I must start with this because, quite frankly I don't know what to think...Taco Bell introduced a breakfast menu at nearly 800 restaurants in 14 states today. They plan on having breakfast at 5,600 locations nationwide by 2014. Some places I can't even look at in the morning, and anywhere that sells Mexican food is on that list. Well Taco Bell isn't Mexican food and I hate that kids think that Taco Bell is Mexican food. Are they going to sell gorditas and cheesey beefy melts at breakfast? By lunch time, we'd all have the runs. Everyone's stomach would be unsettled by noon. Think about this, have you ever felt good after eating Taco Bell? No. Have you ever been hungry and said, Taco Bell sounds delicious? No. Do we all for some reason still eat it from time to time? Yes. Does David's Brain know the answer to such a question? No. But I do know this: when I was 16, I had this Spanish teacher who was from Mexico.. It was her first year teaching there and frankly she didn't know all too much English. We taught her the English language as much as she taught us Spanish. Well anyway, we would have these fiestas from time to time and we'd all have to bring in these Mexican dishes. I would always go in with John Holmes, no not that John Holmes you perverts, and he'd make guacamole. He knew he was going to be absent for the next fiesta, so I was on my own. I couldn't cook anything but ramen noodles, french toast and pizza at the time (nothing has really changed in that department). This teacher would always complain how terrible Taco Bell's food was, so what. I went through the drive-thru, ordered 11 soft tacos, which is all the people we had in the class, unwrapped them and served them at the fiesta. The teacher, a Mexican native, said they were the most delicious tacos she'd ever had. Anyway rambling about this reminds me of home ec in 8th grade. I am not known for my cooking skills which is why I need to find me a lady that is handy in the kitchen. The way to my heart is through my stomach. Well anyway, I was in this group and we were making French toast or what we call Freedom toast if we are patriots, which I'm rooting for the Giants in the Super Bowl so I don't want to hear that term in any good way and I love French toast and it wasn't Freedom toast at the time anyway and I don't want Freedom to remind me of patriotism which will remind me of Brady throwing 10 touchdowns next Sunday so we will just call it French toast. We were making French toast in this group and there were 5 of us; if you were in my group remind me because I can't remember or I would give you a shout out. One of my duties was to dip the bread in the eggs, milk, cinnamon, vanilla mixture. We had to make 6 pieces. I dipped the first one in and went to sift the powdered sugar. I forgot that the piece was in there and it absorbed almost the entire mixture. My group was busy doing other things. This piece of toast weighed at least a pound. It was heavy. I remember handing it to the cook and it was dripping with the egg goo. I then was asked to prepare the next piece of bread. I only had enough mixture to cover 1/2 of the bread. and I had 4 more pieces to go after that. I didn't know what to do. Needless to say I cost my entire group a D on the project. Sorry guys.
Here's a stupid video Stuart and I did filmed at the Taco Bell in Newport:
Winner of the Day:Hugo. It is Martin Scorsese's most recent film. It leads this year's Oscars with 11 nominations. Martin is known for his violent gangster movies, but his wife read the book and basically said to make something his daughter can actually watch so that's why he did it. The story.
Loser of the Day: Mustard Seeds Childcare. Why did they hire this girl (okay so it's Ludlow but still)? She looks insane. And they let her work around kids and she found yet another use for duct tape by taping a kid to the floor. And fix your name. Nothing screams bring my child here more than mustard seeds. Read me.
Quote of the Day:The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is. – Charles M Schwab
Song of the Day: Purple Rain by Prince
What were you thinking over and over again of the day?:
I am writing this blog today from the comfort of my own home. My readers usually expect these in the morning, but I hope they like a little night cap. I am getting fairly busy at work so I'm going to try to write my blog in the evenings because I have a million thoughts swirling in my head I'd love to share with you all. Friends come in all shapes and sizes, races and gender, ages and income levels. You may see some daily and others you may see once a year. We all have that friend who will have your back no matter what. You can fight with them and the next day you both shake it off like nothing happen. We have the friend who we call when we are in trouble and know they will be there to help with no questions ask and expect nothing in return. They forgive and forget. They see you laugh and see you cry. They pick you up when you are feeling down and help you with questions when you are stuck at work. They pick up your heart when it is ripped to pieces and put it back again. They help you through relationships; support you even if they don't always approve. They are critical, but only because they care. They know what you are going to order even before you even know. They put you first when others put you last and make you feel better just by ripping off a one liner. They meet you for lunch when you have no one else to ask. They defend you when you aren't there. They treat you like a brother. They let you lean on their shoulder when the times get rough and you return the favor whenever you can. Good friends don't have to brag or gloat; they are just part of your script that is life. They are there to tell your stories when you can't remember. They are there to celebrate when you graduate or get a promotion. They pick up right where they left off even when you go weeks without seeing them. They are there to talk when all you want to do is chat. They will take you in when you have nowhere else to go. They are your friends. I would say, "Just say thank you," but don't because they already know. Don't forget to be the best friend you can be, because you never know when someone needs you most. To my friends, I love you all.
