Howdy true be-loggers - welcome to Sunday Leftovers! This week we will discuss discuss how Tiger Woods uses his penis, an update on last week's bass/this week's Dell rant, and much more. Let's open up the fridge and see what's leftover.
[The Back Window]
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CREDIT: Little Tybee - Building a Bomb
[Tiger Woods]
Allow me to start this rant by saying: I don't watch golf, I don't care about golf, I don't put professional sports players on a pedestal, I don't want to be like Mike (or Tiger).
The news has been dominated by Tiger Woods' alleged affairs with several high class skanks. As the media pontificates on this subject, I am scratching my head and wondering if any real news is happening. It is the holidays and people want things to be quiet; but who gives a shit about Tiger Woods? Is Tiger going to solve world hunger? Is Tiger going to cure cancer? Is Tiger going to fix the economy? Tiger is a dude who hits a small ball with a metal club really well. The end.
There has been remarks made about "Men with power cheating". People cheat. PEOPLE. MEN AND WOMEN. I know men that have cheated on their girlfriends, and I know women that have cheated on their husbands - nobody has power in those situations. Nobody knows what is going on between Woods and his wife and if he did cheat on her the world isn't going to end. It's his problem.
We like to see rich and famous people fuck up. Everyone is secretly hoping Woods loses his endorsement deals because of this story because it then becomes and even bigger story. Woods didn't break the law. Woods didn't take some chemical substance that makes him play better. As long as the dude can hit a little ball better than everybody else, his endorsements will remain in tact (or he will get other lucrative ones) because people love a winner as much as they love juicy gossip.
Someone might say that Tiger is attempting to solve world problems with his tax write off aka charitable foundation. You will see lots of pictures in the months to come of Woods coming in out and of that office as some PR genius fixes his "broken image" - how convenient. While I don't have a problem with the guy, don't bullshit the public and make it seem like you care. When you have a billion dollars, you need to find ways of protecting it, ala a charity.
Bottom Line: People cheat, not just men. Who gives a shit about Tiger Woods. Merry X-Mas - go buy your kids some toys.
[Customer Support]
I figured I would update everyone on my shipping issues as of late....
Tis the season for online shopping and I have been doing my fair share. In addition to doing Holiday shopping, I have been taking advantage of the poor economy to score some good deals for myself. In the last few weeks I bought myself a bass amp and a large monitor. Both of these big ticket items had damage in shipped and I have had various issues getting them re-mediated. You all read the Dell rant; but I am getting pretty pissed off about the amp.
Thanks to my friend Jack, I am pretty sure we fixed it, but since the shipper insured it, I want to get the amp inspected for damage at a music store and have a standard tune up done. I want UPS to cover this. Getting them to do that has been a huge pain in the ass. First they came to take the amp away - I didn't give it to them. Since I got such a good deal on it, I don't want them to "credit me" for the amp because it is worth more than I paid for it. When I told the driver (nice lady), that I just want it to be inspected by a professional repair tech she said another UPS employee has to come out and inspect it.
I called to schedule that, and didn't get through. Thanks to my neighborhood driver, somebody did call me to set something up, but they never set a date and nobody has called back and I haven't been able to get someone on the phone again. What a pain in the ass! That's what you get when you find deals online I suppose.
A quick note about the Dell monitor fiasco - I got a new monitor the next day and it worked. And the dude who processed my return called me on Friday to make sure everything was okay. So it might have taken three hours to find someone good, but he was an excellent customer support representative. I still have reservations from ordering anything from them due their failure to process a simple request.
[Recipe of the Week: Vegetable Chicken Soup]
I wanted to make something healthy this week with peppers but with protein - I decided on a soup with what I had lying around the house. I think it came out well. Feel free to experiment and add what you want.
INGREDIENTS
1 lb of chicken breast (if it is one piece you might want to chop it up to a few large piece - you don't need to dice it)
2 cups of quinoa
2 spanish onions - diced
2 green peppers - diced
2 red peppers - diced
1 tablespoon of crushed garlic
9 cups of water
2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce
1 chicken bullion cube
1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon of black pepper
1 teaspoon (or as much to taste as you want) of sea salt
1 bay leaf
DIRECTIONS
1. Splash some olive oil in a large soup pot and allow it to heat up (medium heat). Add the onions and cover for 5 minutes.
2. Add the garlic and red/green peppers. Cover again and allow to sweat for another 5 minutes.
3. Add 6 cups of water, the bouillon cube, the Worcestershire Sauce, the bay leaf, the red pepper, black pepper, and salt and bring the soup to a boil.
4. Once at a boil - Add the chicken and bring the stove top down to the lowest setting or off for 30 minutes.
5. After 30 minutes, take the chicken out (and the bay leaf) and bring the soup back up to a boil. The chicken will basically fall apart to the touch. Shred it up well and set it aside.
6. Once the soup is at a boil, bring it down to a low simmer and add the quinoa and stir. You can also add the shredded chicken back in. Allow the quinoa to cook for 15-20 minutes.
Season to taste
[DIY of the Week: Kid's Playhouse]
This really doesn't look that hard if you have the right tools, you can easily modify the design to make a shed too.
Pallet Playhouse - More DIY How To Projects
[Video of the Week]
[Conclusion]
That's all for this week friends. I will be in CT for a portion of the week, so hopefully I will come back with some good stories. If you need to reach me, you can do so via email at: "blog at joeylombardi.com". As always, don't take shit from anybody.
Smell You Later,
~ Joey
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