History of Vespa
While picking up groceries over the weekend… I ran across a Betty Crocker “Shake n’ Pour” thing that allows a person to quickly shake up some cake batter by simply adding a cup of water.
No eggs… oil… or butter… just one cup of cold tap water and two 45 minute “shake” sessions.
Two things of note…
1.) You’re explicitly warned to not eat the Raw Cake Batter.
This bummed me out immensely because raw cake batter is one of my favorite things eat. I like it so much that I purposely don’t own an electric mixer. I’d fucking whip up cake batter and eat it until I doubled over from stomach pain. I know this because I’ve done this before.
2.) I didn’t really take time to read the contents of the “Shake n’ Pour” jug… I guess I should have, seeing how I didn’t need any extra ingredients outside of water. After 30 or so seconds of shaking the jug expands with air. Like… you need to slowly uncap the lid to let air out after a minute of shaking it fiercely.
The cake baked nicely and I did a horrible job of putting frosting on it afterwards… Had a few bites after a quiet dinner with Amos.
My third favorite thing to eat
Statistically Speaking
I’m a sucker for stats. Always have been… and always will.
Learned about a website today called : Immersion
They look at your gmail activity and let you look at your correspondence in a People Centric view.
By admission… my gmail account is not my primary e-mail account. I’ve been an iCloud user since it was known as .Mac and I use that mail client 70% of the time for personal correspondence.
In the past 12 months: This graph shows that I have exchanged emails with my friend Nano more than any one else. I’m not really surprised by this… but I am a little surprised by how much more I’ve emailed him in comparison to others.
I then ran the numbers against my gmail account over the past 8.3 years. I literally had gmail at the jump…
Please note how many emails I exchanged with Psycho Lauren… A person who never stopped giving me shit about how we didn’t correspond enough and this doesn’t capture all the emails that hit my iCloud account.
Statistically speaking…
Quiet Company
It’s been a while since I’ve gone out of my way to plug a local show… but Quiet Company are coming to town this weekend and I look incredibly forward to seeing them perform live.
I’ve been listening to their album: A Dead Man on My Back: Shine Honesty Revisited - a lot while I do correspondence in the morning.
I can’t wait to hear this song in person…
Reached over this afternoon to hand a person my business card, when I realized a former co-worker decided to play a prank on me.
Well played… well played…
pranks
Black Lab Products →
I always make it a point to find 10 minutes in the morning and 10 minutes in the afternoon to take a break from work and find silly shit to purchase on the internet.
I discovered a place called Black Lab Products today and they sell two things under $5, that I need to clutter my house with immediately.
Have you any idea how much more I would look forward to brushing my teeth?
Saving the best for last…
This vampire should affix to my ketchup bottle and provide me a lifetime of joy.
Tall Chess (Get Some)
Want to quickly plug the free iOS Game - Tall Chess.
If you’re a fan of Chess and own an iPhone, you can add me as a friend: September29th : and get some.
Fred Astaire is the man for you!
"Fred Astaire is the man for you" - San Cisco
I tried calling you on Saturday at 6:30 but it went straight to voicemail. I should have left a message. Shit… I should have tried calling back later that night.
I think we both know that it would have been a little late for that.
The Genoa Tip
Tomorrow morning… hundreds of newspapers, websites and blogs will be providing thorough recaps of “The Genoa Tip”.
I’m going to fixate on a 4 things that I found of interest in tonights episode.
1.) Sloan is asked why she’s asking for details about closets and she responds that Men are obsessed with Bathrooms. Will MacAvoy confirms this by professing his love for his shower.
I’m not a home owner… but I’d be lying if I said that bathrooms have been an important part in my decision to rent out a house or apartment. I’ve actually put off moving into a bigger apartment in the complex I currently live in because it would require me to give up the garden tub that comes standard in all 1 bedroom apartments, where I currently reside.
There are specific hotels I prefer to stay at because of their bathroom layout… so I think Sloan and MacAvoy may be onto something here.
If I ever committed to a proper home, I think I would have to put together a shortlist of things I want in a bathroom. Atop that list… natural lighting. I’m pretty sure that my days would get off to a better start if I didn’t have to adjust my eyes every morning to unnatural light before I go to work.
Just saying…
2.) Sloan Sabbith Creeping on Don - I don’t know why my stomach turns every time I think of the Newsroom love triangle of: Don / Maggie / Jim… but it’s a relationship subplot that I think all viewers can’t get behind.
