Hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin'?

Maybe I'm a little late to the game, but have you seen this show, "Good Eats" on the Food Network?

It combines two of my favorite things, Science and food.
Okay, so maybe Science isn't one of my favorite things, but it should be. And, yeah, food really is, although it probably shouldn't be, but it all evens out. Oh, and throw some history on the food in there too.

Here's the deal, Alton Brown will spend a half hour telling you about some food product, maybe chicken, maybe salt, maybe ice cream, and it will be fun to watch. He'll also cook some stuff up. I could take or leave that, but the things I learn about the food are destined to come in handy when I'm trying to impress someone at the dinner table.

In summation, want to be impressed? Take me out to dinner!

Where in DC hasn't history been made?

Yesterday, for the 4th of July, I went out into the City, and spent a lot of time just walking around between stops for barbecues, fireworks, and bars. At one point I was walking by this hotel, and made the offhand comment that it looked like the Watergate office building. While I was saying this I thought, "I'm in Washington, DC, and this actually could be the Watergate." The friend I was with said no, that it wasn't. In an afterthought he told me that it was actually the hotel Reagan was shot at. Works for me!

Can you tell which is which?

Apparently DC and Minneapolis do have something in common

A Craig's List ad by one of my more clever friends:

Seriously Minneapolis, what the fuck?! - 27

So once again Minneapolis, what the fuck?! We seem to have a good time and as a city you have so much potential, but why is it so hard to meet anybody in this town?!

Basically, I'm a transplant. Moved here a while back to start a new job. I like all the same things you do. I promise. I go to shows. I go to bars. I get coffee. I go to gallery openings. And yet with all this going out and trying to meet people, it just doesn't happen.

Let's start over Minneapolis, please? I'm attractive. I'm a snazzy dresser. I'm fun to be around. I have a full time job so I'm not a freeloader. I'm artistic and educated and all the other things you are looking for. I live a pretty interesting life, so what gives?

The summer is here. I am looking for a good looking girl on my arm so we can do fun things like go for bike rides, and listen to records, and go for walks around the lake, and get ice cream. I also highly enjoy run on sentences. And FYI, since I know this sort of thing is so important to you Minneapolis, I need to let you know that I am 5'6" and I am of average build. Since you are shallow like that. Basically I'm not super tall, but I'm not a fatty so I guess that counts for something.

C'mon Minneapolis. Let's be friends, and maybe kiss if I'm lucky.

The next American Idol.. er, President

A little known fact is that when I moved here to DC almost two months ago, I started meeting up with a group of people to have dinner and watch American Idol twice a week. We each had our favorites, mine being Blake, and as soon as an episode was over we'd sit around calling to vote for them on our cell phones.

Once that girl who wasn't Melinda won, there was a subtle void in my life. No more free dinner, no more rooting for someone I don't really care about, no more making fun of a contestant for doing a bad job.

That is, until the New Hampshire presidential debates!

I got together with the very same people I used to watch Idol with. We had dinner, and watched the Democrats debate. As soon as it was over, I was ready to pick up my phone and start voting. I knew I couldn't, but I sure wanted to. I was very disappointed that I couldn't watch it again the next day to see one of them get voted off.

A couple of days later we got together and did the same thing for the Republican debate.

Here in DC, going from American Idol to the debates seems like a natural transition.

Biology 101

C: my sea monkeys are not doing as good as i hoped

me: How so?

C: i think i got all males, and they are not reproducing

me: Oh, you expected them to breed?

C: yea, i ordered some love mating powder
C: sea monkey aphrodisiac, but it obviously wont work if they are all males
C: lest we want to have a gay orgy and ass babies

I never did mind about the little things

I love Wikipediaing random stuff, like mathematicians who committed suicide and secret societies.

Today I looked up Enrique Iglesias on a whim and the ONLY reason I mention it is because of something someone wrote about him in information about his personal life. A citation is definitely needed for this "fact."

Iglesias has been linked to rumors of romantic relationships with a number of women: the Miss Universe Alicia Machado; the model/actress and Miami resident Sofia Vergara; the pop singer Christina Aguilera; and the actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. More recently, he has reputedly been dating the Russian tennis player, Anna Kournikova for a number of years. Iglesias reportedly has a very small penis.

Rock and Roll Terrorist

I have a friend who works for a metal label. The friend got this email from a band called Motive. Look out for them, apparently they're going to be HUGE!

Attached is an mp3 of our song "Rock And Roll Terrorist".

This is a great song about how music has no boundaries, passports and borders should not apply to music & bands, it's all out METAL/THRASH energy!!!! The song is built around the perfect formula of:

Intro/verse/chorus/verse/chorus/solo/chorus/verse/chorus/out = Gold/Platinum Record.

With all the shit happening in the world, this is THE ANTHEM of the times!!!!
We are cut from the same molds as Slayer, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, & Metallica = All Gold and All Platinum.

All due respect to you and the label, but you have not one band of this caliber. YOU need MOTIVE. My vocals blow away ALL of the metalcore singers & black metal singers, EVERYONE of them. Those bands can never sell BIG TIME, MOTIVE COULD. We are more marketable than most of your bands as well. Cool name & logo, strong lyrics, we look good, but we are not freaks, and a live show that kills it EVERY TIME, PLUS VOCALS YOU CAN ACTUALLY SING ALONG TO!!

Every review we get says "Songs ready for radio, great song structure, cool chorus, strong riffs, sick leads" etc..

As always, we have a Van, Trailer, 320+ shows in 22 states, reviews, interviews and playlists from all over the WORLD and the ability to to the recording ourselves, you sell it. Hope to hear from you.

Don't let a band like ours waste away on the sidelines.

Sincerely,
Steve Buschart
623-606-xxxx
www.motivemetal.com
www.myspace.com/motivemetal1

P.S. MYSPACE BANDS are not real bands, get in the VAN and shut up!!!!!

Did you catch where he mentioned that they look good, and are not freaks?
You can decide for yourself. Take a good look at Motive's singer, and the author of this email, Steve, or Stevil, as he's known on MySpace: