Friday, May 30, 2025

Happy birthday to Mom!


 I was a late birthday present who came just after midnight so that birthday wasn't mom's best. : ) 

She's the best mother ever. She's always been there for us. Loves each one of us and supports us through everything. Of course we appreciate her every Mother's Day but on her birthday we're all just thankful for her to be alive. 

Happy birthday Mom!


Thursday, May 29, 2025

Freddy's Prime Rib Burger

 

Finally got to try Freddy's for the first time since they opened up. 

Last time, the line was incredibly long as was the wait for the food. I ordered the Prime Rub burger and wasn't disappointed. 

The fries were good too. They had 3 fry sauces to choose from, regular, spicy and smokey. They were kind enough to give me all 3 to try. The spicy was the worst of the 3 which was a surprise because to me, it was the one I was most excited to try. Smokey is the best and regular was fine. 

The staff was super friendly which encourages me to come back again soon. It was a night and day difference since the last time I checked them out. 

I'll gladly return again sooner than later now. 

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Full service gas stations


 About 8 years ago, the last full service gas station we had switched to self service, marking an end to a tradition that was already gone way before that time. 

I remember being in college and every so often coming across a place which had someone pump the gas for you. I thought it was strange even then. The gas was a little more expensive at these places to cover the cost for the attendant. 

When I used to travel for work and came home,  Chase used to pay for my gas. But the machines always asked for my zip code and since the business card didn't share my zip code, I never could remember it. So instead I'd drive up to the full service gas station and have them run it for me instead. 

This isn't something I miss all that much like other things from my past. But I'm glad I at least have a few memories as to what it was like when people had full service at their gas stations. 

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Goose Egg


 One other thing I got from my friend was a goose egg. Never had one before but thought I'd try it out. They're HUGE but cook and taste similar to any other fresh eggs. 

To enjoy this one, I cooked it on its own. Again, the taste is similar, these eggs are very rich. Don't know how much he charges for them, but then again, I'm just as happy eating fresh eggs from him too so it doesn't make that much of a difference. 

Has anyone out there ever tried a goose egg before?

Monday, May 26, 2025

Fresh Eggs

 

There's nothing like them. 

A buddy of mine gave me 2 dozen the other day and they are the absolute BEST! The shells are harder to crack then store bought eggs but the richness of them is unparallel. 

All they need is a little salt and pepper to them and they're excellent! I've enjoyed the last couple of nights just having scrambled eggs to eat. I'd forgotten how good they were! 

And with today's prices in stores, there is no difference in price anymore, so I plan on buying as many as I can in the future. SO GOOD!

Saturday, May 24, 2025

V is for victory


 This one was a given since all the other players were new. But it had some fun moments and I got off to a slow start but finished strong in the end. 

I used more characters from the Discordant Stars expansion. I hope I can get to play all the others later this year. 

Such a great game. 

Survivor 48 review


 From everyone thanking one another when being voted off, to no major moves, this season was another stinker for the books. 

Honestly, I cared about no one the entire time. So BLAH. This has just been terrible. I think after 50 I'll stop watching this live, and wait a few months for the season to finish before watching. It's just not worthy of a weekly time slot for me at this point. 

Australian Survivor IS the greater show and I can't wait for Australian Survivor vs The World coming out next month!

Friday, May 23, 2025

Hell of a Summer (review)

 

Wow. This one was a surprise!

A generic camp horror movie, that's a comedy and exposes the killers halfway thru instead of at the end. 

I'm shocked, I liked this. 

The characters as well developed and interesting. Some of the gags even have a "payoff" later in the movie, which shows you a little thought and wittiness went into making this gem. 

Certainly worth your time if you're looking for something to watch over the weekend. 

Have a good one folks!

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Burger Grind: A-1 Burger review

 

So there's a local burger place in town I haven't been to in years. I heard they had something called an "A1" burger which sounds exactly how I order my burger at Five Guys, so I had to try it out. 

The service was a little slow, but they were busy, so I can't complain that much about it. 

The burger was good! Just how I like get it at Five Guys too! Now, Five Guys is better but since I don't have one, this one was a suitable replacement. Fries were good too!

So if you ever visit my neck of the woods, this one's worth your time I'd say!

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

4-H Club


 I remember way back in the day, they used to come by my grade school and we'd all vote for who would be president, vice-president, etc. 

