Few things in life divide my family the way Domino's Pizza does. Half of my family loves it, the other half won't eat it. Don't ask me why, we're just weird that way. Anyway, I kept seeing ads for their new pasta bread bowls and really wanted to try them. With just me and my brother home last night (and he'll eat anything) I figured now was the best time to order one.
First off, you save a buck if you order online. I went ahead, did that and discovered that Domino's will let you track your order step by step once you place it. It seems like it would be a total waste of time... and you can bet your ass that I did it. It will be just the one time, as I was curious about how detailed they would get. It's official - we have entered the age of too much information. I don't need to know that someone named Giuliani received my order at 7:01, put my order in the oven at 7:04 and gave it to Thomas the delivery guy at 7:14. Just make sure it's still hot when it gets here and I'm happy.
As for the bread bowl itself, I went with the chicken alfredo. You get more than you expect with this thing, as it's almost the size of a small pizza. I would have liked to shown you a picture of it, but yeah, I hoovered it before that thought crossed my mind. It was really good. The sauce was good, and the bread wasn't too heavy on the garlic flavor. They even give you a fork so I literally had zero to wash after we ate. My only complaint was that I could have used a little more chicken in the mix, but still I was more than satisfied. It definitely met my expectations.
After dinner I felt like having a night in to watch some hoops and a movie. To be honest, I still can't get into the NBA without the Celtics, so I switched over to Starz to watch Wall-E, just to see what all the hype was about. Again, as with all Pixar movies, I am blown away by what they can do with computers today. The graphics on this movie are unbelievable. It's a little like a cartoon Cast Away, in that there are large stretches of no dialog. I can't imagine that this kept many kids attentions. Also, the story is a little heavy-handed for what you would want out of a kids movie. But, adults would enjoy it, so if you haven't seen it yet then you should try and catch in on the movie channels.
-I did catch the end of the Cavaliers/Magic game, just in time to lose respect for LeBron James. Dude, I know you're pissed that you won 66 games this season and yet lost in the Conference Finals for the second year in a row, but you need to man up and face the media. To not be a professional and take the questions is low. To not even shake Dwight Howard's hand after the game is worse. I know James is still young, but the man's been in the league for 6 years - he knows better by now. All this shows is that he can't handle losing with grace. People have more respect for a graceful loser than they do for a boastful winner. LeBron, if you can't do it in Cleveland, where you are a God amongst men who no one is going to blame for losing (sidebar: Mike Brown, you may want to update that resume), then you are going to have a really rough time in New York.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Almost Made It, Frenchie...
So, this guy decided that his calling in life is to row across the ocean from Massachusetts to France. Alright. Not my cup of tea, but I guess everyone needs a hobby. Personally, I never understood these people who decide that they need to do stupid things when no one really called for it. You see, we've come up with better systems of ocean travel than the row boat: sails, engines, planes. All of these are much more efficient ways to get to France. There is no need to row the Atlantic - you're just spitting in the face of progress. Girard is a mechanical engineer, he should be spending his time working on technology to move society ahead, not set us back 5 or 6 inventions. Also, he's not even the first guy to try this: some guy already did it in 2004, the new guy just wanted to do it faster. So not only is this idea not smart, it's not even original. But, I digress...
He tried this before a couple years ago and made it almost 50 whole miles before he called in the Coast Guard to come and save him. Not to be undone by his epic failure, he tried again 10 days ago and this time he made it 150 miles... before calling the Coast Guard to come and save his ass again. He told the Coast Guard that he didn't have any equipment problems and the sea was calm, he just became tired of rowing. Did no one telling him that rowing across the Atlantic Ocean would require quite a bit of... you know, rowing? It's not like he was trying to row across the Charles River - the ocean is quite large.
In his defense, his second attempt was wildly more successful than his first, as he tripled his effort from the first time around. But, it should be pointed out, he still missed his goal by about 95%. I guess that's better than going 95% of the way and then calling for help. Had that happened, he might be tempted to try again; as of right now he says that he's done. I think the best way to convince him to stay on shore next time is to tell him that the Coast Guard has better things to do and won't be coming to his rescue next time. That'll make him think twice.
I could be swayed into letting him try again, though, provided his sponsors pay the rescue fee. The 5 hour search to find this guy cost about $15,000 (as you can imagine, helicopter fuel is expensive). If he has to keep shelling that out every time he tries then that could be a nice economic stimulus for the state.
