This is the second article I have read this year about grown meat.  It is only a few more years until this becomes common practice.  Two question remain for me – will it be lean and healthy and will it turn me into a zombie?

Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory – Times Online .

Do you remember? I do and to tell you the truth, they scared the shit out of me. Now they are making a movie.

Pinkberry is all the rage now. It is the new Crispy Cream Donuts, minus all the fat and lard. There is a store locally that started to sell this zero calorie frozen yogurt a couple of months ago and I gave it a try. At first I wasn’t sure if I liked it, but later I found myself wanting more and actually craving it? I am not a fan of yogurt so I was surprised!

Pinkberry is currently being sued over the ingredients of their highly addictive product. We will have to wait and see if I am right about this stuff. I am almost positive it is laced with some new bread of barbiturate.

The Germans have yet another first, the automated restaurant.  Thats right no waiter to yell at, make fun of or tip.  The whole restaurant has been fitted with a rail system to delivery the food. You order by touch screen at your table.  Quick and easy and one more place on the planet where you can avoid human contact.   What is to become of us?  I am telling you, robots!!

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Now here is a great mash up!  Gophernow is a simple google maps mash that lets you enter your address and then gives you a map and list of restaurants that are open right now.  This is such a great idea that it seems strange that it has taken someone this long to mash this data.  Not only does it give you restaurants in your area that are open and serving it also lets you know who is delivering.  This will be handy to have when you are in a unfamiliar city and looking for food, late!

Would have come in handy last week when looking for late night food.

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Last week the Queen of England came over to slum it with her former subjects.  In honor of this event and her appearance at the Kentucky Derby our friends at Crown Royal whipped up a special bottle of whiskey.  The bottle itself is etched in 24 karat gold leaf, not something you throw in the air at the end of the night.  You and I are not going to have the chance to partake, well unless you were in Kentucky last weekend.  The price tag for this little beauty, $10,000.

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It seems like every other day I am reading something new about how to remain healthy. Now I know this is the way of the world, but it annoys the shit out of me. One minute I am being told to take 10,000 milligrams of vitamin C, and then 10 seconds later I am told that much could kill me? Meat is good for you, no wait it can kill you. Milk is the devil, or it is god waiting to save you. It’s all so confusing.

Finally this morning some news from the UK that is worth the read. Fellow men of the world if this doesn’t make your Friday, I will send a hot Asian girl over to your house. It seems another study has been done to help convince not only our significant others but ourselves that drinking is indeed good for your body! I have been trying to stay clear of the devils drink this month, but it looks like I might have been misguided, again.

In honor of this study, and I realize it talks of moderation, I am going on 96-hour bender! Who’s with me!!

A drink a day keeps reality away…

I have a lot of friends, and I go to a lot of parties. The one thing I am always thinking when I leave a party is, why didn’t I get that girl’s number? No, I think they had such great wine, I wish I knew more about wine? Also, I wonder after such parties, why people stay on the other side of the room away from me? It’s not like I am fat and nasty, I shower, once a week?

Ok, the first paragraph, a lie! I don’t have friends and rarely drink wine anymore, leaves my teeth all purple. But, I know some people out there who do drink wine and are always on the hunt for a better bottle. There are a number of websites now live that help you compare wines, track and review bottles from all over the world. I have provided a link below to Cork’d. It looks like a good time for any wino!

Let me know if you sign up, I think they throw in a cat for every referral. I am going for a litter this month.

Cork’d

Here we are out on the town again. No one got too drunk they couldnt walk home. All and all a great night. Chris meet a nice Redhead, Chuck found love on a street corner and me, well I slept alone, better yet not in a stair well.

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I went to my friendly 7-11 today for a Power Ball ticket. I know the lotto is a complete waste of time. Worse yet it suckers the poorest in our society into giving the little money they have back to the state. But it is up to 180 million and lets face it, I am one of the those poor suckers!

Anyway, while I was in line to get a ticket, I saw Darth Vader in the corner of the store beckoning me. I went over and he handed me a really cool cup with slurpee inside. I have seen some cool slurpee cups over the years but this is the coolest. You need to stop reading and go get yourself one right now!

The Slurpee

I have been drinking coffee for as long as I can remember. It is my life long love. I can’t imagine a world without it. Over the last 10 years my love of this flavorful bean has grown to the more exotic espresso drinks. My new favorite is a couple of shots in some water, the call it an Americano.

Along with age bringing perfection, in my case it has brought forth the ability to know the taste of good espresso. I had been told there was a taste difference that was noticeable by bean selection. Those who let me in on that were not lying; I have had many a bad espresso bean. It funks up the taste and in some cases has ruined my whole day.

Another noticeable difference is the machine that prepares the shot for your drink. I was also told this makes a difference. To those people I always said, “Hog Wash”. But again I have been proven wrong. (this is part of that 9% I am talking about)

Now, I am sure you are wondering why I am rambling on about espresso, or maybe not.

The Star Bucks I frequent almost daily has recently upgraded their espresso machine to the automatic from the manually. They are one of the last in the city to do so and let me just tell you of my disappointment. The shots are out faster and more precise, but the taste and the lack of the waiting has left me sad.

So this little blog is to all you lucky bastards who still get espresso the old fashion way. And for those of you like me who have to jump into the future, at least there are still cute girls that work at Star Bucks.

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