The Giants and Patriots will face each other in a rematch of the Super Bowl following the 2007-2008 season where the Giants upset the undefeated Patriots. This one has nearly the same script. The Giants had an up and down season and got hot at the end of the season. And how about Bernard Pollard? He was responsible for Brady's ACL injury in 2008, Welker's ACL tear in 2009 and now Gronkowski's injury going into the Super Bowl. That's a little eerie. The storylines going into this Super Bowl are similar to Super Bowl XLII, a mighty Patriots team going against a surging Giants team with Eli leading the offense and the D-line carrying the defense. The Giants were able to stop the high powered Brady offense in Super Bowl XLII, only allowing 14 points. I believe this game will be a little more high scoring than the last battle, and I'm trying to get the balls to pick the Giants again, but Brady seems determined this season. I will wait to make my prediction, but this Super Bowl has a ton of storylines I can't wait to unfold. Chad Ochocinco is heading to the Super Bowl. He will most likely be inactive since he can't even learn the playbook.
According to the Mayans the world is supposed to end this year on December 21. I'm not sure it is going to happen. The rapture was supposed to happen last year and I am still waiting on that. Before that Y2K was supposed to end all things in 2000.
The truth is no one on this planet has a clue when this place and all we know comes to an end. If there is a God, he is the only one who would know. We wouldn't even be here if a meteor didn't come down and destroy the dinosaurs millions of years ago.
A meteor could hit us at any moment. The second ice age is due. Maybe something like that will happen. It won't be The Day After Tomorrow style though I don't think.
There's no point in worrying about it. Just live your life not worrying about it and live every day as if it were your last on this planet anyway. Clear up any loose ends. Live with good ethics and by good morals. Do everything you've always wanted. It's like football. When you're in the playoffs, you don't want any plays in your back pocket when the game ends; you want to give it your best effort. Life is the same way. You never know when it's going to end. I may live to be 100 or I could walk outside and get hit by a bus, so just be ready in case it ever does happen. Be the best person you can be. You owe it to yourself. Don't let anyone else call the shots for you. You only live once; this isn't Super Mario Brothers. When you're gone you're gone. Worrying is a waste of time. It doesn't solve anything. Kim Jong Il's son is apparently crazier than him and he's in power now. There is a chance of a nuclear war. You have to live life though you can't just sit around and wait for the bastard to blow the country up.
Think about if the world ended December 21 like the extinct Mayans predicted. We would have just sat through one of the worst Presidential elections in our history. Not one candidate impresses me. I also thought about how funny it would be if the world ended on December 20, 2012 instead. Everyone would be caught all off guard and it may make the whole thing easier.
In other news, the People's Choice Awards were on last night. I tuned in late, and the jokes were terrible. Kaley Cuoco was the host from Big Bang Theory fame. She's awful to begin with but throw in some bad writing and a bunch of C list celebs, you get the worst awards show on Network TV. At least Morgan Freeman was there. His black dots on his face were as awesome as ever. I still wish I was one of those. You get to listen to Morgan talk all day and you'd have a bunch of friends to chill with all day.
Winner of the Day: Bacon Bits. He's a pig that was taken in by an all dog shelter because some lady pig sitting got stuck with the animal after its owners wouldn't take Bacon Bits back. A farm has since adopted him. Read here.
Loser of the Day: LeBron James. He came up short again in a game last night. He wants to be "the guy" but comes up short every time. It's time to dish the ball off to Wade, LBJ. Read.
Quote of the Day: "The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not."-Charles Barkley
Song of the Day: Something's Got a Hold on Me by Etta James.
So when you eat Skittles, and I know you have all eaten them at some point in your life, are you the type to eat one at a time to taste every flavor or are you the type to just throw a handful of Skittles in your mouth all at once. I'm a handful guy.
It really busts my balls when someone watches a movie based on a book and in turn, complains that the movie wasn't as good as the book. You should know going in the movie isn't going to be the same as a book. A book goes deep into character thoughts, which is really hard for a movie to do. It is only based on a book as much as a movie is based on a true story. Your expectations cannot be very high to begin with. You have to judge both mediums as separate entities. Think about the process...someone reading a book, must then write a script based on the book and a director then makes a movie based on how he interprets the script. It goes through several hands. With that being said, I believe there are hardcore readers who want to still expect the movie to be like the book word for word, and some movies have made it close, but it will never be perfect. I've read very few books in my life, but To Kill a Mockingbird is one I have read and the movie stuck to it pretty well. It is possible to make a good movie based on a book that is nothing like the book as well. Like I said you have to separate the mediums and not judge them against each other. Just go into the movie based on your favorite book and expect little. Whenever I go into a movie, regardless of whether it's based on a book, the lower my expectations, the better I feel about it, so expect to be disappointed. It always works for me.
