Piglets for the adults, bunnies for the kids. We need a kids menu anyway, smaller entre that way. And have that in house photographer setup to take a picture of them with their prize. Before the picture tell them "congratulations, you get to take your animal home with you!" Smile for the camera. "In your stomach!" Chop the head off right there on the spot.
I actually have a fun story about weddings; I often go out and catch bullfrogs to eat. A friend of mine was getting hitched, and I was invited to the rehearsal. As his wife-to-be was Dominican on one side of her family, her dad wanted to have frogs cooked at the reception. [Apparently there's a species called a mountain chicken frog that was a popular Dominican food item, they're now endangered they're so tasty] So I pipe up, "I'm going frog-hunting soon, might be able to score enough for you." and his face lit up like a kid in a candy store, and he thanked me profusely and asked to go with me. So after about two hours of a cooler and fast hands and wading through the marsh, we had like 150 fat, non-native bullfrogs ripe for eating. He prepared up half, I did the rest. Really interesting to see what two cooks with different backgrounds make, but it was all delicious. He had mangú, excellent brown rice with herbs and spices and coconut flan and sauteed frog legs, I had coincidentally coconut-fried and coconut-flake breaded frog legs. It worked out well. Also had a hilarious moment where my cousin exclaimed, "This is the weirdest tasting cheesecake I've ever eaten." and I looked over and said, "That's because that's Brie cheese, Scott."
Frog legs are delicious. If there were bullfrogs in this area they'd be nearing extinction due to my dietary needs.
Nothing like the local folks keeping it classy... *sigh* http://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/162485/Sun-Bowl-Arena-brawl
Having been to NHL games in Canada, and many minor league hockey games involving Canadian teams, I can honestly say that Canadians can get very intense during them. Calling opposing fans bastards, telling them their mother was impregnated to make them by a [insert animal here] and all sorts of that good hate that makes hockey so enjoyable. Remember, the Canadians are stereotyped as polite and funny-talking for the most part or as uppity French-Canadians for another. You can only be considered a joke for so long before you begin pushing back against it. To not mention their exploits in WWII and other wars. And that one of Marvel's most perennial scary-ass, biologically immortal and metal-coat-on-bones heroes is Wolverine, a terrifying and utterly Canadian man. Also, check out how savage and funny this PSA was: Yep, Canadians are awesome.
Is Spotify better than Apple Music? Ive been on Apple Music for a while and sometimes I love it, sometimes its insanely frustrating when all my locally downloaded songs have disappeared. Ive never used Spotify, and I know people have preferences. So should I make the jump?
I got a new phone yesterday, and I'm having issues coming to grips with some things. I've been an Android man for the last 7 years, and this time I got an Iphone (6s+). For a long time Android seemed to be in front of Apple, both in the size and in functionality of the phone. In the current iterations the opposite is true. The last three android phones I've had have been pieces of shit that lasted less than a year. I'm not sure if they are constructed out of cheap materials, or if I've just had bad luck. The operating system is clunky, and the phones stop getting upgrades 6 months after their release. I came to the conclusion that I don't care how "unopen" the system is. I will use iTunes, no matter how much it infuriates me. Because the phone works, and will be supported for a few years. This must be what it is like to be old. I just literally bought a phone because I want the one that "works".
Parents are by far the worst thing in youth hockey. I think many of you know I'm a goalie coach out here. I see the worst side of them. The kids aren't so bad. They're kids, they do what they do, nothing is ever malicious and if ti is it can be handled. Parents gossip and undermine coaches, not to mention they hate the parents from other associations and towns. I was in the rink recently and saw a kid from a rival organization of mine, he was maybe 13/14 we were both there for an open ice. I asked him why so many people dislike my association and he said its the parents. I asked him about the kids and he shrugged his shoulders. The kids are never the issue it seems. Its whos talking to them when they get off the ice that fucks things up.
Some of those reasons are why I use a BlackBerry. Mostly, because of my deep hate for iPhone. But, if it's good enough for POTUS and the US Marshal* service, then it's good enough for me! Thanks Canada! Being a BlackBerry user is cult-ish, though. Waiting for a table at a restaurant the other night, I talked to one guy at the bar, because I saw him using is Passport. One of his comments was "I don't need to play Candy Crush, I just need a phone that works." When we started talking BlackBerry, the next guy over pulled out his Priv and was all "I hate iPhone, too." Most people can't comprehend me not having either an iPhone or a Galaxy or whatever, and most of them think of the little hamburger bun phone when I say I have a Blackberry. But, when I do come across someone else with a BlackBerry, it's like we're immediately old friends. *Yes, I know, some Deputy Marshals are using iPhones, now.
