Top Chef Masters is back!

We have been waiting for this day. I don't like the host and judges much, but the chefs and food...AMAMZING!!! Here's why I like Top Chef. The food is spectacular, the drama is mild, and the you discover even more places to go and try one day.

And they love cooking with duck! I love duck!

Ok, back to the show.

"I'd like a ginger ale..."

It came up again yesterday. People on airplanes like to order ginger ale. Is it the altitude? Is it a guilty pleasure? We've all been told that drinking ginger ale is a good way to soothe your through when you have a cough. Who knows what the real reason is. The fact remains, ginger ale is good, but it's not good enough to be served in fast food restaurants. I'm guessing it's not a big seller and could be cheap to buy in bulk because of that, but I guess even cheap is not cheap enough to take on ginger ale. It's clear, it's sugary, it's fizzy. What's not to like?

I got to see some sales data from an undisclosed source and it revealed that ginger ale sales make up a very very low percentage of overall beverage sales. But the question remains, why is it so popular, but not really?

I think that when looking at the airplane example, multiple factors contribute to the observed outcome. Accessibility, price, and guilty pleasure might be among the largest factors. The fact that they offer ginger ale is huge. Something you might not otherwise be able to get unless you bought it yourself. Which brings us to factor two. It's free. We're likely to try things if they are free and seem to have no consequences. Is it really a guilty pleasure? Who wants to be that guy that orders a ginger ale when everyone else is getting their coke (pepsi) and diet coke (diet pepsi)? Not me. And not him! Anyway, secretly everyone has a soft spot for Canada Dry (or Schweppes to a less extent).

Anyway, now that you've read about this, you'll begin to notice it. Notice that people on airplanes don't have inhibitions about ordering ginger ale. You'll also notice that it's not a very common offering at the fountain soda machines. Think about it.

OLYMPICS!!!

Hello Friends. Sorry for my 6 week absence. It was a busy January and now it's time for the...OLYMPICS!!! It's too bad I have to watch the coverage from NBC. It's all tape delayed, but you know, that's not a reason to not show all of the qualifying races. There are 4 channels at NBC's disposal and they are not efficiently using them. And today, was watching CNBC briefly saw some of the Men's hockey game between Sweden and Germany. As the game was going on, the channel cut to a commercial and came back to Slovakia and Switzerland WOMEN'S hockey! C'mon man.

TV Phrase of the Olympics: (blank) has the weight of their country on their shoulders.

New verb discovered at the Olympics: Jacobellis. Usage: Haha, you just pulled a Jacobellis. Loser.

Seriously, she's in the Olympics and I'm not, but she could show a little more remorse about blowing it twice.

Anyway, I'll continue to watch because I love the Olympics, but it could always be done better I guess.

Happy New Year! Bring on 2010

I'm in Canada. It's cold. But I'm glad to be home. Team Canada won at the World Juniors. In your face USA. Hopefully Canada will win again.

Jennifer Lopez on the ABC NYE show...not sure I'm into that. Just sayin'.

Anyway, back to business. The year was action packed. Traveled to Europe and Africa for the first time. Ate a lot of food. Lost weight. Watched a lot of tv. Used a lot of internet. Kept Yelping. Started Tweeting. Did some Facebooking. One guy ruined air travel on Christmas day. My dad is fighting cancer. I don't have cancer. Moved residence. Didn't change jobs.

8 mins to New Years.

See you on the flip side.

The Origins of You Can't See Me

One of the most memorable acts in sport (or life) is the You Can't See Me action. When you do a search in Google for You Can't See Me, the first result is You Can't See Me - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This link is to the wikipedia of John Cena's album. The third result is Urban Dictionary: YOU CAN'T SEE ME!.

John Cena. John Cena. You are amazing:



Now, normally You Can't See Me is done when you're winning...and this is still true, but you should make sure you can see at some point because this could happen to you:



But if you're not fighting at all, then you could be doing this:



I wanted to put clips of DeShawn Stevenson, but I was not satisfied with what was out there. Youtube has a bunch, but not enough of the goods.

Anyway, this post did not explain the origins very well, but it did show you that You Can't See Me is rad and should not be ignored.

C'mon Man!

Michael Jackson may get laid...and this time, no one can watch!

I saw it on Google. Below is the screen shot. Look for the cursor.

Hey Charlie, you stink!

Just want to give a shout out to Charlie Weis for making Stanford look good. They did plenty to make you win, but you couldn't close the deal. And no, Urban Meyer won't be taking your job at ND.

Get out of our state before your stink spreads to the San Jose Sharks.