Wednesday, May 28, 2008

 

I am 3-0

Thanks again to Mel and Mike for taking us to the game tonight. It was a blast. Cubs win in the 10th inning. The only run on LA's side was walked in by Big Z. Then the Cubs game back and tied it in the 9th to win in the 10th. Awesome game. I did realize that I have gone to 3 games this year, all in May and the Cubs have one everyone.

Also this picture is from my phone and its the other side of the standium. We had great seats right near the field on the first base line. Right in front of the Dodgers bull pin. The photo is ove the LCD display on the third base line. Not to bad for a phone that I pretty much drop on the ground daily.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

 

Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

If you plan on seeing the new Indiana Jones movie then SciFi Channel has a documentary where they are trying to track down the real crystal skulls. I thought it would be neat to learn a little about the myth behind the movie. It was not to bad.

Check out SciFi channel for it since I know its being replayed a lot. Its called "Mystery of the Crystal Skulls".

Thursday, May 1, 2008

 

Hurray for RBV's

I really hate paying a lot for drinks. However I hate it even more when a bar is charging you for a $2 can of Red Bull yet using the other brands energy drinks without informing you or charging it cheaper. These bars get the syrup for the energy drink just like soda at a huge discount but then charge what other bars charge for true red bull. It sucks that red bull only comes in cans and that overhead is always passed on to you however, i only want to pay for what I actually get.

A few years back a new bar in Chicago opened not to far from where a group of us lived. One night we all went there. I ordered a red bull and vodka and noticed he poured the "energy drink" out of the soda gun. Steve at the same time had order a rum and coke and commented on how it tasted different. Being the way I am, I got into an argument with the bar tender that he did not give me red bull. He kept saying he did and I pointed out that Red Bull only comes in a can and not a gun. After about 20 minutes the bartender finally admitted that it was RC's version of Red Bull. This now made since to why steve's drink tasted funny since it was an RC and rum. This bar had gone with RC's products in order to cut costs. I can understand that point however don't try to pass your cheapness off as the stuff that we ordered. If I order a rum and coke, I expect the person to tell me its pepsi or RC before they give me my drink. I am usually fine with it, I just want to know that I am getting something different then I ordered. Same goes now with the energy drink market. I understand that Red Bull is costly and harder to keep since you have to make sure you have enough cans. However just make sure that your not screwing the customer by charging $8 for a red bull and vodka yet your really not using the expensive product.
I am done bitching now.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu-red-bullmay01,0,5083163.story

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