This makes me laugh/happy
McLovin – the superhero in Kick-Ass November 11, 2009
This movie looks funny. I’ll probably see it when it hits HBO or something.
Legendary Pictures – These guys are good November 11, 2009
So I was reading the latest Wired Magazine and I came across an article about Legendary Pictures and it’s founder Thomas Tull (another wired interview with him here). Basically he’s an ex investment banker or something who decided he’s going to start producing movies. So, he’s doing ok I guess. Check this list out.
The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
300
Watchmen
Where the Wild Things Are
The Hangover
Ninja Assassin
So, that’s pretty good for not being around too long. Some of the biggest movies in the last 5 years (and some of my latest favorites) are on this list, so this company is making money.
Soon they will be coming out with Clash of the Titans, which looks cool.
marshmellow box – the most creative way to serve a single marshmellow ever November 10, 2009
The workmanship and creativity spent on…….serving you a single marshmellow. I love the luxurious aspect of it all.
Marshmellows courtesy of Ford & Ching
via notcot
Weekend Review – Breakfast adventures and more November 9, 2009
So per my normal Saturdays, I picked up my friend Adam, and we headed out to Doyle’s Bar for a 7am live soccer game. Key word is live.
Doyle’s has decided they don’t want to open earlier than 9, which totally blows the live game watching out of the water. So what to do when in Tacoma at 7am with hours before your next planned event?
Improvise. It became a mission to find something cool to do at 7am in the Seattle area. This is what transpired.
First stop, The Hangar Cafe.
It’s someone’s house. They decided they wanted to feed people in their house, so it’s now a restaurant.
And it’s actually very good. Super small place but the service is nice and the food is great. I had the banana walnut Belgium waffle, Adam had the bread pudding/french toast. Both very good. Also tried the apple/blackberry juice, crazy weird texture but very nice flavor. Everyone should go there. But not at the same time, you wouldn’t all fit.
Next stop, Pike Place Market, the Seattle landmark. I have known this market for many years of my life, my mom and my dad both worked here when they were younger so in some way it’s a part of the family history and we used to visit on a pretty regular basis with the people that my dad kept in touch with. It has been some time since I last visited, so today was as good a day as any. Except for the thunder squall that attacked the shores of Seattle at the same time. It made for a soggy day, if I’m being polite. We did the normal stuff, watch fish getting thrown, visiting the local stands and such. I got a call from my dad telling me he would be on the radio that morning which was weird, but good for you dad.
Italian Broccoli, who knew that such a geometric shape existed in nature?
That was the end of the first breakfast adventure. I plan on doing it again. Find another hole in the wall place to eat good food. Then do something cool, all before noon or something.
Saturday afternoon we went to dine at Earl’s again, as some of our friends hadn’t tried it yet. The service was pretty terrible this time. I’m not sure I’ll go back anytime soon, and if the service is bad again in a few months, maybe not at all. The evening brought a few weird hours with my grandmother being admitted to a local hospital, she seems to be doing fine for now. With that good bit of news, we headed out to The Parlor, a bar/night club/pool hall in Bellevue for our friends birthday.
Sunday brought the Sounders game in the second leg of the Western Conference Playoffs. I went to last Thursday’s game in Seattle but nothing too exciting to speak of except the atmosphere as it was a 0-0 game. That brought us to this game in Houston with the season on the line. Unfortunately an overtime goal by Brian Ching brought the season to a screeching halt, but cheers to you Sounders for a great inaugural season. We went down to Seatac Airport that night to greet them as they came back from the game. It was a spur of the moment thing and I wasn’t really prepared with my jersey or anything. We had just finished an indoor soccer game at 9.30 and remembered that the team landed at 10. Things went as they did and we hung out until they arrived. Heard a few little speeches, shook hands and took pictures, and that was the end of the weekend. A very good one at that.
Soooo many cool shoes – I wants it all November 4, 2009
There have been some cool shoes coming out as of late that I’m wanting.
