It Wasn't Just a Bad Day For Bennigan's

There was sad news out of Lakewood. Kitchen 1924 has closed. Read about it here.

And somehow the horrible food produced by Sushi on McKinney has finally caught with them as they are closing soon as well.

All of this on news on the heals of a boarderline terrible experience at The Libertine last night. After the poor food, service and diminished beer selection we saw last night, can that place be open much longer?

Random Pictures Of Things That People Have Given Me Over The Last Few Weeks That I Should Blog About

From Glenn. They only have a vague bacon flavor.


From Margaret: Brought back from Chile. Not as bad tasting as she had promised. But not great either. I think she got them at a Starbuck's down there. Get it? Frac -- Starbuck's -- Battlestar Galactica. I kill me.


From Matt: Left in my mailbox as the Currys leave for the land of Roethlisberger and Primanti's.

Sniff.

Random Stuff That I Took Pictures Of But Forgot Or Was Too Lazy To Blog About

I made this Hot Chocolate Fondant featured in Gordon Ramsay's cookbook Gordon Ramsay Makes It Easy. It was one of the first things I made with my new stove? What stove, you ask?


This one. Now I have to do something about that hideous wallpaper.


Alex was naughty earlier this summer.


Furry bug I found in my garage this morning.


And finally, this Gay Not Gay candidate from the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Gas Prices Are Making People Dumb

High gas prices have me, like all Americans, mad. But I'm not mad because I have to pay more at the pump. As many of you know, I'm filthy rich. No, I'm mad because I'm tired of hearing people complain about prices and then doing dumb things about it

This video from DallasNews.Com red-lined my rage metre (like the English spelling? I'm trying to be more English-like. So please notice my liberal use of the word "cunt")

Here's the summary of the video.

Two Georgia men are biking their way to work, and saving big money without burning gasoline. What makes their commute so extreme? It's almost 21 miles long - each way.

BIG MONEY??? REALLY??

OK, lets do the math. 21 miles in an average car would be a little more than 1 gallon of gas. So, at $4/gallon, they are saving, what?, $5? Since they ride together, they could be carpooling, so really they're only saving $2.50 each way.

Wow!

Not only that, but 21 miles, for me, would take at least 1 1/4 hours to bike ride. Worst case, in a car, 21 miles would take 30 minutes. So they are exchanging 45 minutes to save $2.50. That's not even minimum wage anymore.

And this is what's infuriating me about gas prices. People don't do the math. We have these stupid ads from Chevron on The Ticket telling us that if we slow down to 55mph from 65mph, we would get an extra 30-50 miles per tank.

That means for every hour you were driving 65mph, you are now driving an extra 12-13 minutes. So, essentially, for every 5 hours driving at 65, you now have to drive 6 hours. And the savings -- 2 to 3 gallons of gas. That's $8-12. Would any of you do anything at a rate of $8/hours?

There is something more precious on this planet than money or gas, and that's your time. You only have so many hours here on Earth. Don't waste them trying to save a few bucks on gas.

Rant off.

Well, There Goes My Social Life

clipped from www.bannedinhollywood.com (AP ATLANTA) A new report today from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that HSV-1, the virus that causes cold sores is on the rise for beer pong players aged 17-21. The precipitous jump (up 230% from 2007) has caused concern for a number of school officials and parents. “This epidemic is something we should pay close attention to. We’re aware that we cannot outright prevent [beer pong], so we have provided new red cups available to all students in the dorms,” said President of Arizona State University, Michael M. Crow.

Brush with "Greatness": The Why Guy

While going for my morning Venti Espresso Frap, I ran into the soon-to-be-leaving Channel 8 Why Guy, Mike Castellucci, at the soon-to-be-closing Starbucks next to Gloria's on lower Greenville.

Yes, this dude does kinda look like the Mayor of McKinney Ave. And yes, my bar for "greatness" isn't that high.

They Call It Why Why Zed

In honor of Rush's appearance on The Colbert Report last week, the best rendition of YYZ you'll ever see from an 11 year old.



I'm not sure I could even hum Red Barchetta at 11.

Someone Broke The Dubliner

clipped from frontburner.dmagazine.com A bartending FrontBurnervian sends along this pic of one of my favorite Irish bars in town (don’t be jealous, Old Monk). Details are a bit sketchy right now, but apparently someone was running from the police, lost control of his/her car, and drove into the Dubliner on Greenville Avenue.

Where Was This On The 4th??

clipped from www.yesbutnobutyes.com

Phillip Seymour Hoffman Has Really Let Himself Go

Or has he?

My American Soulmate is Single Again

Unless she really is fucking Matt Damon.

But how will I get the stench of Kimmel out of her?

And would fucking her be the same as fucking my leader by transitivity?

If you're wondering, my All-World soulmate is Robin Sparkles.