We were such a small school, the lady thought it'd be a good idea to give everyone a position and have the class vote each time after the next, so that everyone was "voted in"

However, the last person unelected was myself. I lost in the final race for "Janitor" 

So she awarded me the position to "janitor's assistant" 

I was so upset when I came home.

But my Mom gave me hope for next year as she helped me with a campaign sign for Prez. From there my "support" kept growing as I began promising cabinet positions to those who supported me. Like making promises, 4 of them would be my "secret service" and whatnot. 

The 4-H lady loved the idea of a president's cabinet, because she didn't have to invent so many extra positions anymore, so my campaign promises that began out of nothing, were legitimized before the whole class and I won in a landslide. 

I really don't remember what happened after that, because after she left no one ended up caring much about 4-H. 

I guess its still around today but for the life of me, I don't know what either "H" stands for. 

Guess I should have been impeached years ago at my school. 

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Locked (review)


 You remember those movies where one thing, happens to the one guy and that's all the movie is? Enter "Locked" the story of a car thief who gets trapped inside a bait vehicle and can't escape the clutches of a maniacal owner who terrorizes him remotely. 

Great movie. 

Worth the watch. Just once and you're done. Grab you're popcorn. Laugh and scream at the same time. It's a crowd pleaser to be sure. 87 year old Anthony Hopkins delivered an excellent performance. This movie was right up his alley. And he's still got it in acting chops!

Highly recommended. 

Monday, May 19, 2025

Woman in the Yard (review)

This trailer was good. 

It hid the fact that for 1 hour and 30 minutes absolutely nothing exciting or interesting or scary would happen. 

Then it ends in a 10 second twist at the end that makes you think, this was some film student's short that got developed into a movie. 

Literally could have been 2 minutes and just as effective. 

What a giant waste of time. 
 

Friday, May 16, 2025

Nothing's changed

Over the past year I've heard nothing but good things about this place. 

It's been about 7 years since I last week so I decided to give it another try and see what the new hype was about. 

This place still sucks. 

I'll give it, the cheese sticks are the best around. The food was so-so and the service is still some of the worst I've ever received. 

Asked for chips and salsa and cheese sticks. 

Waitress kept telling me the chips were coming out soon. All table around us (some who arrived after us) received theirs. But I thought that was because I order cheese sticks too. 

Then our meals arrived...with the cheese sticks. 

"They didn't bring out your chips?" the waitress said. 

"No. It's alright, I don't want them anymore" I responded. 

"Are you sure?"

This is the moment as I was ready to give my sarcastic response but thought better of it and told her "No. I don't want them."

Later on she returns to ask if I'd just like to take an order of chips home with me. 

WTF????

I told her "no" again and to remove them from the ticket. 

When the ticket came, she charged me for the chips and salsa as well as a 3 dip chips plate. 

18 minutes later (I timed it on my phone) was I was finally able to catch her (she wasn't stopping by) I asked her to remove the charges. 

She responded to me just to select the "split the bill" option and pay for everything else but that. 

WORST SERVICE EVER. 

Never going back. 

 

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Ash (movie review) SPOILERS


 Awful movie alert!!! Avoid at all cost! Save yourselves before it's too late!!!

This movie is about a girl who wakes up on a base on a planet, only to find her entire team dead and her memory wiped. 

Later she starts regaining memories but its of her killing the entire crew. 

Sound good right? IT SUCKS!!!

SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





The "twist" is SO simple to this one, you guess it about 10 minutes in. Yes. She killed them. She's infected with an alien. BUT we find out that the entire reason the whole crew died is BECASUE SHE LET THE ALIEN LOOSE ON THE SHIP?!?!?

So WHY are we supposed to cheer for her when it turns out this is all her fault? The alien inhabits everyone on the ship going from person to person, once their host dies....BUT the movie can't even get that right when in the end our "hero" has open brain surgery on herself (without too much pain) to dig out the creature and it inhabits a dead crewman....only to becomes the most powerful its ever been. 

WHAT????

She kills it, escapes and in the end has a teary goodbye as she remembers all her friends and all the good times they had on the planet. Good times we never saw or experienced because the movie didn't allow time to build the other crewmen into memorable characters. YOU DO NOT CARE!

Horrible, horrible waste of time.  

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Just a Bit Outside (review)


 I love me some baseball documentaries. This is one about the Brewers and their incredible season in 1982. Though I was alive back then, I didn't pay attention to sports that early (1986 was when I started) but I have to admit, the story was great to hear about. Pretty incredible what went down that year. 

