What is not? And why, if we, do we? Of course!

Stupid lawsuits & a Victoria Truth

2005-10-24T08:38:00.000-04:00

One day I'll get around to writing a serious blog post, not today. This weekend one of my daughters had a birthday party, she turned two. One of the gifts was a play stroller for a small baby doll made by some company for Disney. There is a tag attached to the back of the stroller, much like those attached to a pillow, stating: Warning: Entaglement hazard, keep away from young children, do not place around neck. I was as shocked as the day I was old enough to understand that something was strange about Smurfette being the only female Smurf in the village; maybe they asexually reproduce by rubbing that nub on their posteriors, if not...... Anyway, who do they expect to play with this toy, Michael Jackson is playing with kids, not the toys. And of course to don't put a stroller around you neck! As a parent, I have enough frustrations without this stupidity. Dora is so repetitive that I feel like Rainman wandering around my house repeating the crap in my head "gate, lake, tall tower....gate, lake, tall tower". Not to mention the pathetic villian, Swiper. What a sad little man you are if being told 3 times "no swipping" will deter you deviant ways. I hate that show, but let's get back to the subject.

This, my friends, is a result of lawsuits getting out of hand in America. The woman that got pissed about the Taco Bell dog, the woman that got burned by coffee at McDonald's (hot coffee, who would have thought), the millions of people that sue doctors and hospitals for no reason and run up the cost of health care. Every one is so scared of getting sued that stupid labels get put on toys and you have to sign you life away to ski or get medical help. This type of stuff make me want to start drinking and cursing again. Instead, I think maybe I'll sue Victoria Secrets for making women insecure and trying to make me believe that lingere looks best on a woman. My wife is beautiful, but I would rather see the lingere on the floor by the bed than on her.

Kopi Luwak

2005-10-19T08:47:00.000-04:00

Kopi is no longer available.We currently do not plan to restock this coffee.

The Kopi Luwak Story
The Luwak (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) denizen of the coffee (kopi) plantations of Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi, eats only the ripest coffee cherries.
Unable to digest the coffee beans the Luwak graciously deposits them on the jungle floor where they are eagerly collected by the locals.
The stomach acids and enzymatic action involved in this unique fermentation process produces the beans for the world’s rarest coffee beverage.

Raven's Brew makes some great coffee (www.ravensbrew.com). I can testify to some of the blends like "Dead man's reach" & "Wicked Wolf", they are excellent. However, I think it was a wise call to discontinue this "Koopi" blend. Who was sitting in the jungle one day jonesing so bad that the idea of brewing luwak dingle-coffee-berries sounded like a great idea? Come on, I've had a cat get into a stash (back in the day), but i didn't pull a Cheech & Chong and wait on natures course to get my stuff in hopes of salvaging a high. It also would definitely not be worth more due to this process. This coffee was $75 for a QP (quarter pound, thats 4 oz, some of you are better at this math than you admit) which is about 4-5 good pots of coffee, now I've chipped-in before for various higher quaility stuff, but really is there such a thing as "kind" coffee?

Next Blog

2005-10-17T09:43:00.000-04:00

There is a wonderful little button at the top of blogspots called "next blog". You should hit this occasionally and see what turns up. Beyond the entertainment of attempting to understand blogs in a foreign language, I've have found several people with interesting things to stay. Ingore the ads, ingore what bores you, and just keep clicking until something gets you attention. And, If you find something great let me know!

This guy is my hero

2005-10-14T08:35:00.000-04:00

www.funnyhub.net/videos/foosball-champion.wmv

What is freedom without romance?

2005-10-13T15:02:00.000-04:00

Bad call

2005-10-13T11:55:00.000-04:00

I'll admit to having a non-documented criminal background. During times in my life, when in highschool, I was quite the thief. I even can relate to the "put it in your pants when no one is looking" fluid motion, a.k.a. "the five-finger discount it's too big for my pocket no one will look there". However, should I have ever planned, considered, or attempted to steal a pair of lobsters this is not the method I would have relied on.

Just when you thought it was over

2005-10-12T08:12:00.000-04:00

The title of the album is "What has its in its' pocket"

Has anyone heard any of the tracks?

Lost causes

2005-09-30T14:22:00.000-04:00

IF you had to choose would you rather:

A.) be overtaken by a herd of rabid and toothless Chihuahuas (let’s say about 25 of these small attitudinal dogs)

Or

B.) attack a baboon armed only with a healthy supply of clothes pins, a gum wrapper and a recorder (yes, the cheap plastic flute that they tired to pass off as a real instrument when you were 5)

Please describe your scenario in detail.