Discovering Pittsburgh: Primanti Brothers

 Discovering Pittsburgh  No Responses »
Feb 262009
 

When you talk about food unique to Pittsburgh, it's hard not to bring up Primanti Brothers.  Primanti's is to Pittsburgh what the cheese steak is to Philly.  It's essentially a whole meal in a sandwich:

  • Fresh Italian Bread
  • Grilled Meat & Cheese (Your choice of many options.)
  • Fresh French Fries
  • Cole Slaw (Vinegar Style)
  • Tomato

Slam all that in your mouth, and you're good to go!  My favorite is definitely the Cap 'n' Cheese.  Not only is it their best seller, but if you splash a little cayenne pepper sauce on it as you eat it, it becomes a little slice of artery-clogging heaven.

And even nicer is that Primanti's is a local chain, meaning you can go to a number of different locations, but still find the same quality.  Even the stadiums won't deny you your Primanti's fix!

If you've never had one of the beauties, and you find yourself passing through Pittsburgh, then I strongly advise doing what you can to hit up a Primanti's shop.  It's nothing fancy, but it is great food!

A New Look

 projects  No Responses »
Feb 252009
 

Ok, so I was getting a little tired of the plain, minimalist look, and decided to go with something more modern and vibrant.  I think it turned out quite OK.

And, yes, that is a picture of me up at the top!

Pepsi Logo or New Major League Jai-Alai Logo?

 pet peeves  No Responses »
Feb 132009
 

Pepsi Can

When I first saw the new Pepsi logo, I first thought of the sport of Jai-Alai, and how it would make a great logo for Major League Jai-Alai (if there were such a thing).

Jai-Alai

Seriously, what does the new logo have to do with Pepsi besides being red, white and blue. And they've done this brand deconstruction with all their products as well. Brilliant! Wait…no…seems just like a waste of time and money if you ask me!

So you can score negative points in basketball now?

 humor, sports  No Responses »
Feb 122009
 

From ESPN.com's game summary (as of 12AM on 2/12/2009):

Final             1   2   T#22  SYR (18-7)  27  22  49#1  CONN (23-1)  30  33  63

That's the boxscore, but I found this in the summary:

Syracuse got within 57-50 on a 3 by Andy Rautins with 5:34 left, but Price answered with a 3 25 seconds later and the lead was never below 10 the rest of the way.

Hmmm…so in the last 5+ minutes of the game, Syracuse managed to score -1 points, huh?

The First Monthly Lyrics Challenge

 Monthly Lyrics Challenge  1 Response »
Feb 112009
 

Lyrics JokeOk, so I'm starting a new feature here, which will be the Monthly Lyrics

Challenge. This will be a list of 10 random song lyrics tidbits (as long or as short as I deem necessary), and we'll see who can name the artist and song. In some cases, there may be multiple answers (because, yes, songs are covered), and I'll accept any of them. The first first person to name the artists and songs that match up with the lyrics, or the person with the most correct answers by the end of the month, will be featured in a new right-column box (along with a link to their blog or website, when appropriate).

Since my tastes are pretty eclectic, these could be from pretty much anywhere. I'll do my best to balance well-known songs with obscure ones though…

So, without further ado, here are this month's lyrics (with a spin towards our nation's current economic status):

1. I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
2. Still I try to make it work out for the best
and I know I've gotta clean up all this mess
if I knew when I started where this all would end
I'd prolly do it all over again
3. Go to a cash machine
To get a ticket home
Message on the screen
Says don't make plans, you're broke
4. savin' all your food stamps and burnin' down the trailer park
5. But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter…
6. It falls apart from the very start,
It falls apart seems like everything I touch,
Falls apart everything around me
7. Everybody's looking for something
8. To never worry 'bout your future, never asking why?
9. But they won't even admit that they were the one to blame
10. See the pig dressed in his finest fine

Post your answers in the comments below. Good luck everyone!

Already Widely Hated, A-Rod Tarnishes His "Legacy"

 sports  No Responses »
Feb 092009
 

Whether you want to call him A-Rod, A-Fraud or, now, A-Roid, and whether you consider him “one of the greatest hitters to play the game” or “a worse team curse than the Babe and Billy Goat combined”, the perceptions of Alex Rodriguez forever changed this past weekend.  Even if you may have thought of him as a cheater before now, his testing positive for steroid use during the 2003 season (before MLB started their testing practices) has forever left a mark on the shortstop-turned-third-baseman.

Now, the test was done back then under a condition of anonymity, so it may be argued that the leak of A-Rod's name is unfair, especially when the other 103 that failed the test that year have not been released.  However, even it if is unfair, it is not unjust.  Had this information come to light in any other manner (i.e. the Roger Clemens method of squealing associates), it still would have exposed the “slugger” for the cheater he is.  He chose to cheat, and he's about to feel the wrath that results.

For now, we'll just reserve his place in the Baseball Hall of Fame's Cheating Bastards wing next to Bonds, Clemens, and I'm sure many more to follow.