The Reds are not bringing back Francisco Cordero for sure now as they signed Ryan Madsen. Madsen closed for the Phillies last year, but let me be the first to thank Mr. Cordero for his contributions to the Reds over the years. He was signed for $48 million which is far more than this market can afford, but I think he lived up to it. Sure every save was shaky, but more often than not he did close the door. We just remember the losses, but he was a vital part of the Division champion team in 2010 and he was one of the most accurate closers in the game during his stretch here. He was also a good community guy and he took the blame and owned up to it when he had a bad day, but was still there to take the ball the next. He was a mentor to the younger Latino pitchers and was a father figure to some of them including Aroldis Chapman. I will miss Francisco Cordero, but welcome Mr. Madsen. You have big shoes to fill and let's hope you slow my heart rate down at the end of games unlike your predecessor.
My Ipod Classic has seen better days. The darn thing is not playing my music for some reason. Technology can be cruel sometimes. I refuse to upgrade to the touch, because I need a lot of gigs to carry around my diverse music collection. Somehow the Classic still runs for $250.00 which is ridiculous, but Apple is like McDonald's, they get you at a young age and you get hooked. I am more of a PC guy than a Mac. Mac people, sorry if I offend some of you, are like a cult. I own an Ipod but I hate having to pay for just flashyness. The Ipod is clearly better than any other mp3 player but when it comes to computers, it's just looks to me. I've worked extensively on both computer systems, and I love the presentation of the Mac. It seems cleaner. Maybe it's because looking at Windows everyday gets old. Speaking of that I wish the old games like Golf from Windows 3.11 still came on the new versions. Anyway, some programs that I used in school for editing like FinalCut Pro only was made for Macs and I thank Mac for running them but I still believe that both systems can do the same things and the PC is just cheaper. That's just my opinion.
Winner of the Day: Stacy Keibler, the former wrestler and current girlfriend of NKU's pride and joy, George Clooney. She has a ground rule for the actor... he can't play pranks on her . What a ridiculous demand. I mean he's not Ashton Clooney. If I was Clooney, I'd prank her then walk out and never look back. Who is she? Except an ex wrestler. The story...if you want to call it a story.
Loser of the Day: Joran Van Der Sloot. Remember, he killed that Halloway girl in Peru but it kind of got swept under the rug? Well his ugly mug killed someone else and he pleaded guilty. He's pathetic. Read here.
Quote of the Day: "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."-Robert Frost
Song of the Day: Life goes On by Tupac Shakur
Word of the day: Music Slut. Basically it's definition is someone who listens to a variety of music and doesn't just stick to one genre.
We live in a world of text nowadays. With Email, Twitter, Facebook, and texting, the world is changing. There's never any face to face contact anymore. I bring this up because I want to talk about the exclamation point. We learn at a young age that this punctuation mark is used to show excitement. Does that mean when you are writing someone a message nowadays, the amount of exclamation points you use helps to describe how excited someone is about something? And how about all-caps typing? Does that mean you are screaming at someone? Writing can be misunderstood so often.. It's hard to get sarcasm, and the art of delivery is taken out of the equation. Give five different people the same text and you're going to get five different answers on what it means. I think we are losing the art of person to person contact is what I'm trying to say. See you don't really understand what I'm writing about. If I was saying this in person, I'm not quite sure it would make complete sense. I'm usually good at explaining things in my writing and I write this blog as if I was speaking but this point is hard to convey. What I think I'm trying to say is this: sometimes things can get interpreted by something you say in writing that may not be what you meant. If you want to talk about something important, there are better ways to do it, in person or even over the phone. In type, every word is vital. Everything is read. There is no mulligan. People are being bullied more than ever because people can hide behind a mask of a computer or phone.I'm rambling but I HOPE YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING.
And what's the deal with entertainment news? Is it not ridiculous. I watched a little bit of Entertainment Tonight last night. My first thought was do the anchors talk like that in their everyday lives? They seem like plastic people, fake all the way down to their laughs. Their lead story was Brad Pitt was out at some pointless awards show with a cane. How is that a lead story to anything? I mean seriously? People actually tune into this show daily? And as for Brad Pitt, I don't see what the ladies see in that bum of a guy.
