...that story took quite a turn at the end there...

I am SOOOO with you on Mike’s Smokehouse—and I was devastated when they closed, because I had scheduled a trip around going to Mike’s that was less than a week away. It was a sad day when I pulled up in their unplowed parking lot to take a picture of their rather plaintive “CLOSED” sign—a picture I’d share with you,…

When my wife and I went on honeymoon—a driving trip of the England & Scotland—one of the things that my wife wanted was to see what Irn-Bru was about.

My wife is not a soda drinker, generally (certainly not compared to me—see my post about Tango below). She is a reader...and it was a plot point in a book, where…

I remember my desire for the various flavors of Tango whenever I came home from trips to the UK in the 1990s. I could only pack so much...and, compared to domestic soft drinks, their thin black plastic containers always seemed like drinking the future. (...and Tango was featured in the movie “28 Days Later”)

But, life…

Ford Gran Torino Woody Wagon in Baby Blue

(The car that I’d acquired had faded to the point where the light blue paint almost looked white...like beach bleached denim, making the wood paneling look like driftwood.)

My first car was a Datsun B210 hatchback...in glorious harvest gold. Of course, trying to survive in central Wisconsin meant that it was eaten by rust...and succumbed to a loose ball bearing bouncing around the cylinders, causing an engine fire.

My second car was a boat.

It was a used baby blue Ford Gran Torino woody…

I don’t think I’ve ever shopped at a Dollar General, but if I did...I’d find MY personal favorite jarred salsa there:

It reminds me of when the Cracked video team was disbanded. Yes, all of those people will continue to do great work...somewhere. But it won’t be the same...and it certainly won’t be as easy to find.

...only much, much worse than that...because, as you said, GMG had sites on nearly everything I cared about—and sites…

Take the Nets away from him.
Sell the team to Seattle-based owners.
Kevin Durant becomes a Sonic again.

Everybody wins!

Mitch Hedberg, brilliant comedian...but wrong about escalators.

According to Wikipedia, the Barq’s that is offered in Coca Cola Freestyle Machines is Caffeine Free...

“This is because the system uses the same concentrated, microdosed ingredient for both Barq’s and Diet Barq’s; the only difference between the two is the sweetener that is added.”

Diet Barq’s is normally caffeine…

Glad someone else said Point. My top three are A&W, Sprecher and Point—and two of those brands I have to bring back from Wisconsin to enjoy.

(We also have a Rootbeer Store here in Seattle, and I went through a couple of years of testing as many rootbeers as possible to determine my top three. The worst I’ve ever had,…

I have heard that Barq’s from a gun doesn’t have caffeine in it—but that cans and bottles do.

I’ve got a mostly full box of Maple Cheerios if you want it. I poured a bowl of it...ate it. Never want to eat it again. (And I liked it better than my wife or 10 year old son did.)

I would take a box of Frosted in trade, too. (My wife is a Multi-Grain fan.)

**On a completely unrelated note—I assumed this was true for…

Hey, I’m not kicking fried cheese curds out of the ice fishing shack or anything.  ;)

Hold on. YOU GUYS boo’d A-Rod for leaving you for another team when he said he was going to stay with you?

YOU DID THAT?

Weird.
—Every Seattle Mariners fan

Ernie Banks topped a list that Fansided put out two years ago. (They had Felix as #5...and Kyle Seager made the list too.)

The only way it could have been more fitting would have been if Felix had ended up with a no decision...

I blame the terrorists. (...as well as the Yankees.)

Man...Lance Armstrong would give his left nut to have been disqualified from a Cycling championship for drafting.