Now, to wrap up Video Week and in honor of our French friend, here's some classic Monty Python:
He tried this before a couple years ago and made it almost 50 whole miles before he called in the Coast Guard to come and save him. Not to be undone by his epic failure, he tried again 10 days ago and this time he made it 150 miles... before calling the Coast Guard to come and save his ass again. He told the Coast Guard that he didn't have any equipment problems and the sea was calm, he just became tired of rowing. Did no one telling him that rowing across the Atlantic Ocean would require quite a bit of... you know, rowing? It's not like he was trying to row across the Charles River - the ocean is quite large.
In his defense, his second attempt was wildly more successful than his first, as he tripled his effort from the first time around. But, it should be pointed out, he still missed his goal by about 95%. I guess that's better than going 95% of the way and then calling for help. Had that happened, he might be tempted to try again; as of right now he says that he's done. I think the best way to convince him to stay on shore next time is to tell him that the Coast Guard has better things to do and won't be coming to his rescue next time. That'll make him think twice.
I could be swayed into letting him try again, though, provided his sponsors pay the rescue fee. The 5 hour search to find this guy cost about $15,000 (as you can imagine, helicopter fuel is expensive). If he has to keep shelling that out every time he tries then that could be a nice economic stimulus for the state.
Now, to wrap up Video Week and in honor of our French friend, here's some classic Monty Python:
Friday, May 29, 2009
Friday Opinions...
Here are just a few things that I have decided on today:
- How can Kanye West call the book he "wrote" a book at all, seeing as how it only has 52 pages? That's not a book... that's barely a college thesis. It would take me 54 pages to explain why Kanye is such a douche.
- I don't like Kyle Busch (reminds me way too much of a guy I used to work with), but he's exactly right. After a while, Junior, it's you that's the problem.
- Watching 'Tek immediately stand up and get in the umps face yesterday, clearly diverting the attention from Beckett (who was about to go off), is the reason that the "C" remains on his jersey. Much better for him to get tossed than Beckett, who would be looking at an extended suspension if he did anything to show up the ump, due to already having a run in with the league over throwing at Abreu.
- I think the sizes for baby clothes are bullshit. I have yet to be related to a baby that actually fits into the month-appropriate clothes. And I refuse to accept this phenomenon is just relegated to my family. We're big people, but we're not circus freaks.
- When I hear Mark Teixeira say things like Joe Girardi is the best manager he's ever had, when he's been managed by guys like Mike Scioscia and Bobby Cox, I'm even more grateful the Sox didn't sign him this offseason. Texiera comes across as a guy who will say whatever he needs to at that moment. I bet in school he was the kind of kid who reminded the teacher she hadn't assigned homework yet.
- And now, some Family Guy to pass the time.
- How can Kanye West call the book he "wrote" a book at all, seeing as how it only has 52 pages? That's not a book... that's barely a college thesis. It would take me 54 pages to explain why Kanye is such a douche.
- I don't like Kyle Busch (reminds me way too much of a guy I used to work with), but he's exactly right. After a while, Junior, it's you that's the problem.
- Watching 'Tek immediately stand up and get in the umps face yesterday, clearly diverting the attention from Beckett (who was about to go off), is the reason that the "C" remains on his jersey. Much better for him to get tossed than Beckett, who would be looking at an extended suspension if he did anything to show up the ump, due to already having a run in with the league over throwing at Abreu.
- I think the sizes for baby clothes are bullshit. I have yet to be related to a baby that actually fits into the month-appropriate clothes. And I refuse to accept this phenomenon is just relegated to my family. We're big people, but we're not circus freaks.
- When I hear Mark Teixeira say things like Joe Girardi is the best manager he's ever had, when he's been managed by guys like Mike Scioscia and Bobby Cox, I'm even more grateful the Sox didn't sign him this offseason. Texiera comes across as a guy who will say whatever he needs to at that moment. I bet in school he was the kind of kid who reminded the teacher she hadn't assigned homework yet.
- And now, some Family Guy to pass the time.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
This Isn't Sports...
