Entries from September 2007 ↓

The guide to all things Subway, The Operations Manual, clearly states in chapter 10, page 10.32: Placing Cheese-
"When placing sliced cheese on bread, place the longest straight edge facing the hinge."

Conspiracy theory? I think not. But I like Drew's thinking.

You have to be pretty geeky to optimize the placement of cheese on a sandwich, right? Then again, you never know, you just might uncover a conspiracy!

Posted for the benefit of my brother, owner of several Subway franchises, who for all I know could actually be the guy described in the story :). Let's see if this gets him to hit that "Add comment" button at the bottom of the post…

After watching High School Musical 2, a commercial came on the Disney channel for something called The Jonas Brothers. "Ug, I hate the Jonas brothers!" said K.

"That's not very nice," I said. "Why don't you like them?"

"They're like a yogurt poster."

"That might be the most unusual simile I've ever heard. Why are the Jonas Brothers like a yogurt poster? I feel like the Riddler from the old Batman shows. Riddle me this, Caped Crusader! Why are the Jonas Brothers like a yogurt poster? Answer! Because there is a B in both, and an N in neither!"

I never did get a straight answer about the yogurt comment, something about a commercial they were in and how her friend Emma does not like them either. I just couldn't resist the Frank Gorshin reference, how often do you get to make one of those?

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/10/people.evans.ap/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

Remember Sara Evans, the country singer who quit Dancing With The Stars because she was in the middle of a messy divorce?  Well, it's getting messier.  The ex-husband has filed a document in court asking her to testify, under oath that she was not romantically involved with a number of men in her life. 

In general this would be no big deal, just a typical piece of legal fluff equivalent to trolling  — ask her to say it under oath, therefore if she refuses, she must have done it, right?

However, it gets more juicy when you read the list of names:  Kenny Chesney (isn't he the one that got divorced from Renee Zellweger because he's gay?), Richard Marx (wait…the guy from the 1980's??), Tony Dovolani (her dancing instructor on the show), and what appears to be the entire band "3 Doors Down."

Tony?  I thought Maksim got all the babes.

Over the weekend I was at a local seafood place picking up dinner, when I noticed on their very large menu board behind the counter that all the meals did, in fact, come with "Freedom Fries." As in, instead of French fries. Remember? Because the French aren't nice to us, or something. I hadn't heard that expression since, what, the day it was suggested and then laughed out of existence?

I figure that the owners of the place had to be pretty zealous in their patriotism to get the sign changed in the first place. It wasn't whited out or hand written, it was a legitimate part of the sign. That's fair.

But the real question is now, six years later when it's little more than a joke too old for even David Letterman to tell, would you keep it up there? Too expensive to change back? Have they forgotten that it's there? Or are they still just that zealous about their patriotism that they refuse to say the word French?

Chris was a loving family man. He was respected by so many. I have read many pages on this so called "ROID RAGE". According to the specialists who went over his body, yes he was positive to steroids in his system, but the steroids found in his system DO NOT equate to"roid rage". We should not jump to conclusions until the facts are out.

My oldest started kindergarten this week. Last night we were at an open house for the parents, where we snuck under the chained off section of hallway to go take a look at her classroom. Among the typical array of crafts, books, and educational materials was….a signed picture of George W. Bush, hanging on the wall.

What's more troublesome, the political statement being made…or the educational one? Don't worry about learning how to form a complete sentence, kids! You can still be president!

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On second is where how?

Perhaps Chris Benoit was not a monster after all.  It's already been shown that he was not on "roid rage."  But that doesn't go far toward explaining why he came home one day and killed his wife and child, and then himself.  Well there's a new report floating around, released by his dad and apparently confirmed independently, that Benoit had significant brain damage from the years of concussions he suffered, and that his brain at the time of the deaths resembled "an 85yr old Alzheimer's patient."

It's not an excuse.  It's not even necessarily a reason.  But for those of us that can only possibly accept "he was not in his right mind" as the only explanation, this lends a little more validity to that argument.

For no real reason this weekend, on the ride over to the inlaws, I asked my daughters, "Ok, now, which princess married Prince Charming, and which one married The Prince?" (It helps if you know that, in Snow White, the prince is only ever referred to as, "The Prince.")

"Cinderella," they said.

"Which one did Cinderella marry?"

"Prince Charming."

"Ok, which one did Snow White marry then?"

"Prince Charming."

"I thought one of them married The Prince."

"They all did. Ok, ok, Daddy, ok, wait. I know them all. There's Eric."

"Ok, he was with Ariel."

"And Phillip."

"Sleeping Beauty."

"And Aladdin of course."

"Right, of course, he was with Jasmine."

"And Prince Charming married Cinderella. That's all of them."

"What about Snow White?"

"Prince Charming."

"I thought Cinderella married Prince Charming?"

"She did."

"And so did Snow White? Can she do that?"

"Daddy! They were two princes different charming."

Two princes different charming? I think I broke her brain.