Remembering 9/11. The Boatlift Video.

My sister sent me this. I hadn't see it before. It's about 11 minutes long and worth watching.

Top 10 things a guy shouldn't say to his wife right before she returns from visiting her sister.

The ten things I should not say right before my wife returns Monday . . .

Number ...

10. I'm thinking we should have gone for more of a wine color on that new carpet.

9.  Everything's being going great. No problems whatsoever.

8.  Children eat free at Hooters.

7. Mail? I'll check on that.

6. Where do we keep the cat food?

5. Does Fabreze work on cigar smoke?

4. Somebody hacked the Netflix account and added Girls Gone Wild to "Recently Viewed."

3. There is dust on everything. It's amazing.

2. I don't know it's been a while since I have been outside.

And the number one thing I better not say:

1. Children?

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(I love you dear and we are very much looking forward to your return)

Whataburger's Pancakes. Yes, They're Good.

August 2020 UPDATE

Whataburger continues to produce their hamburgers more or less the old-fashioned way: on a grill, to order. And unlike McDonald's, their pancakes are the same, not pre-cooked and steamed but grilled to order. It takes longer, is more labor intensive, and is more expensive because of the prior two points. But in my opinion their breakfast is a much better buy than McDonald's, Wendy's, Chik-Fil-A or any other fast food franchise. They recently sold the company so that they would have the cash to expand. I hope they keep the original strategy.

For now, if you're going out for fast food pancakes, breakfast burritos, etc, in my opinion Whataburger is best.

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Original post:

Bear with me here.

I have now posted two fast food posts in a row, sorry, it just happened that way.

I took a few of my grandchildren to Whataburger for pancakes today. We usually go to McDonald's but we thought we'd try WB. I was shocked. Three large, fresh-poured on the skillet, served-hot pancakes with syrup, real butter and two slices of bacon: $4.00.

And this picture from the Whatburger website doesn't do them justice because they're not that pretty. They're imperfectly formed like the home-made kind the way they ought to be.

They tasted good, too.

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McDonald's Iced Coffee

I'd like to go on record and say that McDonald's Iced Coffee, no flavors added, is not bad, in fact it's pretty good. For coffee lovers I'd say it's on the weak side of coffee flavor, something an extra shot of coffee would fix, but at $1 for a 22 oz. cup what can you expect.

Does anyone know if you can "double-shot" the coffee at McDonald's?
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Man of Steel Review

First let me say that I liked the movie, partly because it succeeded in disconnecting from 75 years of Superman on TV and film which even when it was pretty good wasn't that good and when it was bad was real bad. I can remember as a little kid watching the black and white television version and thinking that Superman was pudgy and not very tough. And even though the late 70s movie version was popular, Superman just wasn't a modern enough super hero. Not in the Marvel comic book sense. Not in the new Batman movie sense.

Man of Steel changed all that and pulled off a pretty good movie. Starting with Russell Crowe playing Jor-El at the end of planet Krypton's existence, to the young self-conscious Clark, to the tough but lovable and beautiful Lois Lane (Amy Adams). 

Criticism 1: Give a guy a new special effects toy and watch out. The special effects are impressive but how many times can you watch Superman and his enemies crash into buildings, cars, roads, and objet d'art. After the tenth 500 mph flying crash with special-effected demolition you get the point. There were no fewer than 25 flying wrestling matches that destroyed everything in their path.

Criticism 2: Does every action movie these days have to end three times? Superman beats the bad guys once, then they build a Gravitron and he causes that to fail, then mid-kiss with Lois, when you think we're coming to a close, General Zod shows up for a one-on one building destroying duel. It's just too long.

While I'm on General Zod, Man of Steel gets credit for establishing a bad guy with a believable motive. General Zod was great.

Taken as a whole and even given some minor annoyances Man of Steel is worth seeing. Superman (Henry Cavill) was likable, naive without being annoying, and well acted. Lois Lane was beautiful and charming . . . but I said that already.
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