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Third Day is my favorite band of all time.  They have been for around 14 years or so.  Well, I went to their blog today, and they featured a video that I had put up on Youtube of a band I used to play with covering a Third Day song.

They have been doing a feature called “Fourth Day”, where they post a video of someone covering a Third Day song.  Today featured my video!  So, go to their blog and check it out.

Third Day blog

After Edmund is a new band that recently released their debut cd entitled “Hello”.  Imaging if Coldplay rocked 10 times harder then they currently do, and you might have an idea of what these guys sound like.

Also, I went to college with some of these guys.  I was in a college band with Mitch, the lead singer, so not only do I like the record becasue it ROCKS, but I am also friends with some of them.  So, go listen to some samples of their tracks, and buy their cd.  It’s one of those albums where the whole album is solid and flows nicely together.

After Edmund

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You probably know bacon as the star of the BLT and the bacon cheeseburger. But there are so many other ways we can incorporate it into our diets and our lives! Here are a few of the 50 ways to use bacon. And if you don’t like bacon, well, I will pray for you.

• Make a good old BLT sandwich, of course.
• Bacon cheeseburgers will make anyone’s mouth water. Meat topped with more meat? Perfection!
• Bacon-wrapped tater tots would go perfectly with that bacon cheeseburger!
• Roast a bacon-wrapped turkey for Sunday dinner.
• Make delicious bacon pastry slices.

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ong story short, a bunch of bad guys were about to come and kill some good guys.  Ben somehow got the Smoke Monster to come and save the day.  Point a gun at it?

Bad idea.

SPOILER(ish): Last night’s episode knocked my socks off, and here’s why.

Ben travels through time and space somehow (I think)

The Doc from the freighter is both on the freighter and dead on the beach at the same time

ol’ Smokey can be used as a weapon for good.

What did you think of last night’s episode?

If you are ever out getting fast food and have the urge to find out the nutritional info on whatever you are getting, send a text message to 34381 with the name of what you are getting.  Diet.com will instantly text you right back with some of the nutrition info.

To test this, I texted ‘wendys frosty” to 34381, and here is what I got back:

As you can see, it sent me info for a small Wendy’s Frosty.  Pretty neat.  So let’s recap:

1.  Make a new text message

2.  In the body of the message, type the restaurant name and the item you want to know about

3.  Send it to 34381

4.  Cry at the information you receive back knowing that yes, those fries really are that bad for you.

Diet.com (via Lifehacker)

I just got back from eating at a little establishment called The Original Pancake House with some friends. My lunch consisted of 4 pancakes and scrambled eggs. The eggs were good, but for now, lets focus on the pancakes.

You get 4 pancakes, each hand-crafted by an artist in the kitchen. These pancakes came out as just regular, unmodified pancakes. That is, until I took them to a new level altogether.

For starters, I spread butter on the top of each pancake, stacking each one after I would spread the butter. Then, using the side order of peanut butter and the side order of chocolate chips, I covered the other sides. Then, to top it off, I dumped syrup all over them. The end result was a stack of 4 pancakes covered in a butter/peanut butter/chocolate chip/syrup mix.

I think the best way to describe it is if you imagined what they serve you right when you get to Heaven. It was the most delicious lunch I think I have ever had. Healthy? No at all. But it was a nice treat. Here is a picture of my last bite (click to enlarge):

If you look closely, you can see a mixture of the melted chocolate chips and peanut butter.

All for $7, and I don’t even have to have dinner tonight!

For the last few weeks, I have been trying out the “Redbox” machine at my local Wal Mart.  Basically, it is a machine about the size of a Coke machine, located right next to the Coke machines at many Wal Marts (and other places) across the country.  You can rent DVDs from it for $1 per day, and your credit card is charged once you return the dvd.  After renting several movies from it, I can honestly say that I love the service.

First of all, I live about 5 minutes from a Wal Mart, so it’s convenient.  I can drive over there, pick up a dvd, go watch it, and then return it by 9pm the following day, all for a buck.  That’s cheap!

The dvd itself is the retail dvd, just in a different case, so you are not missing out on anything that you would get if you bought it.  The machine itself is very easy to operate, and within a few minutes, you can be in and out with a handful of dvds to go watch.  You can even reserve movies online, so when you get to the kiosk, you just swipe your card, and it spits the movies out.

Yesterday, the movie Cloverfield came out on DVD.  So at around 9 am, I went online and reserved that dvd in the machine at my local Wal Mart.  Later that night, I went and picked it up, took it home, and watched it.  All for a dollar.

Head over to Redbox to see if there is a location near you.

And no, they did not pay me to write this!

The Varsity. Those two words make me so happy. You see, my friend, The Varsity is a restaurant in Atlanta that is sort of an Atlanta staple. It has been here fore several decades, and anyone who lives here has eaten there before.

What kind of food do they have, you ask? Greasy, delicious, artery clogging food. Hamburgers, chili dogs, onion rings, fries, etc. When you walk up to the counter, “Whadaya have!?!?!” is yelled at you. Seriously, that is how they take your order. It is kind of like the Soup Nazi in Seinfeld. You order, then step to the side and remain silent. But you see, it’s all part of the experience.

I just had lunch there, and I was reminded of how much of a defining part of Atlanta this is. Next time you are in the area, stop on by.

Whadaya have!

Lieutenant-General Sir Manley Power (1773 – July 7, 1826) was a British military leader who fought in a number of campaigns for Britain and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General. He is chiefly remembered for leading a brigade of Portuguese troops under The Duke of Wellington in the Iberian Peninsular War.

And, his name rules.

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