Jim may be getting some mercy-strange in the coming weeks from the GOP Gal that’s been noticing the discomfort on this face and I’m genuinely happy for him.
Sloan has been casting a line out to Don now for two consecutive weeks and I’m genuinely happy that the two of these might fuck-themselves silly throughout the rest of this season.
Maggie is on her way to traveling to a part of Africa that I’ve already forgotten the name to and while I don’t really wish her any ill-will. I’m out of fucks to give for Maggie.
3.) MacKenzie / MacAvoy relationship has taken an interesting turn this season… They’re not hooking up and MacKenzie walked into a bar and dumped a drink down his chest and pants at the bar. This by the way is on the heels of him bailing out Neal from jail for participating in an Occupy Wall Street demonstration.
I can’t remember the last time MacAvoy got his dick wet (pun intended) but this kinda accepted behavior from the ex-girlfriend cannot be tolerated.
Dude… you’re in danger of losing your Players Club Card. I don’t know why you’re not deep dicking Sloan and I don’t know why you haven’t DTR’d things with MacKenzie again, but something has to give right?
A week ago, she came into the bar, forgot her purse and asked Will to spot her some cash for the Cab. She then took few hundred extra for unexplained Ex Girlfriend expenses.
She also didn’t get the Who reference last week and she’s a Red Coat. She must be amazing in bed.
4.) Always on My Mind - With all due respect to both Willie Nelson and Will MacAvoy… my favorite cover of Always On My Mind is from the Pet Shop Boys.
After Two Weeks : Team Joker leads Team Ro Ro in Fantasy Reality: Rivals 2
A few weeks ago I mentioned participating in a Reality Fantasy League (rules can be found here) based on MTV’s TV show “The Challenge: Rivals 2”
Results of the draft can be seen here…
Those who follow the show will notice that my sister picked CT & Wes with the first pick of the draft. If you ever find yourself with the first pick of a Fantasy Reality Draft… I can’t stress how important it is to pick CT up.
He’s what we like to call a Five Tool Player…
1.) He’s a physical specimen
2.) He’s promiscuous
3.) He’s emotional (read: borderline psychopath)
4.) He’s confrontational
5.) He’s a heavy drinker
If you find yourself playing Fantasy Reality with friends and have the first pick of the draft… do the right thing, draft CT.
CT - thrusting a SAW and cutting a wooden dowel while his teammate decides to quit on the challenge. CT did this to showcase his poon slamming skills. #beastmode
That said, here’s the top performers in week 2.
105 Points - Anastasia: Possibly the highest output we’ll see by an individual in one week… she helped close the gap between my team and my sister with this monster performance. Shame she got sent home so early.
25 points for sex with CT.
25 points for physically assaulting CT.
10 points for her verbal argument with CT, all the while crying at the same time.
5 points for crying about CT and Diem to a fellow cast member
5 points for crying before the elimination challenge
35 points for receiving verbal disappointment from TJ (show host)
70 Points - CT: The man is a fucking beast. Thru two weeks, he’s averaging 55 points per episode. They need to figure out a way to syndicate his persona onto other shows. I’d watching Duck Dynasty if CT were on it… Bad Girls Club should allow him to live in the Bad Girls Mansion. Srsly, every show can be enhanced by having CT on it.
30 Points - for Physically/Verbally fighting with Frank
20 points - for Fraudulent denial of Sex with Anastasia
20 points - for intentional nudity (jumping into the pool naked)
50 Points - Frank: I know I made a big todo earlier about drafting CT with your first pick. If you find yourself with the 2nd or 3rd pick of the draft… you need to consider picking up Frank. He’s a five-tool-player and he can provide value to your team in ways that others can’t. Example: He’s bisexual. He’s also bipolar and will likely pick up 20 points every other episode for crying. He’s also a defending champ on the Challenge, so he can go far…
30 points for verbally and physically getting into with CT
20 points for crying
30 points - Jordan & Sarah: these guys both got points for kissing and having sex in the Challenge Closet. Big ups to Sarah for taking of her shirt before her make out session. Veteran Make Out in the Closet Move! Keep it classy kids.
-10 points - Derek: Wanted to point out that this is the first time we’ve had someone score negative points for a week this season. Derek decided to wear a fellow teammates shirt to show support for them in the Elimination Challenge. This is a no-no in our Fantasy Reality League.
Note: Jasmine & Jemmye made their own “Team Cooke” shirts… they’re off this week on a technicality.