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Call to invention: Leg Jacket
Posted 7 Jan 2009
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Calling all fashion designers!
It is time for someone in the fashion industry to invent a practical “jacket” for the legs. Why is it ok for the upper-body to be layered with clothing, but the legs just get pants? Sure, one can always wear multiple pairs of pants, but is it as easy to put on (or take off) a second pair of pants as it is to put on a jacket? And, where’s the “scarf of the legs”?
We need action here, people.
Today at I was sitting with a group of people at the office and we were directly below an air conditioning vent. The area was a bit chilly, which was fine with me, but my co-workers were cold. One of them had a sport coat on, so was reasonably comfortable on the upper half of his body, but the dress slacks he had on just didn’t cut it.
Designers: go to work! Let me know when you’ve got something.
Champagne Toast - Can it be improved?
Posted 6 Jan 2009
Last week, on New Years Day I came to the realization that I am always left a little disappointed by the celebration. When midnight came around and we officially rang in the New Year, we followed the traditional of celebrating with a champagne toast.
Sure, I enjoy champagne as much as the next person, but by that time of night I am always starting to get hungry (as it is several hours after dinner) and I think there is a small part of me that just wishes there was actually some toast served along with the champagne. Anyone else interested in some toast?
Of course, the lack of toast was not as disappointing as the fact that one of my upstairs neighbors decided that the best way to ring in 2009 was to throw a bottle off their balcony and down onto my front porch. Nothing like shattered glass to help your neighbors ring in the new year.
Restaurants ought to annotate their menus to include a breath-mint-rating for each dish. Each dish would be scored based on the number of standard breath mints it would require to remove the smell and taste of the meal from one’s mouth.
Of course, this would necessitate the definition of standard breath mint, and I don’t imagine even the visionaries in this field pretend that could happen over night. A stop-gap measure could be that the restaurants would simply declare the breath-mint-rating based on the breath mints which they provide at the end of the meal.
This morning for breakfast I enjoyed a tasty home-made gyros, which required at least three of these little peppermint candy canes. Testing is still under way to determine if the three mints were sufficient.
As we all know, the current global economy is in the toilet. Profits are down everywhere and businesses around the world are looking to identify new revenue streams to sustain themselves.
So, is this Starbucks in Wayne, Pennsylvania, now selling beer? Boy, that would be outstanding! Think about it:
Go for your morning coffee, have a latte or two, check your email, maybe write a work document or two and then just wait for midday so you can have a pint and check your afternoon emails – all without leaving the coffee shop. God bless America.
What’s step two on the road to glory?
Posted 1 Jan 2009
After wondering this for a long time, I am finally going to try and get an answer.
It’s been know for a long time that Wheaties cereal is the breakfast of champions, but I want to know what champions eat for lunch and dinner. How am I ever going to get to the “champion” level on just one meal a day?
I think there must be restaurants where champions eat lunch and dinner and only champions are allowed, so that nobody else can ever get the secret to the success. Part one of the three-part formula has been revealed (by our friends at General Mills) and now I believe the other two parts of the secret are painstakingly guarded.
