Verily, I say, this is genius!

The Hokey Pokey by William Shakespeare

Giving Abundant Harvest Organics a shot

In my ongoing (and so far not terribly successful) attempt to eat healthier, I finally signed up for Abundant Harvest's weekly box of organic produce.  I'm also going too add on a grassfed steak this week and see if I notice any difference between it and the ones I get at the supermarket.  My first box will be next Tuesday.

I love the concept and really hope it will get me eating a significant amount of fruits and veggies, especially ones I'm not familiar with and wouldn't buy on my own.  I just hope the small pickup window (1/2 hour) doesn't become a problem.

Image snicked from Abundant Harvest's website for purposes of pimping out their program.

Pirate House, Marina del Rey

If you can afford a place like this in a location like this, I guess you can have pirates if you want.

I wonder if the interior decoration is pirate-themed as well.

Stanley Cup Finals, Game 4 (Kings vs. Devils)

The fam and I nearly witnessed history Wednesday night when we attended Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals at Staples Center. We had great seats, but unfortunately the Kings didn't come through, keeping up an unfortunate trend for us this season. Seriously, I think we've attended seven home games now this season and we only have one win to show for it, and that was against the lowly Columbus Blue Jackets. On the other hand, asking a team to sweep (or be swept) in the Stanley Cup Finals is not terribly realistic. I'm not worried, the only way New Jersey can come back and win the Cup is for the Kings and ninja goalie Jonathan Quick to drop four games straight, and I just don't see that happening.

Got there early and got quite a few pics. There was quite the festival going on outside Staples and at L.A. Live.

Some banners and marquees:

Big ole trailer out in L.A. Live Courtyard:

Giant jersey:

Finally got to see the much-talked about "Sandley Cup" display:

Inside Staples Center:

Unfortunately, the Devils didn't repent and the series goes back to New Jersey with the Kings leading 3 games to 1.

Full set of pictures from Game 4 is here.

In case you ever wondered what they were singing about (Spoiler alert: It's cake!)

Not just any cake either, but PIECE OF LOVELY CAKE!

This is just brilliant.  O Fortuna Misheard Lyrics:

GOPHER TUNA!!!  Also, SALSA COOKIES!!!

Lots of troll faces in this baby...and they work!

Memorial Day 2012

Heartfelt thanks, gratitude and admiration for our armed forces, past and present. Thank you for all you do and God bless you and your families.

A musical post for your enjoyment:

"Sweet Home Alabama" as performed by Tesla Coils.  I'm not kidding.

You're welcome.

Hitler finds out Obama ate his dog

I'm with the guy who posted this on You Tube - this meme just never gets old. The funniest thing about this (to me, anyway) is that Hitler was a vegetarian.

There's also a creepy aspect to it. Later, in this movie (Downfall, great film BTW) they show Hitler using his own dog to test a poison pill as the allies approach.

My Festival of Books haul

Left: FOB program, Harbor Nocturne (autographed by author Joseph Wambaugh) from the Book Soup shop, copies of Mildred Pierce and Double Indemnity with cool film noir covers (also from Book Soup, total spent there about $60), Daily Trojan (free), Egyptian stamps I bought for The Brother, who is into these things.  Not sure what the vendor with Egyptian artifacts was doing at the Festival of Books, but he wasn't the only head scratcher (there was a booth manned by a State Farm agent as well).

Middle: Cookbook, FOB notebook and fridge magnet, another cookbook, FOB mug (I really loved the bookosaurus logo).

Right: Yet more cookbooks and some pamphlets/handouts.

I did all my shopping on Sunday and could not have carried one more thing.

Sometimes simple is best, even on the internets. Exhibit 2: Sad Luongo

First it was Zombo Com, now some genius on the internet brings this: Sad Luongo, a simple but awesome "tribute" to sad facey Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo.  Seriously, look at this miserable puss:

No Stanley Cup for you!!!

That is just pathetic.  Any hockey fan can tell you there's no crying in hockey, unless it's me out in front of Staples Center with 18,000 of my closest fellow Kings fans bawling in joy when the Kings win the Stanley Cup.

This website is also the only time I've been able to hear that God-awful Chelsea Dagger song without wanting to punch someone in their pouty little face, so extra interweb bonus points for that.

So tempting. So very, very tempting.

You can now buy your very own Living Doll for that adorable little girl in your life.  Or for yourself, whatever floats your boat.

"My name is Talky Tina, and I'm going to kill you."

There's a reason the drunk guy singing Bohemian Rhapsody in the police car is an internet hit

Because it's FREAKING AWESOME!!!

So much to love: The fact that he got through the whole song, his enthusiastic performance, the Gallileo vocals, the guy "singing" the instrumental parts, putting his glasses back on after finishing like nothing happened...oh, boy.