I had a burrito for lunch. From this place. I have no idea what is in it. It was delicious.
& Ry-Toy
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Lunch Epiphany
Not an epiphany which I experienced at lunch, but an epiphany about MY WHOLE APPROACH to eating lunch at work.
WARNING: this entry will be boring, so do not read any more of it.
To start, I HATE DESPISE LOATHE the following:
-shopping for cheap, relatively healthy lunch options for my work week
-putting together said cheap, relatively healthy lunch the night before or morning of a work day
-dragging out said lunch and trying to enjoy it.
I don't bring leftovers because I hate having to find space in the junk-show refridgerators in our lunch room, and the microwaves all reek of burnt micro-popcorn (that's a whole other hate-filled post, now that I think of it). And it's just too expensive to eat out in downtown everday (not to mention the sucky choices I am subject to in the financial district).
Then I found this thing at Whole Foods:
WARNING: this entry will be boring, so do not read any more of it.
To start, I HATE DESPISE LOATHE the following:
-shopping for cheap, relatively healthy lunch options for my work week
-putting together said cheap, relatively healthy lunch the night before or morning of a work day
-dragging out said lunch and trying to enjoy it.
I don't bring leftovers because I hate having to find space in the junk-show refridgerators in our lunch room, and the microwaves all reek of burnt micro-popcorn (that's a whole other hate-filled post, now that I think of it). And it's just too expensive to eat out in downtown everday (not to mention the sucky choices I am subject to in the financial district).
Then I found this thing at Whole Foods:
Yea, it's called "Doctor Kracker" but you know what? They are amazing. Turns out, it's this organic company out of Texas making them. Despite knowing that my "krackers" drank a diet of petroleum for thousands of miles on their way to my gullet, I'm still all about it, at least until some Massachusetts company starts making stuff like this. Coupled with a small container of that "grind-it-yourself" peanut or almond butter (thank you again, Whole Foods), you have yourself the perfect, dippable, snackable cubicle feast, for dirt cheap. It's also tasty as hell, and healthy. How do I know it's healthy? CHECK OUT THE 'GREDIENTS:
organic spelt flour, filtered water, organic sunflower seeds, organic sesame seeds, organic flaxseeds, organic spelt bran, sea salt, yeast, organic barley malt syrup
Ingrediets like these must be what Superman has in his pantry up at the fortess of solitude. With the combination of all these potent grains, I expect nothing less than: perfect skin, increased energy, super-intelligence, rosey-smelling flatulate, complete immortality, and (time permitting) X-ray vision.
How many of you can say you've been this excited by your lunch? No one? Good, that's probably the more appropriate reaction.
-'Wrence
organic spelt flour, filtered water, organic sunflower seeds, organic sesame seeds, organic flaxseeds, organic spelt bran, sea salt, yeast, organic barley malt syrup
Ingrediets like these must be what Superman has in his pantry up at the fortess of solitude. With the combination of all these potent grains, I expect nothing less than: perfect skin, increased energy, super-intelligence, rosey-smelling flatulate, complete immortality, and (time permitting) X-ray vision.
How many of you can say you've been this excited by your lunch? No one? Good, that's probably the more appropriate reaction.
-'Wrence
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
How did this happen?
I just spent the better part of an hour wondering how I got to this point. There is really no reasonable explanation...nothing anyone can say to make sense of the fact...nothing that can ever be offered as proof that this is anything but a tremendous lapse in character. I just watched an entire hour episode of Hell's Kitchen.
Not only that, but I have yet to miss an episode of Hell's Kitchen this year. I know every "chef's" name. I know where they are from and what their deal is. I have some that I prefer and others that I hate. Despite all these facts I absolutely hate this show.
The fact that I have mastered the art of the DVR so that I can watch both a half hour of South Park and an hour of Top Chef on Wednesday nights speaks to my usually discerning television taste and devotion to staying up on the shows that really matter. Yet somehow, from 9-10 every Tuesday, I tune in to the shit-a-thon that is this awful television show. Gordon Ramsey is a douche, plain and simple. He gets these ridiculously under-prepared and underqualified line cooks to come in and play chef while he belittles their efforts and reads orders off like the Micro Machines guy. It's absurd...and it is terrible TV. I need to take off my shoes and unzip my pants to count the ridiculously unnecessary dramatic cliffhangers surrounding each and every commercial break.
Still, I hate myself...I can't stop watching.
& Ry-Toy
Not only that, but I have yet to miss an episode of Hell's Kitchen this year. I know every "chef's" name. I know where they are from and what their deal is. I have some that I prefer and others that I hate. Despite all these facts I absolutely hate this show.
The fact that I have mastered the art of the DVR so that I can watch both a half hour of South Park and an hour of Top Chef on Wednesday nights speaks to my usually discerning television taste and devotion to staying up on the shows that really matter. Yet somehow, from 9-10 every Tuesday, I tune in to the shit-a-thon that is this awful television show. Gordon Ramsey is a douche, plain and simple. He gets these ridiculously under-prepared and underqualified line cooks to come in and play chef while he belittles their efforts and reads orders off like the Micro Machines guy. It's absurd...and it is terrible TV. I need to take off my shoes and unzip my pants to count the ridiculously unnecessary dramatic cliffhangers surrounding each and every commercial break.
