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Yes!
Posted in Eat It Up on May 28, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Lean On
Posted in Eat It Up on November 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Did you see The Colbert Report last night? I gotta say, the end of the show, where Stephen was joined by Brian Eno (!) and Michael Stipe (!!) to sing Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me,” was more moving than I expected it to be.
Colbert’s great.
Brian Eno is killer.
And I love Michael Stipe.
(I’d have included the video here but it’s not uploaded yet. Sorry.)
The end.
Somebody Pinch Me!
Posted in Eat It Up on September 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »
If There Isn’t Some Piece Of Music That Makes You Wanna Move Like This, You’re Just Doing It Wrong
Posted in Eat It Up on September 9, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Old but still brilliant.
What A Way To Go
Posted in Eat It Up on June 8, 2010| 1 Comment »
For some reason I was thinking about last meals provided to death row inmates today and wondered what were the rules for their requests. I figured if I was ever on death row I’d just request a dish with ingredients that needed to be shipped from overseas, just to buy myself more time. Not the case, apparently.
A lazy Google search led me to this article which explained that inmates can request anything but without the guarantee of receiving exactly what they ordered. They’ll typically provide whatever the kitchen of the prison can cook up.
That article led me to this list of Final Meal Requests from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. It’s very interesting seeing what some of the guys ordered.
Cheeseburgers and fries were a popular choice. So were steaks and fried chicken. How about a bag of assorted Jolly Ranchers? Justice, Equality and World Peace? I’ll admit, the chocolate birthday cake with candles and (seemingly) random date written on it was a bit on the odd side. There was even a request to provide the last meal to a homeless person.
All this (kinda morbid) talk got me thinking: what would you have as a last meal if you could request absolutely anything?
I think I have to put more thought into my answer, but a great cheeseburger and fries doesn’t sound too bad. A good gyro would make my mouth water as well. A last meal would also justify having anything from ThisIsWhyYoureHuge.com
How about you? Not that you’re going anywhere. I’m just asking…
Snow Day Houston, 2009
Posted in Eat It Up, Time You're Never Getting Back on December 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »
“Hey, Mr. DJ, Put A Record On”
Posted in Eat It Up on November 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Here’s an interesting article that claims people who illegally download music end up buying more music than those who are… ahem… not as pirate-like.
HT: BoingBoing
I’m Like A Kid In Some Kind Of A Store
Posted in Eat It Up on October 15, 2009| 2 Comments »
If there’s one thing we can be certain about in life it’s that there’s nothing we can be certain about in life. There can be good or bad days. Sometimes the good days need a reward. Almost always, the bad days need a pick-me-up. Enter one of God’s many gifts to mankind: candy.
But you don’t always want to make an emergency trip to the store to satisfy that needed hit. You’re tired! You’ve earned a break! Well, here’s a little tip I picked along the way (to the doctor, apparently).
Invest in a candy stash. Easy enough, right? It truly is. On your next grocery run, pick out some of your favorite candy selections and do your best not to eat it on the drive home. Next, and this is important, you’ll want to hide this candy. If you’re anything like me, any candy in sight will be promptly inhaled. Hidden candy, however, has a much higher chance of survival, hopefully to be saved for those moments where you truly need that sugar fix.
Here’s my setup. This looks like an ordinary bookshelf, does it not? Kinda dull…
ordinary shelf
But that’s before we learn that behind these books lies a veritable treasure trove of awesomeness.
surprise! happiness!
Sweet .
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