bk quad stacker... 4 patties of beef = 1 case of cardiac arrest

I was at the mall last night picking up the kids from my wife so she could work one of her two weekly shifts at the arby's there in the food court. And right next door to arby's is the burger king stall. i happened to notice that burger king is now selling "stacker" burgers with two, three or FOUR patties of beef, not to mention that its topped with a milwaukee kilo of american cheese food product and the bacon from a thousand sows (well, two pieces really). I looked on bk's website and there is no mention of this product, so i therefore could not grab nutrional information, but i have a feeling the calorie and fat content would make the hardee's monster thickburger begin to look like a jenny craig appetizer in comparison.

i personally shun beef and pork in favor of poultry and seafood for my protein needs (for health reasons), and if anyone has the chance to try this monstrosity feel free to comment about it - i am actually interested to hear what the public sentiment is. And to think that i was shocked when a minor league baseball team in illinois introduced a burger at its concession stands that uses a sliced and inverted krispy kreme doughnut as its bun!

taco bell spicy chicken crunchwrap supreme review

Tonight, for my fourth meal (at taco bell no less) after seeing a new sign on the menu that i would have the spicy chicken crunchwrap supreme. Aside from the regular beef crunchwrap supreme where you have a tostada shell, cheese sauce, sour cream with lettuce and tomatoes surrounded by a grilled soft flour tortilla they substitute the spicy chicken in place of their taco-spiced ground beef. For $1.99 this has got to be one of the best values they've offered in a while - not only do you get a pretty decent portion of food, the ingredients blend well and their spicy chicken with its tantalizing gravy making for a decent meal for only two dollars. Now mind you, there is no comparison to REAL mexican food made with fresh ingredients and authentic recipes, but for a quick cheap food fix that isn't dripping in grease this is what you want.

I of course complimented mine with a few packets of their preservative-laden fire sauce, because just about everything from taco bell tastes better with it (even the 44 ounce baja blasts!), but only after i took a few bites without to confirm my suspicions that this is indeed a fast food winner. If you wanted to make this somewhat healthier you could opt to have them forgo the cream and cheese in place of more vegetables or the pico de gallo they use on the "baja" gorditas and chalupas - but no one goes there because they're on the nicole richie diet, right?

And to wash the whole mess down i followed it with a berghoff dark, with its bold, creamy, nutty flavor serving as the perfect compliment to a perfect fast meal.

heck yeah we got the house!

like napoleon dynamite might say, this is flippin' sweet!

not only did we get the house today, the closing costs were over estimated so i got some money back outta the deal! today we spent our time changing locks and cleaning. since we have until the end of june to move out of our old town house there is no big rush to move in too quickly although i hope to have it finished sometime soon. even better is that the neo-mabusland compound is much closer to work so i will get to sleep in later! boo yah! plus our hot realtor chick even gave us a lowe's gift card to boot! (yeah...i know lowe's pales in comparison to your neighborhood Do it Best store - but that's beside the point). i'll be sharing more pics in the coming days as we start to really move in as well!

pretty soon i'll be having a housewarming throwdown replete with beer and comistables to which anyone who drops me a line is invited. fun shall be had by all!

namaste.

closing on the house tomorrow

okay kids.. its official! we're closing on our mortgage tomorrow to take possession of the NEO-MABUSLAND COMPOUND (i figured the old name of the mabusland ranch sounded too passe).

My guess is that we will spend the majority of this weekend just cleaning the new place up before we actually start moving in. Fortunately, we have until the end of the month to get everything out of our old place so we need'nt be too terribly rushed.

This means we also get to dump comcast like a hot potato.

By switching to Dish for TV, moving to FiOS for internet and Vonage for our phone lines we'll be saving about $50/month! Now if only we could find a way to ditch AEP for electricity (hmm... maybe i should think about putting solar panels on the house eventually)

2 minutes of Gondry's "The Science of Sleep"

Enjoy it while it lasts kiddos! Here's two minutes of "The Science of Sleep" by the notably acclaimed director Michel Gondry.