Speculating on the plot of Dark Knight Rises
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Review
5 Reasons I Loved The Muppets – a movie review
Newt Gingrich: “To the moon, Alice!”
South Carolina Tea Party Doesn’t Like Ron Paul
My Five Favorite Things About Mitt Romney (sarcasm)
Jamie Insalaco
chewyowl
Nurse Becky
Fudge Mint Cookies are Vegan, and they are awesome. To the best of my recollection, they are fairly reminiscent of the Girl Scout cookies’ Thin Mints. For those of you keeping score at home, we picked them up at the local Stop and Shop.
February 10, 2012
“That’s no moon… it’s a space station.”
I know this isn’t a high quality photo, but I thought it was worth a quick look. Oh, and just to be clear, it is a picture of the moon; the Empire isn’t here to make an example of us… Our planet is far too remote.
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February 9, 2012
Airplane Phone Holder [Engineering Like A MoFo]
I’ve become reliant on my smart phone since I got the thing last summer. I knew I could watch movies on the plane during the long flight from Newark to Las Vegas, but the idea of holding it up to my face or straining my neck to look down at my phone on the tray table for hours on end was out of the question. Sill, I decided that the tray table was going to be a key component to the success of my plan.
I did some quick research, but I found the product I envisioned was not necessarily in resistance. A temporary solution was necessary and so, like with the Air Defender™, I turned to my old friend, paper board.
As we all know, when tray tables are in their locked and upright position, they are sealed tightly to the seated they are affixed to. My idea was to simply slip a length of paper board between the tray table and the seat, lock the tray table shut and finally, zip tie my phone to the exposed papler left protruding against the backside of the table.
So, I took this, stuck my phone in it, completed the procedure described above, and I was in business: the Tray Table Phone Friend™ was born! (The name just rolls right off your tongue.)
Here it is in action:
Boom! Watching The Dark Knight on my phone with a little help from the Tray Table Phone Friend™!
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February 8, 2012
Golden Retriever Kisses
I come from a family of inquisitive people; on some level, we’re always testing via the scientific method. Just this past weekend, my youngest niece posed this question: if left to her own devices, how many kisses would be included in a greeting from my golden retriever? My niece hypothesized that she would receive 100 kisses and my family went to the lab for testing.
We don’t have a lot of data, but when it comes to this particular Golden Retriever, it’s 47. That’s forty-seven kisses hello.
Take that, Air Bud!
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February 7, 2012
Bushkill Falls, Poconos, PA
Bushkill Falls is a beautiful place, but billing the tumbling water as The Niagara of Pennsylvania is a bit too grand for it to live up to.
I guess you could go over the falls in a barrel, but what for?
February 6, 2012
Traffic is brutal
I blurred out the license plates because I'm hi-tech like that.
The traffic was so bad this morning that I was able to photograph it. I’ve never just sat in one place for so long that I was able to just relax, put the car in park and snap a few pictures.
All of the sound walls in my area have this strange design on them; I don’t know what it’s supposed to look like, but I know what it does look like. Any high school health student knows what it looks like. You have to wonder who came up with this design and what official approved it. I don’t know the answer, but I would guess it was a man and his last name was “Skeet.”
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February 5, 2012
Lazy Graffiti
I don’t mind graffiti, but lazy graffiti is something I have no tolerance for! “Hello” – that’s it? That’s all you’ve got? It’s not even written in a way that is especially interesting to look at! And I took this photo at a college, not at a high school! The best possible scenario is that it’s a reference to the Seinfeld episode The Voice, but that seems pretty far fetched – especially since there’s only one O and no “La la la!”
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February 5, 2012
I’m reviewing Winter Soldier & X-Factor at ACB!
"Psh... I'm the REAL Winter Soldier!"
Since I’ve been contributing at AComicbookBlog.com, I’ve been reviewing crap – at least for the most part. But now, I get to talk about something awesome: Winter Soldier! Ed Brubaker’s one of my favorite writers, so the fact that he’s got another book out and I get to review it is awesome.
And speaking of my favorite writers, I’ve also taken over the duties of reviewing X-Factor, written by Peter David, who I had the good fortune to interview last year.
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February 4, 2012
Wendy’s To Go Cup [Photo]
At Wendy’s, “Quality Ice Cold Refreshment is our recipe” for Diet Coke. So I guess that means… what, exactly? No corn syrup? No caramel coloring or artificial sweetener? But presumably ice is on the list. Or maybe it means, “Hey, our recipe is a secret, so fuck off!” Of course, I don’t think they’re actually making any soda products, so I don’t know what the point of printing this motto on their cups was in the first place.
But don’t worry, Wendy’s: as long as you have a location right next to my office, you’ll always be my one stop shop for soda, inconsistent fries and side salads that are about to go bad but not bad enough for me to throw away without at least trying to eat it first.
Oh and baked potatoes. For some reason, ya’ll knock a plain baked potato (I put salad dressing on it) out of the park every time, but you can’t get the fries right. Fascinating.
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February 4, 2012
Settle Your Differences Supermarket Sweep Style
Several months ago, I was walking through the grocery store and saw this:
And I thought to myself, “Are some of these tasty hot breakfast options KILLING the American Dream? I better go in for a closer look.”
I read the sign and just could not focus on the message. Being confronted with this sort of issue in a supermarket broke my brain. I must have read the sign four or five times, but my girlfriend and I never actually discussed the information displayed because of two things:
- The fact that such a sign was taped to a shelf in the grocery store. Who put it there? The supermarket employees? Were they instructed to do so by corporate, or perhaps by their union, who is sympathetic to the plight of this union? The idea that the hot cereal shelf was the place for this sort of debate was fascinating to us.
- The scanny-code thingy! What are those called again? Oh… code scans. Anyway, these things make me feel really old; the idea that I carry around a device in my pocket that can scan weird markings on paper and generate information blows my mind to the point that I’ve only mustered the courage to do it once. Every time I see one, this is what I see in my mind’s eye:
And then, I take out my wallet and do this:
Yeah, I’m an embarrassment to be seen with in public… probably in private, too.
Anyway, I tried to go to the web page notated on the sign, but the URL doesn’t work. A quick google search indicated that you really need to go here. I didn’t end up taking any time to learn more about the situation or where it currently stands, but I hate it when URLs are posted incorrectly. Somebody should fix that shiz.
But here’s what I do know: two groups that work in an industry related to the grocery store are having a dispute, and if this is still an issue, I’ve got a great way to settle it: Supermarket Sweep battle!
That’s right; put the fate of many and what I presume is millions of dollars in the hands of just a few people dashing around a fake grocery store in awful sweaters. It’s a stupid, irrational suggestion, but it’ll only take a few minutes and will net a clear winner.
Also, I’d like to see Supermarket Sweep back on the air – I miss it’s horrendously fake enthusiasm and stock production values.
