Category Archives: Food

The Best Place for Food and Fun

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My first experience at a Dicks Last Resort was a rip-roaring, rowdy time with good food, plenty of cold beer, and a wait staff that instigated all kinds of fun and mischief throughout the crowd. It was so much fun I couldn’t wait to go back.

Alas, the first Dick’s Last Resort was in San Antonio and I haven’t been back to that one. But I have been to others and they have all been just as much fun. I’ve been to the Dicks in Chicago, which is up at Navy Pier. I’ve also been in the one in Myrtle Beach, and that one had a rascal for a waiter and even the manager was in on the pranks and jokes.

If you ever have the chance and want to have so much fun you can hardly stand to leave, go to a Dick’s Last Resort. There are some people who take their kids to this place, but I promise you will have a better time if you keep the group to adults only. The jokes and the banter is above the heads of the little people and you don’t want to be distracted or inhibited now, do you?

I’ve never checked their website before now, even their website is colorful, entertaining, and interactive check it out at http://www.dickslastresort.com/. See what their joke of the day is and take a look to see if there is a Dicks Last Resort anywhere near you are, it looks like they have even more locations than I thought.

A Win/Win Situation Checking Out Diamond Blades With Dad

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As my father ages it is becoming harder and harder to find and purchase gifts for him for all the numerous gift giving occasions that pop up all year-long. A gift card for one of his favorite restaurants is always a welcomed gift, since my mother really enjoys getting out of the house and having a nice meal that she didn’t have to shop for, prepare, serve and ultimately clean up after. But I think my mother enjoys it more than he does since he swears that his bride of over 45 years is still the best cook ever, one of the reasons that he decided to marry her. That along with the fact that when he met her mother he saw that she wasn’t over weight and as most people know you can get a pretty good idea of what a woman will look like in the future by looking at her mother.

Anyway, back to the subject of finding a good gift for my Dad. His birthday is in the middle of March, which is right around the corner and I don’t want to wait until the last minute. I do know that he has been looking at various diamond blades, but I’m just not sure exactly which type he needs and wants. Believe me, there is a huge variety of diamond blades that I have run across while looking online at some off the sites that I have run across. I am starting to think that a gift card would be in order, presented to him with the understanding that we will sit down together in front of the computer and find the best deal for the one(s) that he wants and needs and place the order together. Not that I don’t trust him to use the gift card in the way I want him to, heck he could use it for anything after it leaves my hands, that is totally up to him. But I would like to spend some good “quality time” with him looking around online, and I’m sure that I would learn a few things along the way. A win/win situation as far as I’m concerned.

 

Undercover Boss – The Reality Show That Makes A Difference

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Your company picked a 401K plan as part of their benefits package. They tempted you to sign up for it and then promised to match money up to a certain (low) percentage of your salary. For a lot of people, the 401K is the only retirement effort they can afford to make. Matching contributions were considered as part of the overall compensation package. Plus, you trusted the CFO to pick out a good plan – one that was safe and would grow over the years.

Now there are so many companies that are tightening their belts and instead of cutting management bonuses and excessive management salaries, as they should, they have found a new way to screw over the desk jockeys and warehouse workers. They have pulled out of matching the 401 K contributions. So you non-upper management workers have just taken a pay cut that you didn’t even know you were taking. How depressing is that?

One of my favorite shows that I really enjoy watching is Undercover Boss. This inspiring reality show is where the big bosses are in disguise work amongst their employees to see how their companies are actually being run and what they plan on doing about it. There is a U.K. version as well, but I like the American version much better. If you ever get the chance to watch this reality show on CBS I think you would be impressed.

This video that is on YouTube.com is one of my favorites “Undercover Boss US Hooters”

Preparing The Yard For Spring

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I am going to head out to Home Depot and Lowe’s this morning and try to beat the crowds. I’m sure the place will be packed with people who just realized that Spring is really close at hand and their yards and gardens need some work to get ready for the spring, summer, and fall growing season. I’m sure the danger of frost is not gone yet, it is only the middle of February. I wouldn’t even think of planing anything as of yet, but there is a lot of work that needs to get done before even thinking of putting anything in the ground yet.

I have to buy some weed and seed, plus a spreader as mine has left my garage for some reason. I want to buy some bags of topsoil and spread it around the yard to fill in a few holes and trenches created by moles, digging dogs and water runoff. I need a new rake and some leather work gloves.I might splurge and buy a new chainsaw if they have something for a good price. And, of course, the seed packets are all out on the shelves that I will take a gander at. I think I will try to do some green beans and pumpkins this year, in addition to the green peppers and jalapeno that grew well last year.

 

Hair Straightening Treatment Done At Home By Keratin Control

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Five hours of my Sunday was spent picking up my niece, taking her to her appointment with the hair salon in town, then stopping for a bite before taking her back home to my sister who is sick as a dog with the flu. Now to most people this wouldn’t sound like a big deal but when I tell you that 3 hours and 10 minutes of that time was actually spent in the hair salon with only a 5 minute wait time, so that left 3 hours and 5 minutes of my niece sitting in the various chairs that they had her moving back and forth to and fro throughout the whole process. That is just a crazy amount of time for someone to get their hair done although I know that she had a lot of work and changes made to her hair that I didn’t realize would take up so much time.

At least I was smart enough to have brought a book and there were several people in the waiting room that were friendly and talkative throughout the whole time that helped me from going to stir crazy and from spending so much time outside in the freezing cold chain-smoking like a mad man. Three hours is a long time for me to sit still especially in a place that I don’t feel a hundred percent comfortable in.

I did learn a lot about hair and some of the processes and products that are available today. The books and magazines that they have in the waiting room which are full of hundreds of different hair styles and colors are entertaining to a point, there are always some very unique and outrageous pictures in those books. My niece had my write down the website of http://www.keratincontrol.com/, which is about a hair straightening treatment that can be done at home that she wants to show her mom when her mom is feeling better, which we all hope happenings real soon. I’m not complaining, really I’m not. I’m glad to help out in any way that I can, my niece and I have always had a great relationship, so I enjoy spending time with her, and her new hair style does look good on her.