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Are You a Spy in the Waffle House of Love?
Posted on 02.10.09 by Widge @ 11:48 am
Waffle House

I remember hearing about this last year--a Waffle House in John's Creek, GA decided to offer "white tablecloth service" for Valentine's Evening. For our readers who don't live near a Waffle House or are unaware of its significance, it is listed on Wikipedia as a "casual dining restaurant." For the record, it is about as casual as you can get. It is normally the jurisdiction of broke students, working musicians and people in various stages of intoxication. I say this with no derision--it is a fantastic place for people watching.

And as for the Valentine's Day thing, there are now thirty locations in which you can get this level of service, complete with candlelight and romantic music. Why? Because, as Waffle House Vice President of Marketing Pat Warner says, "What says love better than sharing a warm pecan waffle with your loved one." Indeed. Also, Warner said "We invite everyone to get Scattered, Smothered & Covered this Valentine's Day at Waffle House." No, Scott, I don't believe that's a euphemism.

Seriously, if you do this, I want a picture and a full report. Participating locations and their numbers are here so you can call for reservations.

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In Case of Zombie Holocaust, Skip Straight to Dessert
Posted on 01.27.09 by Widge @ 1:37 pm

Caution Zombies Ahead

Alternate Title for This Post: "It's Father Day, Bedelia, And I Want My Cake."

So it's a bit unnerving that we've got warnings about zombies in Austin and yet another unnamed location. No one actually saw any zombies, mind you, but it's all no doubt part of the conspiracy. Stay vigilant, is what I say.

But still, all this talk of the zed word plus Scott sending me the undead Hello Kitty cake pictured below...it got me to thinking. Zombie cakes. How many zombie cake sightings have we had? There's the Zombie Hoffa cupcake, naturally.

But let's take a look and see what else is out there...

[[ More this way... ]]

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Newman's Own Organics: Cinnamon Mints - Review
Posted on 01.11.09 by Widge @ 4:15 am
Newman's Own Organics: Cinnamon Mints

We use a fair amount of Newman's Own products around the Technocave and its attached compound. So when we ran across these mints (and other flavors) in a local grocery, I was intrigued. Good company, good flavor, real organic sugar, and the magic word: HOT. Brilliant.

First up, check out this tin. Their whole line has awesome art along these lines. If I can ever finish the mints inside, I might re-purpose the tin for something else.

What's that? I can't finish them? Me, who can't be trusted with a tin of Altoids cinnamon gum lest I chew through the contents of the whole damn case? That's right. First up, the cinnamon taste is minimal. It's there, no doubt, but I can taste sugar more than I can cinnamon. And hot? Forget it. You know how if you like hot foods you get the hot salsa, and it's somewhere on your spectrum that you would consider mild? Okay, this is mild like that...this is something that a three-year-old would find delightful.

And here's what's crazy--mints are supposed to at least freshen your breath, right? No such luck. You get a few minutes of bland taste, then a barely-there aftertaste and no affect on your breath status whatsoever. Pretty much a failure and disappointment across the board. Just another demonstration of the power of packaging.

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If Siege Had a Line of Body Spray...
Posted on 12.20.08 by Widge @ 6:53 am

We'd just like to take this moment to apologize again--we accept full responsibility for bringing the Burger King back from whatever hell he had been cast into. And now he's in this new Halloween's The Shape plastic face version--which is even scarier.

And now...taking things a step further into delirium...Burger King has launched a body spray called Flame. I'll let the commercial explain to you what the scent is supposed to be.

Direct link for the feedreaders.

I know it's terribly, terribly wrong and you'll feel dirty afterwards, but go check out the official site.

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Snoop vs. Martha Stewart: Of Mashed Potatoes, Vocabulary and Cognac
Posted on 11.25.08 by Widge @ 8:29 pm

If all television was this entertaining, I might get cable again.

Direct link for the feedreaders.

Can't we all just get along with our pepper? Black, white, does it really matter?

I thought they weren't going to get along but then the cognac brought them back together. I'm sure Doc will have something to say about that.

Anyway, does Snoop have his own cooking show? Because that might rock ass. As an alternative, can we get Snoop on Iron Chef America with Alton Brown? I don't know what would be better: Snoop's commentary or Alton's confusion. Awesome.

Found via Knitting, With Dogs.

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