Today marks the start of the National Spelling Bee. Normally I wouldn't acknowledge it because I'm not planning on watching it. But, I can't escape it because I like to have ESPN on in the background for noise and they just keep running the promos for it, as if it were the Super Bowl. Let's all just agree to drop the facade, shall we? We're not tuning in to celebrate the mental brilliance of these kids or celebrate academia for the day. I know what this is, you know what this is: a chance to sit and giggle at socially-awkward and home-schooled kids. I especially find this ironic because these are the type of words that I would never have been allowed to use when I was at SportsTicker (owned by ESPN). They had the policy that if someone learned to read yesterday, then they should be able to read your recap today.
Look, it's not as if I don't appreciate good spelling. Hell, I'll correct misspelled words when responding to emails I receive (that's right, check your returned emails, kiddies). Also, I take great pleasure in hitting the spell-check button and seeing "no misspellings found." But, this is not a sport, so why the hell is it on ESPN? I understand that filling 5 networks with programming must be difficult, but you've got a ton of college sports wrapping up right now, you could have your pick of any of them to put on instead of a spelling bee. Maybe I'm the only guy who would rather watch college baseball, but I doubt that.
This is not the first time that ESPN has decided something qualifies as legitimate competition and therefore pushed it down our throat (poker, anyone?). And, I'm sure that it's merely a coincidence that they never talked about the results of the spelling bee until they signed a contract to show it on ESPN. Clearly, it gets good ratings, cause they have moved it up and will now show the finals on ABC in prime-time.
Really, though, this speaks to the awesome power of the brand that is ESPN. When they decide that something is important, god dammit, it becomes important. Sure, most of the country hates it when they take something insignificant and blow it up until it is the only aspect of the matters. But then every week we sit before game time and talk about whether or not Mangini and Belichick are friends based on their post-game handshake. Why should whether or not kids can correctly spell words with 15 letters be any different?
By the way, if you've ever wondered what it would be like to watch sports with me, this is the closest I can give you.
Look, it's not as if I don't appreciate good spelling. Hell, I'll correct misspelled words when responding to emails I receive (that's right, check your returned emails, kiddies). Also, I take great pleasure in hitting the spell-check button and seeing "no misspellings found." But, this is not a sport, so why the hell is it on ESPN? I understand that filling 5 networks with programming must be difficult, but you've got a ton of college sports wrapping up right now, you could have your pick of any of them to put on instead of a spelling bee. Maybe I'm the only guy who would rather watch college baseball, but I doubt that.
This is not the first time that ESPN has decided something qualifies as legitimate competition and therefore pushed it down our throat (poker, anyone?). And, I'm sure that it's merely a coincidence that they never talked about the results of the spelling bee until they signed a contract to show it on ESPN. Clearly, it gets good ratings, cause they have moved it up and will now show the finals on ABC in prime-time.
Really, though, this speaks to the awesome power of the brand that is ESPN. When they decide that something is important, god dammit, it becomes important. Sure, most of the country hates it when they take something insignificant and blow it up until it is the only aspect of the matters. But then every week we sit before game time and talk about whether or not Mangini and Belichick are friends based on their post-game handshake. Why should whether or not kids can correctly spell words with 15 letters be any different?
By the way, if you've ever wondered what it would be like to watch sports with me, this is the closest I can give you.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Manny Being an All-Star?
I find it pretty amusing that Manny Ramirez is doing well in the voting for the National League All-Star team. Ramirez, currently serving a 50 game suspension for failing a drug test, sits in 4th place in the standings. As of right now, that won't get him in the game, cause they only take the top 3 vote-getters as starters and then players and managers vote in the rest. Obviously, Manny won't be getting in that way. But, there is still time for fans to unite, vote him in and show major league baseball just how broken the system is.
You could make the case that it's not that big a deal, because this is just an exhibition. However, Ramirez will have just gotten back off of suspension and manager Joe Torre has said he'll start in the minor leagues until he gets his timing back. Essentially Manny Ramirez will make the All-Star team and effect who has home field advantage for the World Series, having played in 27 total games. Clearly, this shows just how stupid the voting system is for major league baseball. The fact that voting started about a week into the season is just another factor in this mess that baseball now has to deal with.
I'll be honest with you: my main issue here is that I hate fan voting. I've had a problem with fans voting players as starters ever since Kobe Bryant was named as a starter to on the NBA's All-Star team before he was even a starter on his own team. Too many knuckleheads out there don't take the time to do 5 minutes of research and actually see what kind of season a guy is having. I know, the game is supposed to be strictly for the fans and thus who plays and who doesn't won't mean that much in the grand scheme of things. However, whenever a player retires and we start to talk about whether or not that player is a Hall of Famer, the number of All-Star appearances they have is always thrown out as a consideration. If being an All-Star carries weight when it comes to the Hall of Fame, shouldn't the voting for it be taken a little more seriously?
