind of culinary sideshow that gives you the chance to say "been there, ate that".

Wanna try that at home? Here's a guesstimate recipe, with one serving weighing in at roughly 40 grams of fat.

And if that's not quite your cup of sweet tea, then Sodolak's Original Country Inn also offers the the steak-by-the-pound lunch. (How does 2.5 pounds sound?)

Sodolak's Original Country Inn
9711 FM 60 Rd E
Snook, TX 77879
(979) 272-6002
Closed on Sundays

HT: Rob (who secretly wants CFB, too!)

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I'm a little behind on this, but it cracked me up.

I drink your milkshake, even though I opposed drinking your milkshake four years ago. -Mitt Romney

I may drink your milkshake for another 100 years, if that's what it takes. -John McCain

I drank a milkshake on 9/11. -Rudy Giuliani

I drink your milkshake, but I'm paying for it with gold. -Ron Paul

America deserves a new milkshake. -Barack Obama

I will fight the corporations so that you can drink your own milkshake. -John Edwards

I have 35 years of milkshake-drinking experience. *sob* -Hillary Clinton

It depends on what your definition of "milkshake" is. -Bill Clinton

Global warming is melting your milkshake. -Al Gore

We're making good progress in the war on milkshakes, and make no mistake: we will prevail. -George W. Bush

— from Attentiondeficitdisorderly Too Flat

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The more I play with my own tumblog, the more I think that — some day soon — my entire site will be a tumblog. (Tumblog? What's that?) Getting my day-to-day out there alongside my (seemingly) more developed thoughts harkens back to why I started blogging in the first place.

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Amazon is, was, and will continue to be my online (mega)store of choice. I love the Amazon Prime service and the free two-day delivery service. It's become a convenience service for both of us. Unless it's a real necessity - I'll likely shop Amazon rather than bother with Target/Wal-Mart/etc on my drive home from work.

But I'm starting to realize that Amazon doesn't know me as well as it used to. After purchasing all (or nearly all) of my gifts for birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays from Amazon for the past two to three years, I now get "RECOMMENDATIONS" that no longer apply to me.

For example, today at Amazon I received the following recommendations:
- CorningWare French White ll 4-Quart Covered Oval Roaster
- OXO Good Grips 65191 Nylon Flexible Turner, Black
- J.A. Henckels Twin Four Star 3-Piece Starter Set with Bonus Steel
- Cuisinart Chef's Classic Nonstick Bakeware 9-Inch Square Cake Pan
- Pocahontas (10th Anniversary Edition DVD)
- Pink Tongs 12" by Cuisinart
- OXO Good Grips 28181Garlic Press

(Can you guess who I usually shop for???)

And while all of those are excellent items, I WOULDN'T BUY ANY OF THEM FOR MYSELF. I don't cook and I don't watch DVDs. (We didn't even own a dvd player for years.)

So now I have to go through the process (yet again) of indicating that these recommendations suck. But the process of doing so also sucks. I have to select each item and tell Amazon that I either a) already own it, b) I'm not interested, or c) go through another two click process to notify Amazon that seed item (which generated the recommendation) was a gift. UGH.

WHAT I REALLY WANT is for Amazon to recognize that — when I am buying items as a gift — the purchases do not reflect my own interests. I want Amazon to know it right then and there (especially if I am already having Amazon gift wrap the items!) When I ship items to someone else, they aren't for me and those transactions shouldn't follow me around as future recommendations.

Amazon has one of the best suggestive sell systems in the business today. I just wish there was a way to differentiate my own purchases versus gifts.

In the meantime, Amazon recommends that I buy you a pink spatula. Enjoy.

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Happy Truck-iversary
Originally uploaded by kevindonahue.

Remember that truck I bought almost three years ago? It turned 36,000 miles today - just as I was pulling into the neighborhood on the drive home.

Yep, I've officially passed from the Ford factory warranty stage to the Ford extended warranty stage.

((sniff, sniff)) good 'ol truck ((sniff, sniff))

I know many of you don't understand my relationship with my truck (ok… damn near all of you think I'm nuts), but the truck just… fits me.

That doesn't mean I haven't a wandering eye from time to time (yeah… I've seen you over there eyeing me, Roush Mustang… and you too, Infiniti M… and even you, little roadster)… but I really couldn't be happier with my F150.

Now… how to celebrate?!

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