Nike Sportswear Air Zoom Tiempo designed by Artoo
artist Artoo designed this soccer shoe, which is somehow now considered a fixie bike shoe. I don’t get it, but i want it as a soccer shoe. I love the all white broken up by the subtle colors used in the stitching. It looks very well crafted and shows off the handiwork instead of a bunch of crazy colors yelling for attention.
Michael Jordan Motorsports 6 ring sneakers
Michael Jordan’s love for motorcycles and his racing team inspired this line of shoes. I just like how simple the colors are, it’s been a while since I’ve seen just a clean pair of Jordans. Word on nicekicks.com is that these will never come out, but hypebeast is putting them out like they’re gonna be released.
Puma urban mobility line
Like the Jordans, I really like the simple designs and colors. I’m also really big into simple looks but still distinguishable and unique from what you could grab at the mall.
Subaru Tank – by Ken Block November 3, 2009
The TRAX STI is an experimental automobile that starts with Block’s competition-ready Subaru WRX STI before ditching the tires, adding snow cat tracks, and upgrading to some next-level suspension to create the ultimate backcountry shred car. Prepared by Vermont SportsCar, performance modifications include 400-hp and features Group N competition rally dampers made by EXE-TC and a KAPS 5-speed close-ratio dog-engagement gearbox. Under the hood sits a 2.5 liter, 4-cylinder, turbocharged and intercooled STI engine tuned with a MOTEC M800 ECU.
Completing the TRAX STI is a sleigh to be pulled behind the car, designed to hold four snowboarders, their snowboards, and all their gear. The sleigh’s body is 100 percent custom designed and constructed of hand-laid fiberglass-though the sleigh is not seen in this teaser video, look for it in future videos next year. Altogether, this is one car ready for backcountry access and snowboarding.
“The TRAX STI is a very fun project for me,” said Block. “It combines a two of my favorite things in life: driving a rally car in the snow and snowboarding in the powder in the backcountry. Having a house in Utah (the DC MTN.LAB), I get to enjoy lots of sliding around on the snow, but this project takes that to a whole new level as I can now hit up the backcountry in the fastest snow cat ever. It’s incredibly fun having the ability to push the high-power Subaru on the slopes and to backcountry spots that normal cars could never go!”
I totally want one. Even without the 400 horsepower or whatever, it would be cool on a stupid old subaru. I haven’t being skiing in years but I plan on going up this year, and I want to do it in this.
I probably will settle for just a ride from my friends, but I want to do it in this.
via autoblog
Christopher Walken – Poker Face November 2, 2009
Best rendition of this song ever.
I hate lady gaga.
Honda – too little too late October 29, 2009
So Honda. Trying to make it up to me?
Seems Honda was finally smart enough to send this our way, the TSX wagon, based on the JDM/Euro Accord wagon.
Yea cool, too bad it’s so ugly.
Up until these last few years I absolutely loved Acura products. I love this TSX, my girlfriend’s brother had one and it was one of my favorite new “sport” sedans when it came out.
I love this TL, my friend has one and if I didn’t need a place for my big dog (and if it wasn’t FWD) I would seriously buy one.
I wanted my girlfriend to buy this MDX.
Here’s what they all look like now.
TSX
TL
Look at the back of the TL!!!! (reminds me of the joke of shaving your dogs butt and making it walk backwards, but I can’t decide which end is worse!!!!)
MDX
They all have this wierd man in the iron mask thing going on, and it’s horrible.
Sofa King Ugly.
Speaking with a colleague this past weekend, who is an Acura owner himself, we decided that there isn’t a new car from Acura that isn’t absolutely horrible looking. They are are super duper ugly in the face. And nobody in their right mind should buy one.
My friend says that he gets surveys that ask about his Acura ownership experience, and he has nothing but positive things to say, but that his parting remark is always;
“Dear Acura,
Please make something that I would actually buy.”
So kudos for bringing over a car that should have never been discontinued in the states (idiots), but poo poo on you for making all of your new cars ugly.
Edit: The only thing that could save this car is to keep that JDM/Euro grill that is in the first pic. It’s that man-in-the-iron-mask look that ruins all these cars (although nothing could save that TL). But it still isn’t as good looking as the first gen TSX.
