Time For A Rename?

DominoesInstead of Life of Brian maybe it should be called Eating With Brian?

We had Sunday lunch out with the usual suspects, but tried someplace different – Quiznos. We have had two previous experience with the chain, one that was good, we bought a sub onboard our flight to Seattle last year and it hit the spot, while second was not so good here in Aiken when we were seduced by a sign about a featured sub. Today’s experience was right about in the middle of those first two. Large Honey Bourbon Chicken with chips and a small Sierra Mist. We have vowed to give them at least one more chance before crossing them completely off our list.

Meal Cost: $10.68
Tip: None
Spent Today: $10.68
Year to Date: $256.59

After lunch we braved the elements and went outdoors. For the first time in a while it was actually nice enough to entice our fair-weather attituded selves into Hitchcock Woods. When we came out it was also nice enough still for us to drop the top on the Emperor for the drive home.

We are not even watching the Super Bowl for the commercials, although we have passed through CBS a few times to keep track of the score.

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Saturday’s Culinary Wrap-Up

Our usual breakfast spot and our usual breakfast, except we went hog wild and bought an O.J. to split instead of water. Hardee?s Biscuits and Gravy for her, Sausage and Egg Biscuit for him.

Meal Cost: $5.38
Tip: None

For lunch, it was pizza at home, but for dinner we have a Papa Russ’s Big Platter that we are taking over to the Butler’s house for the MMC monthly meeting and game night. Chopped brisket & pulled pork with sides of baked beans & hash brown casserole. Corn bread muffins to mop up the plate.

Meal Cost: $12.71
Tip: None
Spent Today: $18.09
Year to Date: $245.91

I Am Brian’s Duodenum

Normal DuodenumI’ve been dealing with acid reflux & heart burn for a couple of years now. Medicine has helped, but I kept moving up the food chain in strength and prescription. A couple weeks ago I had heartburn so bad I made an appointment with a gastro guy. He thought it might be a good idea to have a look-see inside to see if he could find a reason for the escalation of symptoms, so this morning I had an Esophagogastroduodenoscopy done.

Having the EGD done was very similar to the colonoscopy of a couple a years ago, except there is no nasty prep work to be done the day before. You get an IV started and they wheel you into a room. You get rolled on your side, someone sticks a needle in the IV and you wake up later in a different room. Feeling mighty fine, I might add. The wheelchair ride out to the parking lot is worth the price of admission, the floor tiles rush between your feet sparkling with a sort of a visual doppler effect. Weeee.

I sort of remember the doctor saying that he saw nothing abnormal, but you better ask my wife, everything was very liquid for a couple hours after the procedure. I have to call and make a follow up appointment with the doc for next week, maybe by then he won’t look like the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

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Your Own Personal DJ

Want to broaden your musical horizons, but not too far? I’ve got just the thing, well I don’t have it, the internet has it and it is called Pandora.You create your own personal radio stations based on music you already like. I typed in “The Cranberries” and I been listening to some pretty decent music for the last hour or so. Occasionally they serve a clunker and all you have to do is click the thumbs down button, the song will stop and another is offered up.

I think I’ll try and conjure up a Hawaiian music station…

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What Happened To Tuesday?

I missed it I guess.

Actually nothing blog worthy happened. Tonight same story, but I can’t skip two nights in a row, so you’ll just have to suffer with some sub-standard posting, sorry.

Spent yesterday updating the HHI Condo web site. Awaiting approval before actually uploading the files. Nothing major, just some new photos that were taken last weekend.

I also worked on a “Best of 2005” page, by going through all the stuff I posted that year and picking my one favorite post from each month. Some months were leaner than others, so a couple of the bests are a little weak. I guess maybe if I changed the format from one per month to just the Top Ten…. Hey, here’s an idea, you go read all 350-odd posts for yourself, leave a comment that includes the titles of your favorite 10 and I’ll add it to the sidebar too.

Tonight is the last day of the month and as usual I PayPaled some dough to RP thanking them for the music. As much as I love Bill’s music programing, sometimes I have to stray for a bit so I don’t build up a tolerance towards it. My usual first jumping off point is at SKY.fm as they have several channels that appeal to me and even on the freeloader streams, the interruptions are minimal. The Reggae, Classical and the New Age channels are bookmarked in my Winamp player. They also offer several variations of Jazz and Oldies, but yesterday I noticed an new one, Classic Rap. Does that mean rap is now just another pass? genre and can by filed away with “The 80’s”?

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What’s In Your Wallet?

I know I’ve got way to many loyalty cards and I’ve only got four. I bet some of you have more than that. Well, I think I have found a solution – Just One Club Card.

1. Choose 8 or less of your favorite clubs cards.
2. Find the barcode on each club card (usually on the back)
3. Locate the numbers right under the barcode and type them into the barcode number box.(Make sure to include any numbers to the right or left of the bar code itself, even if they don’t line up with the main row of numbers.)
4. Choose a store from one of the choices in the “Store” dropdown.
5. When you have finished filling out the boxes, click the “Create your card” button.
6. Print out the generated card and follow the instructions to create a new card containing all of your favorite club cards.

I now have my Food Lion, Kroger, Bi-Lo and CVS cards all one one. All that remains is to try it out.

So, what’s in your wallet?

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Don’t Be Lax, Report Suspicious Acts.

There are signs proclaiming this on each of the two roads we used Thursday and yesterday when we passed close by and through the secret bomb plant south of town. I guess that is supposed to be the 21st century equivalent of “Loose Lips, Sinks Ships.”

Lunch at Zaxby’s. We split a large Wings & Things and had our own small waters to drink.

Meal Cost: $8.14
Tip: None
Spent Today: $11.56
Year to Date: $227.82

Aside from lunch and the grocery shopping immediately after, I ventured no further from the couch than the garage today.

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