Once again, it's been a fair amount of time since I've last blogged, and that's not because I had nothing to say, but because I was distracted by things like working and playing and a sick kid and stuff. Life is always educational, though, and here are some of the lessons I learned this week:
It's a close fight, but a burger from Patrick's can beat up a burger from Lion's Tap . They're both deliciously worthy opponents, but Patrick's has juuuuuust a teeny bit of crustiness on the outside, and that gives the edge to the Gustie burger.
Just when you think the world has experienced its last great idea, along comes a machine that makes clouds. Floaty clouds. In various festive shapes. Or even logos. The magical machine mixes up air and helium with a bucketful of glee, shapes the clouds, then releases them into the wild. What I want to know is, why didn't you think of this, Dad?
If your diet for a whole day is made exclusively of 7/8 of a bag of Snyders of Hanover Hot Buffalo Wing Pretzel Pieces and a pound of steamed broccoli, you may very well get the scoots.
Carlos Gomez smells his bat after he hits a foul ball. Every time.
It's very hard to control yourself and live normally when all you can think about is how you get to see Flight of The Conchords LIVE next Tuesday. That's right, kiddies. Rose was kind enough to get online the moment tickets went on sale, while I was on an airplane, and the show sold out immediately. I. Cannot. Wait. I mean, we're talking about New Zealand's 4th most popular folk parody duo!
There is a new show on the best channel in the world (Animal Planet), and it's name is Creature Comforts , and I believe it may be addictive. See, what they did, is they went around the US interviewing people about normal, everyday subjects, and then the took all that audio and they made claymation animals to speak it. I'm telling you, it's the best TV since Meerkat Manor. Here's a little clip:
Ibuprofen can help you ward off a root canal indefinitely.
Life before Twitter was bleak and dreary.
Contrary to predictions, I did NOT like I am Legend. Why would anybody think I would? It had all my favorites—loneliness, separation from children, hideous monsters jumping out everywhere, disease, a dead dog, a terrorized child, and a nice, depressing ending, where the hero dies. Why didn't we watch Enchanted, instead?