The Coffee Shop

Holes LOL

2009-07-19T10:23:21Z

[Where can you go for a really good bagel, and how do you like yours?]
I buy jumbo-packs of bagels and bulk packs of cream cheese singles and I keep them in the refrigerator. I also keep jumbo-packs of English muffins. I can't really function and don't leave the house until I've had a bagel and a cup of Deadman's Reach coffee. Rarely do I hit up bakeries or coffee shops in the morning. The Moose Is Loose is a great bakery, though.

[What is your favorite style of doughnut?]
Old-fashioned glazed, I also love the raspberry filled ones.

[What’s your favorite flavor of Lifesavers?]
I don't really know. I'm not big on candy. I haven't eaten a Lifesaver in probably ten years or more.

[What O-shaped breakfast cereals do you like?]
Multigrain Cheerios. I usually eat granola, Grape Nuts, or Honey Bunches of Oats. Some times I get a wild hair up my ass and I make oatmeal.

[How do you feel about onion rings, and where can you get some good ones?]
I absolutely love onion rings and I make the best. In the past I've worked as a kitchen manager/line cook for years. I love to use the big Walla Walla sweets with a thick batter of tempura and usually Miller High Life or Coors. In a commercial deep fat fryer I prefer to fry them a little hot at 375 degrees fahrenheit. In a house-hold counter-top fryer I usually go for a cooler fry at 325 to 350. It takes about a minute and a half and they're good to go. Give them a spin in a large metal mixing bowl with a few generous shakes of seasoning salt and you're good to go.

Holes Survey

2009-07-18T06:29:07Z

Where can you go for a really good bagel, and how do you like yours? I love Dunkin Donuts bagels with butter and cream cheese.
What is your favorite style of doughnut? Glazed yeast donuts.
What’s your favorite flavor of Lifesavers? Blackberry or Strawberry
What O-shaped breakfast cereals do you like? Apple Jacks
How do you feel about onion rings, and where can you get some good ones? I love them, DQ & Applebee's has some good ones but Denny's is the best because they have the awesome Ranch dressing to dip them in.

Review Challenge?

2009-07-13T01:08:20Z

I'm not so good with reviews... but here goes nothing.

So, the other night I saw The Hangover. Its gotten some amazing reviews, so I thought what the heck, right?

It was hilarious. I think I'm still dead from all the laughing I did.

Just when you stop laughing from one thing, something else amazingly random happens to them, and you laugh again.

Its going to be added to my DVD collection when it comes out.

Its definitely a must see. Do it. I know you want to.

Survey of the Week (A challenge)

2009-07-11T19:20:47Z

My challenge for the survey of the week is for each customer to write a review on something from this last week. A movie, drink, book, anything you want. This is just a way to up participation.

Thanks
Your MOD

The Davinci Code: Not really interesting fell asleep twice trying to watch it.

FIRE!!!!

2009-07-08T03:41:06Z

How do you feel about fireworks displays? I like them; they're pretty. I haven't actually watched them in a long time though.

What were the details surrounding one of your mishaps with fire? Um, one time I almost burnt down my friend Chad's house. It was funny. He dared me to coat my hand in rubbing alcohol and light it on fire. So, I did. What I didn't think about was the excess alcohol that dripped into the sink. So, when I tried to shake my hand to put the fire out, it lit the sink on fire.

Who in your life could be described as a real firecracker? April. She's quite the handful.

When did you last feel you were being put on display? Um...I always feel like people are watching me, and not in a good way.

How confident are you in your barbecue skills? I'm pretty handy with cooking things :)

No news is good news, right?

2009-06-30T01:53:38Z

Where do you get most of your information about current local events? Um... either Daniel, the husband, or April, the BFFL.

Where do you get most of your information about current national and international events? Um... Either one of those two people again, or the trending topics on Twitter... oh! If its really important, people's facebook statuses.

Who in your family always is most likely to know what’s up with everyone else in your family? My mother. She's always in everyone's business.

Who at work (or school) always seems to know what’s going on? I don't work or go to school...

What other kinds of news do you try to keep up-to-date on and where do you get it? I don't keep up with news. I used to, and miss it... I should get back into it again.

Extree, Extree, Read All About It!

2009-06-28T23:38:48Z

[Where do you get most of your information about current local events?]
For the local events I read the local newspapers(Peninsula Clarion, Anchorage Daily News, and the Homer Tribune).

[Where do you get most of your information about current national and international events?]
For national events I pick and choose between online news sites. I don't pay much attention to the majority of national current events as I have no interest whatsoever in the goings on of the denizens of Hollywierd. For international news I use the BBC home site and a Deutches(German) news site.

[Who in your family always is most likely to know what’s up with everyone else in your family?]
My family is HUGE. I have around two hundred first cousins. My father's mother and father had seventeen children. Of the sixteen surviving children all have had multiple children. It's really hard to say who knows everything that is going on. With the advent of the majority of the family joining sites like Facebook and Myspace news generally travels fast.

[Who at work (or school) always seems to know what’s going on?]
Currently I work on a concrete crew, there isn't much time for banter. When the day is done we sometimes bullshit over cold beers. Not alot of conversation about news, though.

[What other kinds of news do you try to keep up-to-date on and where do you get it?]
Science news and wierd news. I use Slashdot.org and a few other sites.

Survey of the Week

2009-06-23T03:49:56Z

Dairy

What are your feelings about milk? I can cook with it, but I can't drink it just to drink it. It makes my stomach hurt.

What are your feelings about cheese? Yummy

What are your feelings about yogurt? Awesome. Strawberry is my favorite.

How do you feel about soy milk? No way.

How far are you from the nearest cow? I'm in Alaska so I have no idea.

