Random Musings

Another great summer day today... which I got to spend inside answering phones at work.

During my lunch, while reading some other blogs that I follow, I found this handy bit of information:

(I totally 'borrowed' this from the Seattle Umbrella Conspiracy)
Good to know in case you ever need to control your diet.... when you're a zombie.

And, speaking of zombies, here is some helpful information for those of us among the still-living;

(I believe this came from Dave's Longbox a while back)
Never let it be said that I don't provide a public service once in a while.

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In other news:
27 years ago today, Coca-Cola switched back to their "original formula" after an unsuccessful attempt at trying out "New Coke".
Wow... 27 years. I'm getting older every day.
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And speaking of 27;
Happy Birthday to Jessica Simpson. She's 27 yrs today. (hmmm... coincidence?)

A little sparse in the brain dept., but I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers.
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Another evening of mango margaritas at home.
Tonight I drank the equivalent of half a pitcher, then topped that off with a rootbeer float (spiked with rootbeer schnapps). Woo-hoo!

.... I'm feeling a little woozy. Gotta go lie down for a while now.
Be good while I'm napping.

Heart Attack Waiting to Happen

Mmmmm.... yummy! Burgers!

And what could be better than a burger with lots of bacon and cheese?

I give you the "Baconator" from Wendy's!

Oh my mouth is just watering looking at that piece of meat-art!

At least.... that's what I thought as I was ordering one today at lunch.

I didn't pack a lunch today to take with me, as I was running late (as usual) and figured "Aw screw it! I'll just buy something today."

And so I did.

I had to go to the Post Office to mail a payment I had forgotten to get out on time (Great! Late charges!) and on my way back, Wendy's was the first place I drove buy that didn't take me out of my way.

I like their burgers. So I'm not giving them a bad time about the quality of their food. I go there maybe once a month 'cause it's close to work (and if I get out to lunch at just the right time, I can get there, get my food, and be back in less then 20 minutes. Not bad!).

Standing in line was the ad for the "NEW BACONATOR BURGER".

Ooooh... six, count them, SIX pieces of bacon. Two 1/4 lb hamburger patties. Melted cheese. On a Kaiser roll.

I'm sold!

I ordered the small combo. (C'mon! At least I didn't get a large)
Got back to work and opened up my bag of meat goodness at my desk.

Eh.... THAT'S the cholesterol-bomb I was looking forward to?!?

Yes. Yes it was.

It sure smelled good, so maybe looks aren't everything.

I dug in and finished it off.

And then it sat there. In my stomach. Like a bacon-flavored brick. Ugh!

Well, I'm not a bulimic so I went the remainder of the day weighted down by this 'anchor' in my gut.

Definitely not going to order this one again.

At least there are mango margaritas waiting for me at home!

Company Picnic

What an awesome summer day here in the Northwest!
Blame it on global warming or just good luck, but the summer here is turning out to be a beautiful one!
Plus.... our pitifully low snow-pack in the mountains in recent years was more than compensated for this last winter, so hopefully there won't be any danger of a drought this year. (But we'll see)

Anyway, back to our wonderful day today.

Hotness & I went to her company picnic at a park along Lake Sammamish.

Unlike past years that we've gone, there was only a handful of employees there this time, which was nice because I knew most everybody and was able to catch-up with a lot of them.

And as usual, there was a fine assortment of burgers & hotdogs (plus other wonderful 'potluck' yummies) to be eaten:

Water balloons were tossed and squirt guns fired upon many unsuspecting victims.

Mass quantities of beer & wine were consumed.

And overall, a good day was had by everyone who attended.

We hung around until after 5:00 p.m., then headed for home.

On the way we decided to see "Ratatouille".

It has been getting some incredible reviews, and thought it would be a nice end to the day.

I've got to say... Pixar makes some great movies. When I first saw the trailer for this one, though, it didn't give me much to want to see it but I am very glad we went.

It was great. The story was original, the characters were fun, and since I enjoy cooking I could really appreciate the "foodie" aspect of the whole thing.

It's a good 'kid movie', so if you've got young 'uns don't worry about inappropriate humor or language. This movie doesn't have any 'fart jokes' or double-entedres for adults or anything like that. Just good clean fun for a couple of hours.

Now, if rats making gourmet meals in your kitchen just isn't your bag, we also went and watched "Transformers" on Friday night after work.

Another great movie, although I wouldn't suggest it for little ones.

I grew up when Transformers were big on TV, but never really "got into" them like other kids my age. I liked them and knew some of the characters, but it was just another cartoon for me.

So going into the movie I only wanted to see a couple of things:

1) Big robots beating the snot out of each other

2) Big robots that change into vehicles (cars, planes, trucks, etc...)

It had a healthly dose of each, so I was not disappointed in the least!

Another movie that was well worth the full price of admission.

And that's just up through Saturday. I still have another day to fill with adventure this weekend!

Be good until then.....

15 Minutes of Fame

I have my very own Walk of Fame star!

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July!

I hope everyone is ready to celebrate in their own personal way.... whether that be grilling up something on the barbeque, spending time with family, blowing stuff up with imported explosives or all of the above. (I'm planning on doing that last one).



Here's a little Holiday Inspiration to put you in the mood:


This image is from Gus F. Martin's self-published comic, "Crater On The Moon".
I was asked to be in his comic, and while he was taking pictures to use he wanted to re-create the flag-raising of Iwo Jima (now called Iwo To).
I was the only "model" available, so that is me in each of the soldiers' positions.
He took each one seperately (while I held a vacuum cleaner tube for the flagpole reference) and Photoshopped 'em together to make this cool homage to the historic photo.

This image was used on the T-shirts he sells to help promote the book.
If you want one (and really.. who can resist a T-shirt that says "Saving Uranus" on it?), you can email him through his site and ask him about how to get one.


Have a safe Holiday. Don't blow any fingers off!

My Life As A Cartoon

Heh!
My good buddy Technogreek posted about this on his blog the other day....
Your likeness as a "Simpsons" cartoon characture.

Moi? As a cartoon character? How tres chic! I had to try it out!
Here's me and the Hotness as typical Springfield, U.S.A townsfolk:

I think they look about right.
Thanks Simpsons Movie for making an awesome use of the internet! :)
(You can do it too. Just click "enter" and then click the link at the top to "create your Simpsons avatar")



07/04/07 - Previously I posted this picture without glasses, but the Simpson Movie site added the ability to add that feature, so I swapped out the old picture with a more accurate one.

Pimpin' Your Products

So I don't know how many people out there are actually reading this, but I got a comment today (two, actually) on my earlier post.

The cool thing is somebody left a comment.
(I like comments, feel free to leave one... unless you're going to be mean. Then I'll just delete you.)

The bummer thing is he posted a link to HIS blog to promote his product. Twice. In Spanish.

Thanks Mr. "post-an-advertisement-on-someone else's-blog" Guy.
How nice of you.

I guess I could delete but... it is a comment after all.
And besides, I'll have nothing to complain about if it was gone.