Simple Randomness

Excited for Terminator Salvation!

I’ve been excited for this movie to come out for a while now, and something happened the other day that made me even more excited for it: I found out that it’s PG-13!

As a rule, I generally don’t bother seeing R rated movies.  They’re usually just a little too over the top whether it be in language, violence, sex, and other things.  So when I learned that Terminator Salvation was PG-13 it made me think that they’ll actually be able to focus more on the story rather than just the blood and guts!

This is looking to be a great year for movies so far.  Between Star Trek, Terminator, and Transformers there will be plenty to see!

Click here for Terminator Trailers

The Best Jelly for a PBJ

Everyone loves a good Peanut Butter & Jelly (PBJ) sandwich! But what is the best jelly to use on your PBJ?

Talk about a random topic right? Well, for the last couple of years I’ve always been using something like strawberry. It was pretty good. But then we ran out of strawberry jam and my wife bought some grape jelly.

At first I thought, “Oh no! What have you done?! What about the strawberries?!” But I figured, “Oh well, I used to use grape as a kid, we’ll try it out again.”

Well, now I’m officially reconverted to grape jelly as the jelly of choice for my PBJ’s. Maybe my hint should have been that it’s a peanut butter and JELLY sandwich, not JAM. There’s something about the grape that it just seems to mix better with the peanut butter. Strawberry just wasn’t strong enough…and now I know!

So what is your favorite flavor of jam or jelly to put on a PBJ?

Amazing Drummer!

I came across this video today and just felt that it was worth sharing. I was in a small time marching band once and I can tell you that none of our guys were this good! Watch this, you’ll be amazed!

I’m Liking Playlist.com!

So I’ve heard about Playlist.com before, but never really messed with it.  So as I’ve been exploring my musical tastes I’ve come back to the fact that I work best lately when listening to instrumental rock.

Since I don’t have a lot of instrumental rock (yet), I decided that the easiest way to listen to this kind of music was either Pandora or Playlist.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Pandora, but one thing I really like about Playlist.com is that you can choose the songs you want to listen to and just create a playlist (hence the name, clever huh?).

So now presenting to the world my Joe Satriani playlist from Playlist.com!  Enjoy!

The Paris Buffet

As I’ve already mentioned several times, I was in Las Vegas last weekend.  Now, Vegas is known for a couple of things, but one thing that I think is really worth going down there for is the good food!  I’ve eaten at a couple of restaurants down there and they’ve all been fabulous.

So on Saturday me and the guys I went down there with decided to go and eat at the buffet located in the Paris Casino.  Wow was that some good food!  I had some crab legs, prime rib,  sushi, pastas, and all sorts of other stuff.

It’s funny, because on Thursday before I left my wife and I went with her grandparents to a local buffet called Chuck-a-Rama (I’ve wondered since I was a kid where they came up with that name…).  Talk about a night and day difference!

So when it comes to buffets, do yourself a favor and only eat at the ones in Vegas.  At least, that’s my advice!

Do Some Golfing in Vegas!

I was in Las Vegas last week for a blogging conference (Blog World to be exact) and wish that I would have had time to do a little golfing while I was there.  But unfortunately I didn’t…

One of the cool things about going to Vegas is that there are lots of Las Vegas Golf packages available at really good deals.  There are a lot of really nice golf courses such as Bali Hai Golf Club, Desert Pines Golf Club, and Royal Links Golf Club.

Of those listed above, I think that the Royal Links club looks the nicest. If you go to their site you’ll see some of the building that they have, some of which look like castles!

A great way to get golf packages is to go through Walter’s Golf. They have a Tour the World package that let’s play all three of the courses mentioned above for a really good deal. Maybe next time I go to vegas I’ll check these guys out more closely!

The Mouse Wanted to Fight!

Every now and then at work (once a week actually) I do a webinar presentation.  When I do these I don’t do them at my desk, but I go across the office to another secluded desk where there is less background noise so the presentation is better.

So yesterday I’m doing my presentation when all of a sudden I look down and there’s a little field mouse staring at me!  Well, I didn’t really want to kill it, so I just stomped at it in surprise to make it go away.  I figured this would make it go back to it’s little hideout and I could get back to my webinar.  Not the case…

This thing kept coming out and staring at me!  And at times it would actually act like it wanted to fight!  It kept trying to stare me down, peeking around the corner of the cube or showing up under my feet like it wanted to sucker punch me.  Not cool.

At one point I actually put the class on pause to try and catch it.  No luck.  Then I just told everyone that I had allergies and had to clear my throat.

Half way through the presentation I have an intermission, so I grabbed one of my bosses to see if he could help me catch it, but the mouse was no where to be found.  He then accused me of ‘crying mouse’ jokingly, but that sneaky little thing wouldn’t show his head again!

I’ve had very few encounters with mice, but this one really surprised me as to how bold the little guy was!  Maybe I should have squished him…but I didn’t want to have to clean it up.

Awesome New Mr. T Ads!

I heard on the news that one of these ads was banned because they thought it was offensive towards gays.  WHATEVER!!!  The ad is making fun of speed walking as a sport, which I think most people make fun of anyway!  So here are two of these ads.  Gotta love Mr. T!!!

One of the Best Burgers I’ve Ever Had!

So last night my wife and I decided to go to Chili’s.  We had a gift certificate that we haven’t used yet, so we figured why not.

Now honestly I haven’t been to Chili’s in quite a while, and in the past I’ve just thought that they were ok.  So this time I decided to try one of their burgers and I ended up going with the Jalapeno Smokehouse Bacon Big Mouth Burger.

IT WAS SO GOOD!

I’m a big fan of Fuddrucker’s, but this burger I think rivaled that even.  The bacon on it was really thick, the jalapenos were more flavor than they were spice (just how I like them), and just had a great flavor to it!

So if you’re in the mood for a burger, either go to Fuddrucker’s or get this Jalapeno Burger from Chili’s!

Why So Serious?

I hate clowns…I really do.  But I loved the new Dark Knight movie!  So just today I was stumbling some stuff and came across this image.  Pretty sweet!