Today after church, we had a scavenger hunt in San Francisco. Afterward, we met at Northgate Park (near church) to determine the winner. We got there at 1:30 PM and some of us stayed around and chatted until 3.

When I got home, I got tired around 4:30 and ended up taking a 30 minute nap while watching TV. It would've been longer, except that my loud snoring woke me up. Later, I took another 15 minute nap that ended at 10:30.

As I looked in the mirror while brushing my teeth, I realized why I was so tired: I was sunburnt.

Now if you saw me at church on Sunday, you probably didn't notice that I was sunburnt. That's because I wasn't sunburnt then. And I was inside my car throughout the scavenger hunt, so I didn't get sunburnt before 1:30.

This means I got sunburnt between 1:30 and 3, from Korean parking lot syndrome.

Unbelievable...

My co-workers and I enjoy eating at the Roast Haus Hofbrau in San Rafael.



This week was Roast Haus week, and we ate there for lunch every workday.

At the start of the week, we had 7 people who came out. By the end, we were down to only 4 people who came out everyday.

Of course, I was one of them. As we walked out of the restaurant today, one of the workers congratulated us and gave us a handshake. Never have I felt such a sense of accomplishment from eating a meal.

Here's what I had this week:

Monday
Reuben
Corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and thousand island on dark rye

Tuesday
New Yorker
Pastrami, coleslaw, Swiss cheese, and thousand island on light and dark rye

Wednesday
BBQ Pork Plate
Strips of BBQ pork, corn, mashed potatoes, and gravy

Thursday
Juicy Beef
Roast beef, a French roll, mayonnaise, and red onions, served with a bowl of au jus, tabasco, and horseradish

Friday
BBQ Beef Plate
Strips of BBQ beef, corn, mashed potatoes, and gravy

Hmm... They have such a good selection, I could probably eat there another week and still not eat the same thing twice.

Most people find the first Daily Show segment on net neutrality funnier than the one that I posted last week.

It includes some more non-sense from internet regulation head Ted Stevens:

"Ten movies streaming across that, that, internet, and what happens to your own personal internet? I... just the other day, got internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday, I got it yesterday."

You'd think that the guy in charge of internet regulation would know the difference between the internet, e-mail, and network connections...



The best part of this clip is the last minute, which diagrams the thoughts going on in Ted Stevens' brain.

I was at a Korean restaurant on Friday night, and tried to get the waitress' attention so that Basile and I could get some water.

I tried doing this in Korean. At first, she just looked at me and was confused. But then she started laughing. She didn't try to clarify, but she just laughed as she walked away to get the water.

So on the plus side, she actually understood what I said. But on the other hand, this was the first time anyone laughed at how bad my Korean is.

I'm sure it would've happened before, except that most people have simply been too polite, and I speak Korean as often as George W Bush gives an eloquent speech...

Ted Stevens, the head of the committee that regulates the internet, says:

"The internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's, it's a series of tubes."

For those who don't understand that analogy, John "I'm a PC" Hodgman, explains the issue for us.

MSNBC reported that Pirates of the Carribean 2 had a record-breaking box office weekend, beating the previous 3 day record of $120+ million held by...

Aquaman.

Never heard of Aquaman? That might be because Aquaman is a fictional movie in the TV show Entourage.

Question from the Sports Guy's mailbag:

I'm getting a bit tired of the media using an athlete's name to describe the athlete's performance. During the NBA Finals I heard that Dwyane Wade has not yet had a Dwyane Wade game against Dallas. Of course, as a diehard sports fan, I understood the intent, but it just seems lazy and ambiguous. On the flip side, it would be pretty fun to use in everyday life.

Sports Guy:

I agree with you -- this is something we should be constantly using in real life just like "Manny being Manny" somehow turned into "(fill in any buddy you have) being (fill in any buddy you have)." The whole Dwyane Wade Game analogy shouldn't be confined to sports. There's too much potential.

