CNBC is silly

The talking heads are bad enough but when you watch CNBC all day at work you see the same commercials over and over.  The funny thing is that since it is a basic cable station the commercials are super budget.  Here are a few of my favorites...

OWWWW!!!


I am never tired of tugging and lugging my hose... but that is just me.


Umm...


It's harder to workout my brain!  It sure is Jane Weidlin of Go-Go's fame look alike, it sure is


I also like the one for T-Shirts!!!! but I can't find it. Don't worry I will see it 12 times on CNBC and post it.

Jay About The Guild

Back in the mix!  So my special lady and I had a break in the action this weekend so we took a few minutes and had dinner at the bar of Burlington's newest steak joint The Guild. Part of the Farmhouse Group http://www.guildandcompany.com/farmhouse-group/dynasty the Guild is another so far successful venture that we were psyched to try (had a snack one day but that doesn't count).  We started with drinks, my wife had a glass of wine (granache) that was a little thin and blah.  I had a Manhattan that was made w/ rye as it was supposed to and was excellent.  I also had a not great bottle of Pinot w/ our meal showing that the moral of the drink story at The Guild is go liquor! Or maybe beer.  But mostly liquor!!

As for chow we received the amuse bouche which I am blanking on but it was a nice little bite. We then moved to apps.  We shared a fennel and mushroom soup and marinated beets.  The soup was thick, rich, and flavorful.  The roasted(?) fennel pieces were nice but the primary flavor was the mushrooms which were earthy and quite good.  The beets were cut in chunks, marinated lightly in lemon and cider I think and sitting atop Does' Leap chevre.  It was great.  The beets were sweet and fresh and the taste w/ the cheese was excellent.  So far so good.

Next on tap was the dry aged burger and this is where we ran into some trouble.  We waited a really long time between courses and it was starting to get touch and go.  The apps had appeared very quickly and people on either side of us had already ordered and eaten meals that featured steak which I assume would not take much less time than a burger even if flared very rare.  We finally received the burger and it was good.  The bun was pretty good and the burger was complex and very nice.  My lady thought it was a little undercooked for our medium but I find that always happens when the kitchen realizes they f*d up and try to jam food out.  With good meat I don't mind more on the rare side.  The grilled mushrooms were quite good and so was the Hazen blue even though the chunk was a little heavy handed.  Overall it was a very good burger.

One of the bartenders whom I recognized from the Farmhouse was very nice and spent some time giving us background on the restaurant, their sourced meats, and the possible future endeavors including a Farmhouse Group butcher operation.  It was pretty interesting.  They also gave us a delicious rich mocha mousse cake to make up for the delay on the burger.  I harp on service around here all the time so you can call me a sucker if you want but when a place does the right thing to satisfy a customer, particularly when something has been messed up... I appreciate that.  In the 2 times we have been to the Guild, food has been good, drinks have been very good, and the service has been excellent.  So there you go.

At the risk of being marked for death...

"Iranian state TV says country has successfully launched monkey into space"

Makes sense to me... they wanted to make sure they got their most intelligent astonaut into space to do the heavy lifting? In other news, Iran recently discovered several exciting technologies including microwaves, velcro, and facsimile machines!


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/iran-monkey-launched-space-article-1.1249394

Yup, sports post coming

So that Patriots' loss was pretty brutal.  Brady did not play great, the defense sucked in the second half and it became obvious, they need someone better than Brandon Lloyd.  That said... all of the people claiming they are dead as a team and can't win the big one anymore.  Well, f*** you.  It is fun for typical losers like the Seahawks or Tyrel Suggs (or however you spell it) to take shots when they finally win a game here and there but the fact is even if the Pats have not won a Super Bowl in a few years they are clearly still the most dominant team in the league with a revolving cast of characters.  Their record over the last say 5 years? 60-20.  Oh yeah, 4 conference championships with only one year they missed w/ an 11-5 record and Brady hurt.  And 2 Super Bowls. The Ravens? 54-26 and 2 conference titles no Super Bowls.  The Giants won the 2 Super Bowls (good for them) but have only been 48-32 and been very fortunate certainly in 2012. The Packers, 53-27 with 2 conference titles and one Super Bowl appearance and win. The Steelers are really the only comparable team... 53-27 w/ 2 Super Bowl appearances and 1 win.