I love hearing from the players about each game, the highs and the lows of the entire season. 

A must for any Brewers fan and something I would suggest any baseball fan to check out. 

Good stuff!

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Totino's review


 One thing I haven't had in at least 7 years. I used to fold them up like a taco and eat them all the time. 

Now that I'm off the diet, I'm checking off the list of things I want to try again that I haven't in years. This was the first one. 

Ugh. 

Has this pizza always been bad or is it just the new version?

I remember the crust used to be crispy and good. This was still soft after baking and the topping tasted awful. 

Maybe I had fond memories of something that was never good in the first place, but I do know this. I'll never try one of these ever again. 

Monday, May 12, 2025

Arby's Burger (review)


 Something I've been meaning to try for a while and I finally did! 

I love Arby's. I love their roast beef. When I heard they now served burgers I had to try one.

Final thoughts? Meh. It's not a bad burger but certainly nothing I would go out of my way to have again. In fact, I'd rather just have their roast beef which is still their best. 

But glad I finally checked it off my list. 

Friday, May 09, 2025

Sesame Street - The Count & The Mets


I remember vividly watching this as a kid and my dad even laughing. I can't tell you how many times we said "Throw it to me Mookie!"

Have a good weekend folks!

Thursday, May 08, 2025

Pride and joy of my youth


 Like tons of kids from the 80s, I was a huge fan of Voltron growing up. I loved the cartoon so much, I signed up to be a part of the official membership club. I remember my card looked just like this and I kept this in my Chuck E Cheese wallet which I carried at all times. 


Yes sir. Anytime you needed proof I was part of Voltron TeamForce, I could whip this little puppy right out and show them my card. My future was so bright, I had to wear shades. 

But no one ever asked and I lost the wallet and card years ago......I'm screwed if anyone asks for it now. 

Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Bang New Flavor!


 Heard about this one a month ago and finally found it to try out. 

Much better than their last orange flavor but still middle of the road in taste. Better than Sour Ropes, their last flavor they brought out. 

Would I try it again? No. But it's good to see Bang is still trying out new flavors. Who knows? Maybe one day they'll bring back good ole Lemon Drop!

But for now I can safely say, Sour Heads is still their best. 

Tuesday, May 06, 2025

A working Man (review)


 Have you ever wondered what an american action movie would look like if it were made from a foreign country? I give you "A Working Man"

Unbelievable this movie went to theaters. A bunch of action and "character building" scenes chopped together like someone was trying to figure out the perfect formula for an action movie. 

Honestly, this had the makings of being the perfect spoof of action flicks. I was laughing at the over acting, cliche scenes and generic dialogue you've heard in action movies time and time again. 

I don't know whether to recommend this for a good laugh or avoid all together as a giant waste of time. 

Wild. 

Monday, May 05, 2025

Cinco de mayo

 

Welcome to the one day of the year that I am certainly not going out to eat Mexican.

Friday, May 02, 2025

Call it quits


 After today, I'm calling the diet officially off. 

It hasn't been that much of a success and I regret not going with the old tried and true diet I usually do every year. 

While on this diet, I barely went down a size. Whereas if I were on my own, I'd have been done a month ago and down 2 sizes. 

Very disappointed. 

I realize that this diet I'm on is a slow burn and takes longer to lose but I'm tired of all the work with minor results. 

It wasn't a total bust. Like I said, I'm down a size but I don't feel the effort was worth it for such disappointing results. 

Going into the summer, it's too late to start my other diet, so I'll try to watch what I eat and do my best to weather things out until next year. 

Have a good weekend folks!

Thursday, May 01, 2025

72 Hour fast


 I heard about this and tried it. Here's my thoughts:

1) Energy level remained the same. 

I've watched so many videos where people spoke about having super energy during the fasting. I think its more like regular energy. I didn't noticed much of a difference. However, I was surprised I had so much stamina when not eating a thing, so there's that. 

2) Water DOES NOT "fill you up"

Unlike the videos on this, water did nothing to stave off my hunger.

3) I wasn't hungry during the day.

It's true. Strangely after 36 hours you don't feel hungry. But anything after 5pm, I was. Not starving, but feeling like "time to eat" It made it really hard getting to bed every night. 

Overall, I'm not sure I'd try this again. Maybe intermediate fasting but nothing as extreme as this.