So let's try this:

When A-Han scarfs down a 24 ounce steak, it's "A-Han turning in an A-Han performance".
When Albert flies out of town for business, it's "Albert having an Albert week".
When Basile listens to punk music, it's "Basile listening to Basile music".
When Chongo dances, it's "Chongo showing his Chongo moves".
When Georgia Dave falls asleep in the middle of the day, it's "Georgia Dave being Georgia Dave".

I wonder if Bill Plaschke only gets paid when he pumps out Paul DePodesta-bashing articles.

In this article, he bashes the Penny & Choi for LoDuca, Mota, & Encarnacion trade depsite conceding the Dodgers got the best player in the trade. (This trade happened 2 years ago, and he's still talking about it!)

And even the biggest DePodesta hater has to admit that blaming DePodesta for the downfall of Eric Gagne is stretching things.

Plaschke assumes that Mota's presence would've helped Jim Tracy manage Gagne more effectively, and that Tracy's mismanagement led to Gagne's injury problems.

Because for some reason Plaschke can't blame Tracy, Gagne, or the Dodger medical staff for Gagne's injury problems.

He already got DePodesta fired over 8 months ago. What more does he need?

24 Jack Bauer facts:

1) The truth may hurt, but it doesn't hurt as much as Jack Bauer.

2) When you open a can of whoop-ass, Jack Bauer jumps out.

3) Jack Bauer is the leading cause of death in Middle Eastern men.

4) Under intense interrogation by Jack Bauer, the fifth dentist cracked and admitted he recommends Trident for his patients.

5) If you wake up in the morning, it's because Jack Bauer spared your life.

6) When President Palmer quit to start doing Allstate commercials, it took him 43 takes before he could stop saying, "You're in good hands with Jack Bauer".

7) Jack Bauer was never addicted to heroin. Heroin was addicted to Jack Bauer.

8) When Google doesn't know the answer, it asks Jack Bauer for help.

9) Don't ever ask Jack Bauer what is going on. He'll explain in the car.

10) "Simon Says" should be renamed to "Jack Bauer Says" because if Jack Bauer says something, then you better do it.

11) Upon hearing that he was played by Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer killed Sutherland. Jack Bauer gets played by no man.

12) Superman's only weakness is Kryptonite. Jack Bauer laughs at Superman for having a weakness.

13) Anything is a weapon of mass destruction in the hands of Jack Bauer.

14) Guns don't kill people, Jack Bauer kills people.

15) There have been no terrorist attacks in the United States since Jack Bauer appeared on television.

16) Jack Bauer is the only human in the world with the ability to make Chloe O'Brien drop the personality disorder and patch him through.

17) The city of Los Angeles once named a street after Jack Bauer in gratitude for his saving the city several times. They had to rename it after people kept dying when they tried to cross the street. No one crosses Jack Bauer and lives.

18) If everyone on "24" followed Jack Bauer's instructions, it would be called "12".

19) Jack Bauer sleeps with a pillow under his gun.

20) Sun Tzu once wrote, "If your enemy is weaker, conquer him. If he is stronger, join him. If he is Jack Bauer, you're dead."

21) Oil and water don't mix, unless Jack Bauer tells them to.

22) Jack Bauer has been to Mars. That's why there's no life on Mars.

23) All men are created equal. They are all vastly inferior to Jack Bauer.

24) The safety on Jack's gun isn't there to protect Jack. It's there to protect the gun.

VH1's Best Week Ever spoofs the new Mac ads.

The first of the lost Chappelle's Show episodes was disappointing.

Not even this Tupac song was that funny, but it had its moments...

An Inconvenient Truth is the kind of movie that would make me want to save energy... for about a week. And yet, I'm still intrigued enough that I want to watch it...

Kobayashi did it again... breaking his own record by eating 53 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes. He had some competition this time around, as Joey Chestnut finished off 52 and was actually ahead for a few minutes...

But in the end, Kobayashi remained the champ.