So if you think consistent conference dominance and always having a chance at a Super Bowl as failure? Well, try being the Falcons. Or Baltimore next year when they miss the playoffs.  We will see how classy they are then.

Can't All Be Zingers

Last post was kind of negative... so here, have this!

Where the F*** am I?!?!?!

So my special lady and I have had a bit of a crazy schedule of late. It has for the most part been very difficult and not optimal. Our one chance to escape and act like normal people is when we escape for a short lunch on the weekends in the mid afternoon.  Sunday we took a trip to the 'Noosk and grabbed a bite at the always enjoyable Tiny Thai.  I will get it out of the way, the food was great.  We had a smallish but delicious green papaya salad that was well seasoned and not too heavy handed on the fish sauce. We also had a seasoned tofu and pork roll that was pretty good. The main course was green curry w/ tofu that was spicy, flavorful and delicious.  But the food was not what made the meal.  We rolled in and the place only had about 4 full tables.  So obviously our hostess tried to seat us in the back next to a weird old hippy next to the bathroom.  Why not, who wants to sit by the window?  So after asking for something else the hostess took us in a little farther to a still budget but better seat.  We sat down and something hit me like a brick in the face.  What the f*** was that awful smell?  It was like an Axe body spray commercial, or being in Abercrombie and Fitch!  I glanced around and quickly found the source.  Now, did I mention we were in Winooski... Vermont?  Well, my Axe buddy was a twenty something in baggy pants/sweats... a black shirt with a pretty large chain and plenty of hair gel.  His date was wearing a ton of makeup and rocking a SUPER tight and small black dress thing.  She was not petite. It seemed like an odd choice for Sunday at 2pm on a cloudy rainy could day.  If people can smell you from the coffee shop down the street... too much body spay chief. Well, it was funny.  I shouldn't laugh. They were probably looking at me in my dirty jeans, stinky unwashed shirt w/ crazy sticky uppy old man kind of bald hair and eyebrows that are threatening to take over my face. My wife is quite a hot ticket though.

By the way... they should rename Downton Abbey seasone 3 to Beatin' a Dead Horse!  They are driving the same storyline into the crowd.  Seriously Mathew, if you don't giva Papa the money and save Downton... I am traveling back in fictional time and across the ocean to blow that f*in place up w/ you all (except Maggie Smith and Carson) in it!!!! I am hating on that show but yes I watch it and maybe I thought about going to the Essex Inn for the season premiere roaring 20s party.  Just kidding.

Also in shows I hate but keep watching... season 2 of Girls debuted last night and it was typically atrocious and uncomfortable.  I heard one of the stars saying how it was real and that made people feel weird which is good.  Real?  I don't know nor have ever heard of any super unattractive girl who somehow has unlimited money and access but whines about both who also has model hot friends that also have easy lives but complain all the time about how hard it is to have money they didn't work for while meanwhile the fat ugly girl gets naked all over the place yet never tossed from the bars? You want a real show?  How about the 20 somethings who work at crappy jobs making 30K a yr who wear boring clothes hang out doing uninteresting things and going to Ri-Ra's for a few Bud Lights before waiting until last call for an uncomfortable hook up w/ awkward sex and a terrible hang over that gets worked out w/ toast and coffee while watching 9 straight episodes of Sportcenter in their sweats (with tons of Axe body spray).  Shoot... maybe I should be writing TV shows, that smells like a hit!  And Axe Apollo Space Academy gel.

I Know, this Blog Sucks

I have not been paying attention to this bad boy in awhile and for that I apologize.  I have plenty of rants about the Fiscal Cliff, the NFL playoffs, maybe a review or two of my favorite restaurant in the area at this moment Misery Loves Company.  Maybe review my all time weird holiday?  Mea Culpa. Did I spell that right?  I have had a few things going down lately that have kept me distracted but I am now sure how I might like to cover in this space. Pretty good teaser there right?

Well, I will give you this and say that I will be back in the mix soon. Maybe even tomorrow.  My stamina is building as is my inspiration.  It is hard to be an Internet artiste. Real hard. I am calling Bama 24-ND 21.  Gholston going to f** up and throw a bad pick in a crucial moment.