Afternoon Slump

I ask you, "Now, where is the beer boat when you need it?".

This week is an exciting week of paperwork, although a different kind from last week, this stuff actually involves intellectual thought.

Let's see, I only have two proposals, two abstracts, one paper, and a presentation to write. Yesterday, I totally over-caffinated myself so I hesitate to have that afternoon coffee. But man do I wish I could just take a little nappy. Or well, call that keg boat. Alas, the picture is from Venice so I don't have much hope for and afternoon delivery, but I can dream right? Here's to actually trying to accomplish something, although, I think I might have to go put the mini Bodum to work. 

Oh great, freakin' leg warmers!

On the way in to school the other day I noticed the strangest thing. Now, mind you, I know of this supposed return of 80's fashion and (gasp!) music. Being a child of this decade, I have no major gripes against it, but I do feel some things just need to be left in the past. And leg warmers are definitely one of those things. No doubt about it.

I know my picture is bad, but it was taken in motion out of a window. I'm surprised I even got a shot off quick enough. So where the photo loses efficiency, I will fill you in. This appeared to be a couple most likely in their mid-30's jogging down the college walk/bike path on Friday morning about 10 am. Both partners appeared to be wearing striped hand-stitched leg warmers that almost reached their knees. Now, I understand dorky gaiters for high snow, but as you can see, the path was clear, and well, I'm pretty sure that little cotton or wool leg warmers aren't going to help keep the wet snow out. They really just are quite funny in all respects, even without noticing the man's had a nice baby pink throughout.

As there are websites dedicated to mullet and one-piece ski suits, I really hope there won't be enough leg-warmer sightings to incite one of their own. However, if there are, I feel obligated to help right here on my own little blog.

So please America, I ask you to Just Say NO! to Leg-Warmers.

Cake Connoisseur

Unfortunately, this is my second time trying to publish this blog. I appologize for any brevity as we all know how much fun it is to try to type the same thing twice, no less remember what it was you typed the first time!

I know this is the much awaited cake debate, or better titled- Ice Cream Cake Debate. First, I would like to thank my sponsors that answer to the names of Mom and Dad for supporting and allowing this effort.

This is a picture of a Cold Stone Creamery cake. It is to be compared with the old traditional Haagen-Daz Ice cream cake. Now, the first difference you will notice is the addition of actual cake between the layers of ice cream. Haagen-Daz, the ice cream purists would probably not support this. Although, I enjoy the lighter feeling of the slices in my stomach due to the cake layers, the actual cake mix does not seem to be too moist, which maybe could be blamed on the temperature of the cake when it is served, but I kind of doubt it. The other differences are the lack of cookies in place of sprinkles, which I am a fan of as I can't ever seem to eat the Haagen-Daz cookies no matter how good they are, and the difference of the chocolate exteriors. Haagen-Daz has a hard shell, where as the Cold Stone's is creamier. I'd say the main downfall of the pictured cake from Cold Stone would be the ice cream. Haagen-Daz just trumps Cold Stone in this respect. However, I do greatly enjoy the cake layers for breaking up all that dairy.

In the end, all cakes is good, especially if it's of ice cream! So I say, "eat on", and just let those resolutions of health wait another month. ;)