Hero Burger. Full. Happy. Off to meet team.
[tags]mba, hero burger[/tags]
Category: Food / drink
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Basically, I could have slept through that entire morning and not really missed anything. Actually, I kind of ended up giving a presentation in a half-assed way, and that was definitely worth skipping.
Lunch was a vegetarian’s nightmare so we went to Subway. I stocked up on some diet pepsi while I was there. Just hooking up the I.V. as I type this…
[tags]mba, subway, diet pepsi[/tags]
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Lunch today: potatoes, Mexican corn and trout. The potatoes were edible, the rest less so.
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The alarm clock in my room is enormous. It looks kind of like the machine that Jeff Goldblum builds in The Fly. Or the monolith in 2001. It also has more controls than an F-16 cockpit. On the plus side, I can plug my Zen into it and the sound isn’t too bad.
[tags]bad food, alarm clocks[/tags]
Winner of the first annual Least Absurd contest: the independents
I finally visited the bakery downstairs (called “Porh Pawh”…anyone want to take a stab at what the hell that means?) since I was walking by it around 7:45. I got an almond croissant, still piping hot…it was really good. Dammit. Fresh, tasty croissants downstairs — literally, I don’t even have to outside — is not what I need.
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Is anyone else having problems with Sympatico? Or is it just me? My connection has been le suck since Saturday.
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I am stunned. I knew it was bad down there, but I didn’t know it was this bad.
I remember being amused when three of the Republicans running for the party candidacy admitted, during a debate, that they did not believe in evolution. I thought, “That’s it. Those guys are toast.” Little did I know that they’d probably just read the advanced polling and were giving their constituents what they wanted to hear. That’s horrifying in and of itself, but the fact that 68% of the party who voted in the president doesn’t believe in evolution is just…staggering. I’m flummoxed, really.
Full story here.
[tags]porh pawh, sympatico problems, evolution, republicans, democrats, gallup[/tags]
Experts agree: The Strokes suck
Our bbq has gas. Not flatulence gas, natural gas. Not natural flatulent gas, just natural gas. We can now cook food. In fact, Nellie is outside doing so now whilst I try to recover from the day that was.
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Four interesting things that RSS’d their way to me today:
- There will be a Voltron movie. When it is released I shall re-live my childhood.
- Voting for the Golden Tap awards is now open. The awards honor the best microbreweries (and their beers) in the GTA, and in Ontario. My picks are as follows:
- Best microbrewery in the GTA (Granite Brewery)
- Best beer brewed in the GTA (Granite Brewery Dry Hop Special Bitter)
- Best microbrewery in Ontario (Neustadt)
- Best beer brewed in Ontario, outside the GTA (Neustadt 10W30)
- Best pub in the GTA, in terms of draught selection (Bar Volo)
- Best pub in the GTA, in terms of bottle selection (Smokeless Joe’s)
- Best pub in Ontario, outside of the GTA (Manx, in Ottawa, though I should admit that it’s the only one I’ve been to)
- Best brewpub or tied house in Ontario (Granite Brewery)
- Il Fornello, a Toronto restaurant, will be adding an Ontario-only menu.
- There are a lot of “classic” albums that I just can’t stand. A few of them are mentioned in this Guardian article, and some folks agree with me. In fact, the only ones I don’t agree with are the Arcade Fire (which seems out of place from the rest, and I think it’s just an easy and controversial target) and to some degree Nirvana and Pink Floyd. The rest I don’t care for at all.
[tags]natural gas bbq, voltron, golden tap awards, ontario microbrew, granite brewery, neustadt, il fornello, arcade fire, nirvana, pink floyd[/tags]
We'll keep the spider that bites the lady that cleans the couch that swallowed the fly
Three things about the condo:
- We have a new couch. It’s big and squishy.
- We have a giant spider (seen here) living on our balcony. I’m not particularly fond of spiders, but he’s eating the swarm of insects that seems to frequent the area, so he can stay. Click on the picture if you want to see a higher-res version.
- Cleaning lady: best invention ever.
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CBGB came over last night while I was at work and taught Nellie how to make GB’s excellent veggie burgers. I got home in time to enjoy the beautiful weather on the balcony with them. We actually spent the whole night out there, ate some pizza from Amato, and even saw some unexpected fireworks. It was a nice end to a long week.
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Violent protests in Halifax? Ontario supporting public transit? Yesterday was topsy-turvy day, apparently…
[tags]condo furniture, spider, cleaning lady, amato pizza, fireworks, halifax protests, ontario public transit[/tags]
Public service announcement
Pardon my french, but the 61% cocoa “Carenero Superior” chocolate from Soma is fucking sublime.
That is all.
[tags]soma chocolatier, dark chocolate[/tags]
Is 36,000 BTUs enough to cook eggplant?
It’s been a busy weekend. Yesterday we got up early, went to St. Lawrence Market to pick up some shrimp and scallops and fruit, ran a few errands, picked up some shirts we ordered from American Apparel, did some work (schoolwork, in my case) and went over to CBGB’s place for a barbeque. The barbeque fun didn’t stop there; we zipped around the corner to Home Depot and ordered a barbeque of our own: this one by Vermont Castings [pictured at right].
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The party at CBGB’s (in belated honor of GB’s birthday) was a lot of fun…a packed front porch followed by a packed backyard patio, great food, cold beer, many laughs, and a slight overindulgence in the desserts. What’s better than that?
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Today’s been great so far too: I slept in until 9:00 (the cats practically kicked me off the bed after that), got up, read the paper, went out to find some breakfast and came back raving about the perfect weather: it was warm but not hot, and breezy enough to keep the smog off. I collected Nellie and we headed off on a stroll to the Distillery District. We had a peek in a few galleries, stopped at the Mill Street Brew Pub for some brunch, got some amazing chocolate at Soma and wandered home along the Esplanade, popping up to Front Street so that we could see all the dogs at Woofstock. Now, sadly, it’s back to reality as Nellie has to work all day and I’m catching up on a bunch of stuff. It was a great way to spend a Sunday morning though…
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My comment spam problem is getting worse and worse. Most of you never see it (unless you subscribe to my comment feed) because the comments are buried in old posts, and the vast majority of it gets caught, but when you get 1300/day a few are bound to slip past my spam filter. What does slip past is often very nasty too, so if you’re reading the comments and you see unpleasantness, I apoligize.
[tags]st. lawrence market, american apparel, home depot, vermont castings, distillery district, mill street brew pub, soma chocolate, woofstock, comment spam, akismet[/tags]
Stoopid WordPress
Gar. I had a long post all written up but WordPress (or possibly my host?) decided to cack and it disappeared. I can’t be bothered to remember it all or write it all again, so here’s the summary version:
- We had dinner last night at Fieramosca with CBGB. That was great.
- I got my hair cut today and ate some gelato. That was great.
- I realized today that I have a paper due next week, and I haven’t even started it. That sucked.
- Darth Vader’s a jackass.
Blargh.
[tags]fieramosca, gelato, darth vader[/tags]
Conundrum
Do I continue to go to Hero Burger because their veggie burgers are so good? Or do I stop going forever because they’re so goddamn disorganized and incompetent?
I’m sick. All I want to do is go home and eat lunch and lie down. And they keep forgetting my order or giving my food to other people.
[tags]hero burger[/tags]
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