Mar
06
<begin rant>
This kind of shit just makes me sick (not the I-just-drank-a-bunch-of-puss-covered-utter-rBST-laden-milk sick, more the I-can’t-believe-this-is-happening sick). Basically its a post about how the “agricultural company,” Monsanto, is trying to push through some state legislation so that dairies can’t label their food “hormone-free.” From the Consumerist post, the reason being “[b]ecause milk can’t be tested for the presence of growth hormone, dairies like Shatto’s couldn’t represent their products as hormone-free in Kansas, even if they had mountains of proof that their cows weren’t injected with growth hormone.”
I’m going to sound like an grumpy old man right here, but has the whole world gone to pot? Why shouldn’t dairies be allowed to label their milk as “hormone-free” or “rBST-free” if its true? What harm comes from that? If they have “mountains of proof” that their cows don’t have hormones or steroids, or whatever crap they inject into cows, why can’t they label it as such? And this is probably a bit naïveté on my part, but why is Monsanto allowed to try and get this passed?
I don’t get it.
</rant>
Posted in Uncategorized, food, getting old, honeymoon
Nov
01
All of our family and friends are starting to roll into town. Which can mean only one thing: It’s really happening. All of the planning and organizing is actually becoming reality now and Jackie and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. As excited as we are to get married, it’ll be nice to not have to plan a wedding anymore. We are really getting psyched about seeing all of our closest family and friends and hope that you all have a great time.
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Posted in bride, countdown, daniel, dj, food, friends, honeymoon, jackie, wedding
Oct
27
So our wedding is one week from today and everything is falling into place. And believe me, I’m very happy and excited about it, but this whole event has got me thinking. The wedding industry is just a big sham. DJ’s, Florists, Caterers, Wedding planners and the like are all ridiculously priced but “necessary” to have a wedding. Granted you need some sort of entertainment, decorations, food and organization for a wedding to be fun, but the outrageous prices that come about as soon as you say the word “wedding” are completely baffling. ( Read more )
Posted in bride, countdown, daniel, dj, food, friends, honeymoon, jackie, wedding
Oct
12
Well, Jackie is off to her bachelorette party for the weekend and you know what that means? No adult supervision for THREE DAYS! Oh man, this is going to be awesome. I’m totally going to eat Red Baron pizzas and drink nothing but KoolAid and beer all weekend. It’s gonna be so awesome. You know you’re all jealous. If you want to, you’re more than welcome to join me.. Just give me a heads up.
Actually, tonight I’m going to play some poker with the “Klingerman’s” and tomorrow I have some chores around the house to take care of and then Sunday is football and emergency clean-up duty before Jackie gets home. So if you see the house this weekend, please don’t say anything to Jackie..
Posted in Sports, bachelor, bachelorette, beer, bride, food, honeymoon, jackie, wedding
Sep
03
Alright, so the wedding is 2 months away and now that we’ve finally moved to Chico we are getting in full-on wedding mode. We need to finalize the invitations and a DJ. Find and buy wedding rings. Finish getting decorations. Figure out what I’m going to wear (unless you want me to show up in my speedo’s). Jackie still needs to get her dress (see speedo comment). ( Read more )
Posted in bride, chico, daniel, dj, food, friends, honeymoon, jackie, moving, wedding
Aug
18
I have looked far and wide on this series of tubes for anybody that mention the ever-classy OJB. And to no avail. I’ve found Special Sprites, though not the one we all know and love, but no OJB. Seriously folks, where’s the chatter? It’s only the best start to a day destined to be filled with hours and hours of football. How can their not be any chatter about the poor man’s mimosa? ( Read more )
Posted in Sports, bachelor, beer, bride, food, honeymoon
Aug
12
Hey peeps! So we’re crossing our fingers that we get this house we’ve been looking at. We found it 2 weeks ago and now tomorrow morning I think the last hoop that we have to jump through is to introduce Madison to the home-owner and the manager of the property management company. Now if you’ve met Madison, you know that she is the sweetest dog and has never once hurt anybody, so we’re not worried about Madison so much as we are about the property management lady. I’m not going to name the company just yet only because I’m going to wait a while until after we actually move in and get settled. But if you talk to me in person, I’m more than willing to spill my guts. But anyhoo.. ( Read more )
Posted in bachelor, beer, bride, chico, effed in the A, food, friends, honeymoon, madison, moving
Aug
05
So this week was pretty hectic. I started work in Chico on Wednesday and feel like I’ve been on the go ever since. I’m pretty excited about my new job. The people in the marketing department are really nice and they have a lot of cool things going on.
We’re still on the look-out for a place to live and Jackie and I are going to check out a place on Monday morning. Cross your fingers for us! ( Read more )
Posted in Uncategorized, bride, chico, daniel, food, honeymoon, jackie, jobs, wedding work
Jul
26
This weekend, Jackie and I will be making the trek up to Chico. Our mouths are already watering as we are having a tasting at The Black Crow. Now, now, don’t get worried that our wedding is going to be “all fancy” or anything. We’re probably just going to do a bunch of appetizers (We’re going to be wearing flip-flops people!). We got a quote for a whole sit-down meal, and we definitely won’t be doing that (at least through the Black Crow). On a side note, I’m hungry right now and all we have for breakfast is oatmeal. God, I can’t wait until Saturday.
Posted in Uncategorized, bride, chico, food, honeymoon, wedding
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