Champagne Celebrations and Food Fights

October 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment

After witnessing the White Sox win a one game playoff a couple weeks ago (check out my photos on Flickr to the witness the blackout and the celebration), I was reminded of the two things that I think every male adult wishes they could be a part of…the champagne celebration and the food fight. The champagne celebration is so specific to sports that most of us will never get to actually participate in one. Having Ken Griffey Jr. spray my section on September 30th (which will be the only time he does that this year) is probably the closest I will ever come. None of us will ever follow a graduation or wedding or birth of our child with a champagne spray fest…it just seems like something that I would want to be part of.

In the same breath, I would love to be in a huge food fight. I guess this might be the kid in me, but who wouldn’t want to have a large scale food fight where reckless abandon is the norm? Is taht strange? I don’t want this to seem like I want to destroy property but that kind of “fun” is just not attainable to most of us. Although, it might make Christmas dinners with your family more fun…

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WALE

January 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I’ve become very picky about the music I listen to as I get older. There is just so much stuff to listen to that it is impossible to listen to everything out there. Anyway, I’ve been totally into this rapper WALE out of Washington D.C. recently. He doesn’t even have an album out yet but he has a lot out of stuff to listen to. His most recent mix tape, 100 Miles and Runnin’, is one of the few mix tapes I even listen to. He has some of his own material but he also raps over other tracks. It doesn’t matter…it sounds like he is having fun being an M.C. and his lyrics are consistently on point. It reminds of all the great rappers I’ve listened to over the years and reminds me of a simple time when hip-hop was measured by the music and not the image. I know that is cliche to say, but it is true. Anyway, if you need something new to listen to, check him out.

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The Gingerbread Latte

November 29, 2007 By Leave a Comment

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I’ve been busy with school and creating my new web site recently that my blog has taken a back seat. So, I’m just posting a little something for fun right now.

The gingerbread latte is one of those things that I like so much that it bugs me. It has become one of my favorite purchases to make during the holiday season. It REALLY makes me feel like just a consumer, but I consider it a part of November and December as much as Santa and Christmas trees. I guess I’m allowed to be a consumer once in a while.

Anyway, I’ve actually sampled many of them lately, and I wanted to give a short ranking:

  1. Starbucks (The granddaddy of them all…they are like Duke in this situation…hard to rank low.)
  2. Dunkin Donuts (I don’t know if they are better than the next two, but they are at least a dollar cheaper.)
  3. Seattle’s Best (They give you a small gingerbread man and tons of whip cream.)
  4. Caribou Coffee (Solid, but does not set itself apart from the rest.)
  5. Coffee Bean (Los Angeles coffee shop…don’t even bother…they use powder instead of syrup.)

Thank you for indulging me.

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