In sports news, I predicted that LSU was going to destroy Alabama. For those of you who watched, you realize I was pretty wrong on that statement. I will predict LSU will win the title next year however. I mentioned this on Twitter while watching the game: why was there an aerial view when the game was in a dome? The same dome that was like the Wild West during Hurricane Katrina. People were getting raped, mugged, robbed and having the unthinkable happen to them all while avoiding the biggest storm of the decade. Anyway, the Super Dome, now corporately called The Mercedez Benz Super Dome, which is ridiculous in its own right, had aerial coverage. Could you imagine what the pilots of the Goodyear Blimp were saying, "Uhh get the top of that dome right there. It looks good." It's stupid, and about advertising all over the place, it all becomes white noise you know. Absolutely pointless. Walk down Times Square. Everything gets drowned out by something else, and everything comes and goes in cycles but it will be back, don't worry. Everything's about getting you to buy their stuff. I'm rambling again....
Winner of the Day: Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop. He was arrested, and has a birth name of Jeffrey Drew Wilschke, but legally changed it to the name above. He's charged with He's tentatively charged with carrying a concealed knife, and possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana. You can read about him here.
Loser of the Day: Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. They allegedly gave some drunk dude some woman's hotel key and he ended up going into her room, took his clothes off and groped her. Uh oh. Read more. And it looks like Gloria Alred is taking the case. Watch out Starwood. You're in deep $#!+ now!
Quote of the Day:
"Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it!"-Lauren Graham
Hello everyone. As my alter-ego Phathead Kingofcov would say, I'm baaaaa-aaack. Sorry for the hiatus. I was getting really busy at work and with it being the holidays and everything I found very little time to write. A lot has happened since I last posted a blog. Beyonce and Jay-Z had a child. They named their kid, Blue Ivy. I know what you're thinking...Blue Ivy-Z is a terrible name. For those of you who didn't know, Jay-Z is not Mister Z's real name, nor is H.O.V.A. or Jeezy. His real name is Sean Carter. Now the song with Lil Wayne called "Mr. Carter" and his album entitled, "The Life and Times of S. Carter" make more sense now huh? Speaking of Jay-Z's albums, there is speculation that the couple named their child, Blue in honor of Jay-Z's Blueprint albums that made him so popular. Here's an article about it.
Another big deal that happened was the NFL playoffs. My Bengals lost in the first round, but making the playoffs when your best three players on offense are two rookies (Dalton and Green) and a second year guy (Gresham), I'd say making the playoffs is a big accomplishment for them. They were predicted by most to win 0 to 4 games all year and they won 9. I'll take that and the future only looks bright for them. As for the big story of the playoffs, Tim Tebow, I did say that if the Broncos beat the Steelers I would be a believer in Tebow. Somehow they did it. Now it wasn't the same Steeler team that won three Super Bowls and made the big show last year. It was a banged up Big Ben, and defensive players were dropping like flies. With that being said, Tebow pulled it off. Call it magic; call it luck; call it fate; call it whatever you want but the guy did it again. Maybe he will be doing it for 15 more years, maybe he's a one year wonder and nothing like this will ever happen again, but I must say it is amazing to watch. I still believe there is not way he will beat the mighty Patriots in Foxborough. I think the game may be the same as what happened when the two teams clashed earlier in the season. Denver will come out with Tebow magic early and the Pats will be like no biggie and clobber them like squashing an annoying bug. They were down big in their last two games and destroyed both teams. They have too much fire power for the Denver Tebows.
Another big sports story is will Barry Larkin get into the Hall of Fame this year? I say if he doesn't, then there's no point in having one. I already don't get why they don't let Pete Rose in. It's supposed to house the greatest of all time. Pete Rose isn't in. And he has more hits than anyone in the history of the game. Now here's why Barry should get in. He was a 30 homerun, 30 steals guy before shortstops did that. He was a better hitter than Ozzie Smith and played in his era. If it wasn't for Ozzie, Barry would be the best all around shortstop of his era. Cal Ripken was the first offensive minded shortstop but Barry was the second. He never did steroids unlike A-Rod and he did a lot more that never showed up in the stat sheet. The guy needs to get in.
Now a random thought: I was watching TV last night and a preview for some movie came on. I then became curious as to whether or not the guy that does the voice over just talks like that in his everyday life. Wouldn't it get sort of creepy to be his wife?
Winner of the Day: Jay. Jay is a sea lion in Japan who has an awesome talent. He can write skillful Chinese characters. The dude's a sea lion...what did you expect more? Read Here.
Loser of the day: Limbs. Because who needs them? This elementary teacher has soared without any arms and is a teacher as well as a sports coach. Read Me.
Quote of the Day: “I’m not making any plans. I’m just going to let the universe surprise me.” -Hot Tub Time Machine
Song of the Day: Boombastic by Shaggy
Toy of the Day: Weebles. Because Weebles wobble but they won't fall down.