Still, I hate myself...I can't stop watching.
& Ry-Toy
Recent CD purchase + Awkward walk home
My latest CD purchase came about when I was in Saratoga NY visiting my Dad. It was the day I was to drive the 3+ hours back to Boston; sunny, warm but not humid; in a word: perfect for driving. I just needed some fresh tunage to make it even more awesome (as if that were even possible). I picked up the Stones' classic "Sticky Fingers" -and listened to it 3 times on the drive home.
Upon reaching the old apartment in Cambridge, I unloaded all my stuff and then set back out for Central Square, where I would drop off my rental car at the Enterprise branch there. I still had the Stones CD in the car, just so I could KEEP ROCKING ALL THE WAY THERE. So I dropped the car off, and then had to hoof it back up to my house in Inman Square; about 3/4 of a mile or so. Again, it was nice out so there are loads of people everywhere. In my hand was the Sticky Fingers CD, nothing else.
For those of you who aren't familiar:
(Front of CD)
AND
(back of CD)
So: I had to walk all the way home with this thing in my hand. My analysis is as follows-
For every 10 people who saw me:
-1 person understood that I am a music fan with a classic album
-9 people thought I was just walking around carrying a picture of some guy's JUNK
-'Wrence
Upon reaching the old apartment in Cambridge, I unloaded all my stuff and then set back out for Central Square, where I would drop off my rental car at the Enterprise branch there. I still had the Stones CD in the car, just so I could KEEP ROCKING ALL THE WAY THERE. So I dropped the car off, and then had to hoof it back up to my house in Inman Square; about 3/4 of a mile or so. Again, it was nice out so there are loads of people everywhere. In my hand was the Sticky Fingers CD, nothing else.
For those of you who aren't familiar:
(Front of CD)
AND
(back of CD)
So: I had to walk all the way home with this thing in my hand. My analysis is as follows-
For every 10 people who saw me:
-1 person understood that I am a music fan with a classic album
-9 people thought I was just walking around carrying a picture of some guy's JUNK
-'Wrence
CBC Anniversary party
So our "readers" in the Boston/C-town area may know about this, the 19th anniversary of Cambridge Brewing Company. They will have a good 19 beers on tap all weekend; the list was just finalized:
Cambridge Brewing Company’s
19th Anniversary Beer Menu
19 Years = 19 Beers
(Ok, maybe 24 but who’s counting?)
1 Regatta Golden - Kölschbier – 4.2%
2 Cambridge Amber – 4.7%
3 Tall Tale Pale Ale – 5.9%
4 Charles River Porter – 6.0%
5 Spring Training I.P.A. – 6.3%
6 Bitchin’ Bitter – 4.0%
7 Golden Ring – Abbey Pale Ale – 6.0%
8 Cerise Cassée 2008 – Barrel-fermented Sour Ale with Cherries – 7.75%
9 Barrel-aged 2007 Blunderbuss – American Barleywine - 11.75%
10 CBC HefeWeizen – Unfiltered German-style Wheat Beer - 5.5%
11 Big Man Ale – ‘Nuff Said – 6.8%
12 * Red God 2006- More Than Enough Said – 8.4%
13 * LuvBuzz Espresso Stout - Stout with Organic Coffee - 6.1%
14 * Late Harvest I.P.A. 2007* - 6.5%
15 Cask-conditioned Tall Tale Pale Ale with Cascade Dryhops– 6.0%
16 Tripel Threat 2007 – Belgian Special Strong Ale – 9.5%
17 * Arquebus 2007 - Chardonnay Barrel-aged Summer Barleywine – 10.75%
18 Bannatyne’s Scotch Ale – The Brewdaddy Special – 9.2%
19 * The Wind Cried Mari 2006– Unhopped Heather Ale – 5.0%
* will be replaced by:
12 Red God 2008 – 8.5%
13 Cherry Stout – Stout Aged With Organic Montmorency Cherries – 6.3%
14 Om – Barrel-aged Liquid Enlightenment – 9.4%
17 Biere de Miel 2007 – Belgian-style Blonde Ale with Cambridge Honey - 8.8%
19 Weekapaug Gruit – Unhopped Herbal Beer – 6.0%
I may have just drooled on my space-bar
-'Wrence
Cambridge Brewing Company’s
19th Anniversary Beer Menu
19 Years = 19 Beers
(Ok, maybe 24 but who’s counting?)