I have a five year old Samsung phone. It sucks compared to new phones but cost me only $50 and refuses to die or break, so it stays.
Reminds me of the Nokia candybar I had since 2003. The thing would not die. Lost count of how many times it was dropped, stepped on. The only reason I got upgraded was because I was an entire generation behind the technology.
Personally I love Spotify. Premium is reasonable priced, love the offline playlists, they have almost everything, and now it links right to SoundHound, which is my preferred music identifying app (suck it Shazam). Ive been a convert since it came out and blew Pandora away.
I came to the opposite conclusion for the same reason. My wife had a blackberry for years, and that thing did not work very well at all. She didn't want a touch screen phone, but eventually got an iphone. I've been an iPhone user since the first one came out. And over the years, with a minor glitch here or there, it has been rock steady. I really hated Apple fanboys, they drove me nuts. There were versions of Windows that I thought were ok, but overall, I found the computers running it to be so glitchy and I was often having to shut down and reboot. I loved the interface of the iPhone and wanted to switch to a Mac, but the wife was adamant about not having to learn a new OS, since she used Windows at work. But after installing two power supplies, and a motherboard in my last Dell, I convinced the wife to switch to Mac. 5 years later, I still am using that Mac. The wife loves it. I also love the functionality. Now, to be fair, I'm not a real computer guy. I use the computer for average things, probably like most average users. Maybe from a programming/power point of view, it's not as good as other computers. I very rarely have an issue with my computer, and it works with my iPad, iPhone, and Macbook Air. It's seamless and it works and ultimately, like my iPhone, that's what I was looking for.
One thing that seems to be drastically overlooked when shitting on the Apple Fanboys (of which I am one) is the solid engineering in the hardware. I have a pile of 3 fully working Apple laptops representing my retired laptops for the last 10 years that are sitting in the corner that are as usable today as they were when they were bought new. I've never had to update hardware due to failure, only updated them due to improved performance of the new gear. I have a 17" MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM and a 1TB SSD that I used almost 10 years ago to build games at EA, and it's still fully operational. While it may be slow to chug through some code I'm compiling for work, all my current work toolset and apps still work, and I still use it to surf the net, do email, YouTube stuff, photo albums, etc. I've only had to change 1 laptop battery that failed. I've not seen any other series of laptop have that kind of longevity. Sure, it's anecdotal, but I've had that luck with my laptops and phones and as a result am very loyal to the brand, because it's high quality and does what I need it to. I have run into zero reasons to switch loyalties, nor has any other brand come close to earning my loyalty in the same way.
Same here. My current laptop was a MacBook Pro from 2010 which also works as well as the day I got it only a little slower with certain software. The hinge on the open/close function is tight and without wobble. The OS has no stupid messages or problems. And the battery still lasts a couple hours from a full charge. My last Dell laptop had to be plugged in for it to operate within 3 years of getting it. And my old iPhone 5 still operates more smoothly than the Galaxy S6 I returned for a new iPhone. But that's also anecdotal.
I had a Blackberry for work and really liked it, because it was so durable. They switched me to an i-phone (my first Apple product) and it was a zero degree learning curve. Same with the i-pad. When I moved here I had to come off the company phone and get my own. I was convinced into a Samsung Galaxy S6. NEVER AGAIN. The learning curve was not zero degrees. It was just clunky and awkward and I would say even now, when I dial a number, there is a 20% chance it will dial and then simply hang up. Not a network dropped call; just the phone pulling the pin. When this contract is done I'm going back to Apple and never looking back. I do, however, miss the days of the old Nokia brick phones. The battery lasted approximately a week. You could run over them with a car. I still maintain that when you turned predictive texting on you could type quicker than you can on modern phones and, even better, you didn't have to look at the screen. Those were the days.
A big part of that is the fact that Apple more or less refuses to participate in the value/low-end part of the market. I personally cannot stand the interface of the iPhone, and could never figure out how to compete simple tasks. I remember at one point having to close the email app and drill down through the global phone settings to add a new email account.