Guess the flavor

Posted 25 Aug 2011

Daily Life, Drinks, Food | 2 Comments 

When overseas, it’s always great when everything is written in your language except for the most expensive option. Can anyone guess what is in this crazy Kenyan fruit smoothie?

And yes, I just bought it and it is scrumdidiliumptious.

Pabst, for discerning tastes

Posted 1 Aug 2011

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I was surprised to see that Pabst Blue Ribbon is now sponsoring NPR via its iPhone app. Do opera-attending, left-leaning, cultural elitists really slug back cans of PBR?

Looking through the glass

Posted 22 Jul 2011

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For today’s riddle of the ChickenMonkeyDog Sphinx, we’d like to pose the following question.

Why is it that plain ordinary tea looks so much more enticing, enigmatic, delicious and even exotic when served in a clear glass vessel than in an opaque mug?

Note: In drafting this post, we realized that the phrase “through the looking glass” is much more interesting than “looking through the glass.” Just thought you might like to ponder that as well.

Gonna be an expensive date

Posted 21 Jun 2011

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As you can see in the image above, I received an anonymous text message today offering to share with me the details of my secret admirer. I could get the details for $9.99! Crikey! If it costs that much just to get the name and phone number, I can only imagine what the first date will cost. No, thank you!

Yet another thing ruined by something great!

Posted 2 Jun 2011

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Have you ever enjoyed something that was really, truly great? It may have been a movie, a meal, a friend, the weather, a drink — but something that was really just loads better than the next best thing you’ve ever experienced in that category.

Let me give you an example. Nearly five years ago, I went out for buffalo wings and a beer with some friends and family. We went to a local watering hole here in Chicago. Much to my surprise, the wings were so delicious, meaty, well-seasoned and low-cost that even now I can recall exact details about the dish.

What I did not realize at the time, however, is that experiencing those great tasting wings was going to have seriously ruinous effects on all my subsequent wing-eating experiences. Because the standard for greatness is now set so high, all other wings simply fall short. Even if I am enjoying really good buffalo wings now, there is still a bit of disappointment that they are not as good as they could be.

This terrible side effect of great things ruining good things probably carries over into many aspects of life. Has it ever happened to you?