Basically, I want fans to show how stupid this system is and therefore maybe they will change it so that fan voting isn't the only factor of who starts. I've never understood why you can't just name the team (two players at each position) and then fans pick from those guys. That way the team won't just be dominated by guys from St. Louis, New York and Boston.
I don't know; I'm getting off my soapbox. Now, in keeping with video week, here's a clip about Manny that also includes my favorite Dropkick Murphy song rolled into one.
You could make the case that it's not that big a deal, because this is just an exhibition. However, Ramirez will have just gotten back off of suspension and manager Joe Torre has said he'll start in the minor leagues until he gets his timing back. Essentially Manny Ramirez will make the All-Star team and effect who has home field advantage for the World Series, having played in 27 total games. Clearly, this shows just how stupid the voting system is for major league baseball. The fact that voting started about a week into the season is just another factor in this mess that baseball now has to deal with.
I'll be honest with you: my main issue here is that I hate fan voting. I've had a problem with fans voting players as starters ever since Kobe Bryant was named as a starter to on the NBA's All-Star team before he was even a starter on his own team. Too many knuckleheads out there don't take the time to do 5 minutes of research and actually see what kind of season a guy is having. I know, the game is supposed to be strictly for the fans and thus who plays and who doesn't won't mean that much in the grand scheme of things. However, whenever a player retires and we start to talk about whether or not that player is a Hall of Famer, the number of All-Star appearances they have is always thrown out as a consideration. If being an All-Star carries weight when it comes to the Hall of Fame, shouldn't the voting for it be taken a little more seriously?
Basically, I want fans to show how stupid this system is and therefore maybe they will change it so that fan voting isn't the only factor of who starts. I've never understood why you can't just name the team (two players at each position) and then fans pick from those guys. That way the team won't just be dominated by guys from St. Louis, New York and Boston.
I don't know; I'm getting off my soapbox. Now, in keeping with video week, here's a clip about Manny that also includes my favorite Dropkick Murphy song rolled into one.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Video Week
Seeing as how it is Tuesday and I've already posted a video everyday this week (plus, I have nothing exciting going on with me and thus nothing to write about) I've decided that this week will be "video week". I'm going to post some video every day, but do not expect a theme in here at all. Hopefully this will get some sort of creative juice going. If nothing else it will waste some of your time.
Today's video features the UConn baseball team and USF's baseball team passing the time during a rain delay by facing off in another type of competition: a dance off. I really wish that college baseball would use this instead of making teams play extra innings. Also, I wish college baseball would use wood bats versus aluminum. But, that's another topic for another time (see, this is already working to get the juices flowing).
All this really proves is that baseball can be damn boring if you have to stick around for a rain delay. Anyways, you can watch it for yourself, but I'm inclined to believe that UConn was the winner of the dance-off, if for no other reason than the human limbo pole. Also, USF totally stole my moves for the Apache dance.
Today's video features the UConn baseball team and USF's baseball team passing the time during a rain delay by facing off in another type of competition: a dance off. I really wish that college baseball would use this instead of making teams play extra innings. Also, I wish college baseball would use wood bats versus aluminum. But, that's another topic for another time (see, this is already working to get the juices flowing).
All this really proves is that baseball can be damn boring if you have to stick around for a rain delay. Anyways, you can watch it for yourself, but I'm inclined to believe that UConn was the winner of the dance-off, if for no other reason than the human limbo pole. Also, USF totally stole my moves for the Apache dance.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Mailing it in for Memorial Day...
It's not like I'm not gonna post something just cause it's a holiday. But, at the same time, you won't be getting the A+ material today. Not to mention, I wrote this on Thursday and scheduled it for a late post time Monday just to make sure my streak of posting every day stayed alive. So, either nothing worth writing about has happened on my Memorial Day, or it's something so awesome that it's still going on. Ponder that while you watch this, a new video from Andy Samberg and crew. Props for including T-Pain, who is my favorite rapper... even if asking me who my favorite rapper is, is a lot like asking me which is my favorite soccer team.
Still, I want my brother to play this every time he launches his boat on New Pond...
Still, I want my brother to play this every time he launches his boat on New Pond...
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