Thursday, March 31, 2011

Cool People on Cool Bikes

A random collection of cool people on their bikes.



Brad Pitt
Modern Cool


Buddy Guy
Rock's Greatest Drummer


Jimi
He changed music


Clark Gable 
Effortless Style


James Dean
Too fast to live.  Too young to die


Elvis Presley
The King


Clint Eastwood
Tougher than you


Steve McQueen
The American Original


Hunter S. Thompson
Made crazy a career


Dennis Hopper
Cool Genius



Lita Ford
Tough...Hot...Cool


PeeWee Herman
The Antithesis of Cool


Fonzie
My Generation's Original Outlaw



Savannah
Cooler than your kid






Tuesday, March 29, 2011

El Oh El Ay. Lola

On my final night in Saint Louis, a bunch of people decided to go out and hit the bars.  I got detained and missed the shuttle.  Not to be deterred, I asked the concierge where I could get a good appletini.  He told me the Tool Box was a couple blocks up the street.  That sounded good.  So, off I went into the night.


I found the place.  It was nondescript with a typical mid west red brick facade.  I entered and made my way to the bar.  The first thing I noticed was this place had really bad lighting.  I couldn't see a thing.


After a few minutes my eyes started adjusting.  Much to my surprise, I noticed to men at the bar holding hands.  That was odd.


I looked over at an adjacent table and saw to men hugging.  I was getting concerned.


Finally, I looked into the darkest corner and saw two fellows making out.  The truth finally hit me.  This wasn't the kind of place I usually frequent.


I knew something had to be done.  I turned to the guy I was dancing with and told him, "One more slow dance and I need to go."

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Gourmet for the Divorced Guy

Being divorced can be hard on a guy's taste buds.  I get tired of mac and cheese, tacos and Cap'n Crunch every day.  My cooking skills are very limited.  The only thing I can make well is reservations.

The good news is I we have discovered a few items at the neighborhood grocery store that have opened up a whole new world for me.  Here's a few things I picked up while shopping today.













Next time I host a dinner, I'll be able to serve so much more than turkey pot pie.  

My thanks to the wonderful people in the canning industry.


Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Big People Thinking Big Thoughts

I just spent the last couple days in meetings.  Everyone with an opinion has gotten up to spout their vast knowledge about nothing.  I took the time to write down all the catchy business phrases I heard.  

I have taken the best catch phrases, cut and pasted them together and compiled a summary of the last sixteen hours of meetings.  I hope you feel as enlightened as I am right now.

We have another great opportunity to take advantage of opportunities and support our brands.  Social media will be a great consumers source as we create a partnership with our clients.  We will take care of our capabilities and increase distribution through schematic compliance.


We must refocus key category drivers and consumer trends in market segments for double digit growth.  Incremental placement in underdeveloped markets will deliver health and wellness benefits, brand awareness and purchase intent.  Being an innovator in the category will bring us an authentic, sustainable and inventive global green initiative.  Doubling our ad spend will  make us superior to our competition.  Portfolio "cut ins"  through business projections will make our iconic brand's market penetration focus push distribution.  


Our velocity of supply chain solutions and channel exclusivity is a game changer.  We will deliver solutions in price point with constant impact in client alignment.  Core SKUs of innovative products will give our collaborative efforts in unit volume geographic penetration.


Business conversion tactics at distribution levels give our tactics collaborative efforts in a visionary trade.  


Of course our points of technology will be a paradigm shift for the entire industry.


Lunch will be served in the Jefferson room.


Of course it didn't make sense.  But, we appreciate your attention to these important matters.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Epic Rock Band Reunion

It's time to get the band back together.  Hockey Teeth: Northeastern Geiger County's preeminent retro death country group has reorganized for a tri-county spring tour.  The only problem is, we have decided to change our name to keep up with the times.  We've come up with a couple names.  


Check it out.  And if you have better names, please comment and give us your suggestions.


BAND NAME SUGGESTIONS:


Adult children of Heterosexuals
Alcoholics Unanimous
Jehovah's Witness Protection Program
Are These My Pants?
Electric Death Chickens
Bordering on Retarded
Buck Naked and the Saddle Sores
Cap'n Crunch and the Cereal Killers
The Dick Nixons
Full Throttle Aristotle
Global Disrobal
Guitarantula
Hard Drinkin' Housewives
The Hostile Amish
Icky Boyfriends
Jazz Iguanas
Knee Deep Shag
My Dog has Hitler's Brain
Naugahide Chihuahuas
Not Drowning, Waving
UF Lowrider
Testoster-Tones
Waffle House Music
Fallopian Tube Socks
Goldfish Don't Bounce
Factory Dealer Incentives
Jean Paul Sartre Experience


Let us know your ideas.



Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Strippers and Golf

It's a sign of the bad economic times.  I just realized I haven't been to a strip club in years.  There was a time when I'd get my quarterly bonus, or birthday card money and head off for some adult entertainment.  Times are tough.  I don't venture out anymore.  The Spearmint Rhino has closed.  Gosh, I hope it wasn't because of my lack of patronage.  Actually, I don't miss it.  Strippers and I have a checkered past.



Body glitter is possibly the worst invention invention ever created.  Each time you receive a table dance, the stripper ends up leaving her "mark" on me.  I not only end up with the smell of cheap perfume all over me, I get glitter all over me.



One night I went to a club and got a couple table dances from a cute little Asian gal.  I went home afterwards and went straight to bed.  The next morning, I am woke up by the girl I was seeing yelling at me and wanting to know who the slut was I brought home last night.  I proclaimed my innocence and ignorance.  At that point, she pointed out the glitter in my bed.  It wasn't only in my bed, it was everywhere.  I had left a trail up the walk, through the living room and into my bedroom.  That girl had done a number on me.  I was guilty by exfoliation.



When I worked for Red Bull, I was invited to a charity golf tournament thrown by a local club.  I was thrilled.  Stripper and golf, how could there be a greater sports entertainment combination.  We began by having breakfast at the club.  Scrambled eggs and G strings.  Things were starting out great.  Our marketing rep had acquired a "caddy" for us also.  What joy we had as we headed for the course.  We were going to have a lovely young lady to clean our clubs and read our putts.



We arrived at the course and things began taking a turn for the worse.  Strippers are like vampires.  Neither should be exposed to the sun.  Their pale skin and scars glared at us.  We got out caddy, and headed out to our hold assignment.  Our caddy started complaining about the heat.  This was only slightly less annoying than her chain smoking.  She didn't clean clubs.  She didn't read putts.  She was as entertaining as a paper cut.



We could see the other caddies dancing and laughing around the course.  That would have been great if our caddy did the same to distract us.  But, the action of the other caddies slowed the pace down to a crawl.  It took up six hours to play eighteen holes.

About half way through the round,a stripper pulled up in a cart to one of the on course bathroom.  We were waiting to tee off and I was bored.  I decided to take her cart and hide it around the corner of the building.  "Snicker snicker."  "I'm so danged funny."

She didn't think so.  She came out and started yelling at me.  She found her cart and left only after telling me to do something I couldn't physically do.  I didn't care.  I entertained our group.

After we finished our round, we staggered back to the club for the awards ceremony and a free steak dinner.  On the way back to the club, I was digging in the bag they gave us and found a coupon for a free table dance.  I knew exactly who I was going to have as my personal entertainer.  I found the girl that had cussed me out for hiding her cart and insisted she dance for me.  The other three guys in my group got inspired and used their coupons for her to continue giving me dance after dance.  The indignant look on her face made it all worth while.

The lessons I learned that day were:
1.  Keep strippers in poorly lit places
2.  Breakfast is better with pole dancing
3.  Golf and dancers don't go together
and most importantly
4.  The lap dance is always better when the stripper's angry

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Most Evil Food Known to Man

I'm sure everyone has watched Fear Factor.  And, I'm sure you grossed out as Joe Rogan made contestants eat fried tarantulas or raw sheep eyes.  I had a hard time stomaching some of the atrocities bestowed on the poor souls vying for ten grand.  But there is nothing on that show worse than the culinary obscenity that is Twinkies.



Those repulsive yellow spongy cream filled log of preservatives has been the bane of my existence since I was a child.

I can remember my dear, sweet Momma coming home from the Piggly Wiggly with the groceries and giving me wondrous new treat.  I admired the yellow nugget and bit in.  "Not bad," I thought as I tasted the vanilla sponge cake.

But, that happy feeling was short lived.  I took the next bite and was shocked to taste the filling.  I don't know what cat vomit tastes like.  But, I am sure it is not too far from the taste I had in my mouth.  I immediately spit it out and hacked and gagged my way out of the kitchen.  

As the years have passed by, I my disdain for Twinkies has only grown.  The fact that their illusive expiration date gives them a shelf life longer than a Vampire's life make me think they might not be of this world.  

The unnatural yellow coloring is also suspect.  

Set a Twinkie on your from porch for a week and you will discover two things.  First, the animals in the neighborhood will not touch it.  And, second, it will still be of the same consistency at the end of the experiment.

What conclusion can you reach from this?  Cockroaches and lawyers have found another partner after a nuclear war.


Friday, March 4, 2011

When Pigs Fly

I'm flying out to Saint Louis in a couple weeks.  I'm looking forward to the TSA inspection.  I'm going to double up and get my prostate exam out of the way while I'm there.






I don't fly as often as I used to and am a little rusty on flying protocol.  Things certainly have changed.  









Hopefully, I'll get to fly out on one of Boeing's new 797 StratoSuckers.


But, I believe that I'm sure the company is going to send me out on the Lockheed Bumble Bee.


I pray that I get an aisle seat.  



At least I don't have to go through Atlanta this time.