1 Regatta Golden - Kölschbier – 4.2%
2 Cambridge Amber – 4.7%
3 Tall Tale Pale Ale – 5.9%
4 Charles River Porter – 6.0%
5 Spring Training I.P.A. – 6.3%
6 Bitchin’ Bitter – 4.0%
7 Golden Ring – Abbey Pale Ale – 6.0%
8 Cerise Cassée 2008 – Barrel-fermented Sour Ale with Cherries – 7.75%
9 Barrel-aged 2007 Blunderbuss – American Barleywine - 11.75%
10 CBC HefeWeizen – Unfiltered German-style Wheat Beer - 5.5%
11 Big Man Ale – ‘Nuff Said – 6.8%
12 * Red God 2006- More Than Enough Said – 8.4%
13 * LuvBuzz Espresso Stout - Stout with Organic Coffee - 6.1%
14 * Late Harvest I.P.A. 2007* - 6.5%
15 Cask-conditioned Tall Tale Pale Ale with Cascade Dryhops– 6.0%
16 Tripel Threat 2007 – Belgian Special Strong Ale – 9.5%
17 * Arquebus 2007 - Chardonnay Barrel-aged Summer Barleywine – 10.75%
18 Bannatyne’s Scotch Ale – The Brewdaddy Special – 9.2%
19 * The Wind Cried Mari 2006– Unhopped Heather Ale – 5.0%
* will be replaced by:
12 Red God 2008 – 8.5%
13 Cherry Stout – Stout Aged With Organic Montmorency Cherries – 6.3%
14 Om – Barrel-aged Liquid Enlightenment – 9.4%
17 Biere de Miel 2007 – Belgian-style Blonde Ale with Cambridge Honey - 8.8%
19 Weekapaug Gruit – Unhopped Herbal Beer – 6.0%
I may have just drooled on my space-bar
-'Wrence
A few words on "Bros11"
Yea, the name…it’s weird, I know.
So, after about a hundred years of talking about starting up a “web-log” without actually doing anything about it, something had to give. Ry & I were planning on having some beers this past weekend, since it had been so long, and decided that we would have to devote a portion of said meeting for discussing “blog strategy.”
The place was Deep Ellum, a favorite bar of ours. If you haven’t been, definitely check it out; it is owned/operated/staffed by a couple really cool guys and some nice/cute girls. The beers are excellent, the cocktails are excellent, and the food is mangiable as all get-out. It’s the kind bar that will have the Sox game showing on television, but Pavement will still be blaring on the sound system. Nicely. I would almost consider moving back to Allston just knowing this place exists.
Typical us, we spent an unfortunate total of 8 seconds talking about the blog. It went something like this:
Ry: “So, why are you so hesitant to start up this beast?”
Me: “I’m just worried that it might suck…that would…suck.”
Ry: “Yea…”
(bartender arrives)
Me: “Yea, I’ll have the De Ranke XX, please!”
(discussion over)
The one thing that DID come out of this evening of drunkery was the following: when the lights came on at the end of the night, and we grabbed our tab, we noticed that Casey the bartender had put down “Bros 11” at the top, where one's name would usually be. We (RyToy) found this particularly amusing, and decided to run with it.
So, let’s just call this “stupid decision #1 of our blog” -No?
More to come….
‘Wrence
So, after about a hundred years of talking about starting up a “web-log” without actually doing anything about it, something had to give. Ry & I were planning on having some beers this past weekend, since it had been so long, and decided that we would have to devote a portion of said meeting for discussing “blog strategy.”
The place was Deep Ellum, a favorite bar of ours. If you haven’t been, definitely check it out; it is owned/operated/staffed by a couple really cool guys and some nice/cute girls. The beers are excellent, the cocktails are excellent, and the food is mangiable as all get-out. It’s the kind bar that will have the Sox game showing on television, but Pavement will still be blaring on the sound system. Nicely. I would almost consider moving back to Allston just knowing this place exists.
Typical us, we spent an unfortunate total of 8 seconds talking about the blog. It went something like this:
Ry: “So, why are you so hesitant to start up this beast?”
Me: “I’m just worried that it might suck…that would…suck.”
Ry: “Yea…”
(bartender arrives)
Me: “Yea, I’ll have the De Ranke XX, please!”
(discussion over)
The one thing that DID come out of this evening of drunkery was the following: when the lights came on at the end of the night, and we grabbed our tab, we noticed that Casey the bartender had put down “Bros 11” at the top, where one's name would usually be. We (RyToy) found this particularly amusing, and decided to run with it.
So, let’s just call this “stupid decision #1 of our blog” -No?
More to come….
‘Wrence
First Post/Mission Statement
Hello, future groupies! Our names are RyToy & 'Wrence, and we are your new favorite bloggers. But bear with us, as we do not yet know how to “blog” -or even if we are comfortable with the use of that word as a verb. But, I digest.
We’d like to see Bros11 as a bit of a mish-mash. I think we’d be equally comfortable talking about how dope of a cereal Grape Nuts is, observations on that homeless guy with the really high pitched voice asking for change, discussing our own respective methods for aerating the shit out of your wort, or even mocking the ridiculousness that has become primary politics. Hopefully you’ll be entertained. If not, SCREW OFF! (Just kidding, please stay.)
Anyway - on to business...
We’d like to see Bros11 as a bit of a mish-mash. I think we’d be equally comfortable talking about how dope of a cereal Grape Nuts is, observations on that homeless guy with the really high pitched voice asking for change, discussing our own respective methods for aerating the shit out of your wort, or even mocking the ridiculousness that has become primary politics. Hopefully you’ll be entertained. If not, SCREW OFF! (Just kidding, please stay.)
Anyway - on to business...
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