Dairy.. Survey

2009-06-22T15:44:03Z

What are your feelings about milk?
I love milk. I sometimes crave it and must drink it. Chocolate milk is the bomb..

What are your feelings about cheese?
Cheese is one of those foods you just have to have.

What are your feelings about yogurt?
Love it. I get the cereal "Just bunches" and eat it on top. Awesome.

How do you feel about soy milk?
Never tried it.

How far are you from the nearest cow?
About ten miles.

MOO.

2009-06-21T11:09:01Z

Dairy

What are your feelings about milk?
I don't particularly enjoy the white water that they try to pass off as milk. But I drink the shit. Get me a carton of Alpenmilch and I'm happy.

What are your feelings about cheese?
I have yet to eat a cheese that I did not like. It is a necessary ingredient in many foods and my wife and I go through about five pounds of cheese in an average week without any negative digestive ramifications.

What are your feelings about yogurt?
I love Piña colada and blueberry yogurt but it has to have the fruit bits in it. I also like to put granola in plain yogurt.

How do you feel about soy milk?
That's not milk. It's soy slime. I have tried it and it's disgusting.

How far are you from the nearest cow?
Roughly twelve miles.

dairy?

2009-06-20T05:59:05Z

What are your feelings about milk? I love milk. Sometimes I get really bad cravings for it, and drink nothing but milk for a whole day. My stomach doesn't always like me afterward, but meh.

What are your feelings about cheese? I <3 cheese. Its one of my favorite foods!

What are your feelings about yogurt? I am not a big fan. Like twice a year I'll eat it, but that's all.

How do you feel about soy milk? Its alright. The chocolate kind is too chocolately for my taste, but if you mix the chocolate and vanilla together, its good.

How far are you from the nearest cow? Maybe like five miles? When I lived in Pa, we were like a five minute walk from cows.

Survey of the Week- Way LATE

2009-06-15T05:47:06Z

Food and Drink

What’s something you will not eat unless you also have ketchup?
Hmm... I don't know really I've kinda gotten away from using it all the time. I still like it, but sometimes I just like the natural flavor of things better.

What’s something you will not drink unless it is served on ice cubes? anything that's supposed to be cold and isn't. LoL I don't know.

What’s something you will not eat unless it is served between slices of bread?
lunch meat?

What’s something you will not drink unless you have a straw?
Malts or milkshakes

What’s something else you will not eat except under very specific circumstances?
I'm gonna have to go with everybody else on this one and say hotdogs. I don't much like them to begin with and the only way I'll eat them is if they are beef ballparks or a name brand.

I <3 Food, fo' sho'

2009-06-15T01:03:38Z

What’s something you will not eat unless you also have ketchup?

Nothing really, I'm not a big ketchup fan. I like lots of other condiments waaay more than I like ketchup. However, if I eat ketchup, it must be Heinz.

What’s something you will not drink unless it is served on ice cubes?

Iced Coffee... well, coffee in general, since I do not like hot coffee. I like all my beverages cold, but they don't necessarily need ice cubes. Oh, Tap water needs cubes in it as well.

What’s something you will not eat unless it is served between slices of bread?

Nothing. I generally do not like bread that much.

What’s something you will not drink unless you have a straw?

Iced Coffee, slushies, milkshakes... things like that.

What’s something else you will not eat except under very specific circumstances?

Too many to list. I swear, I'm one of the world's pickiest eaters.

[Something You Will Not]

2009-06-14T10:34:50Z

[Food and Drink]

[What’s something you will not eat unless you also have ketchup?]
There isn't a food I wont eat without ketchup. However, I appreciate ketchup on my cheeseburgers, on regular frankfurters, on hash browns, and on fries. Ketchup is a great source of lycopene.

[What’s something you will not drink unless it is served on ice cubes?]
Any soda except for root beer. I also prefer bourbon, scotch, cognac, and rye on ice. However I have been known to shoot them straight from chilled shot glasses. Gin and tonic, Zombie, aaannnd last but most certainly not least, Grapefruit juice.

[What’s something you will not eat unless it is served between slices of bread?]
Leberwurst, bree, shredded barbecue beef, braunschweiger, the contents of a Ruben sandwich which requires, of course, rye bread.

[What’s something you will not drink unless you have a straw?]
ICE-SUCKEEEEEEE!!!! A.K.A Slurpy, freezy, fridge-head, icey.

[What’s something else you will not eat except under very specific circumstances?]
Raw oysters, they make me really unbelievably horny. Habaneros, they must be cured and cooked properly and in proper quantities. Gazpacho, it must be prepared properly. Hummus, it's f*cking hummus for the sake of all that is good and right in this world, I'd better be full of expensive vintage wine and hungry to begin with. Sashimi, I prefer it in sushi rolls and I am very particular about where I go to eat it and how I like it prepared.

Recipe of the Week

2009-06-11T22:22:08Z

Death By Chocolate Cappuccino

Ingredients:

Large coffee mug
1oz Vanilla Syrup
2-2oz Shots of espresso or 4oz of strong coffee
4oz-6oz of Chocolate Milk (Milk may vary depending on size of coffee mug)
Chocolate Redi Whip
Sprinkles-any color
Chocolate pieces

Directions:

First pour the vanilla syrup into a large coffee mug. Next add your fresh brewed coffee to the vanilla syrup and blend the two ingredients together. Then steam your chocolate milk to 160 degrees F. You can use a beverage or candy thermometer to test the temperature of the milk. Once milk has been steamed add it to you coffee. Finally, top your cappuccino with the whipped cream to your desired amount. Add sprinkles and chocolate for decoration.

Poem of the Week

2009-06-08T21:55:20Z

First off I would like to extend an ivitation to _lithium_, pixl_8, pomme_dsang to join the community. I know that you are watching it and hope that you find it interesting enough to join

To other the community is up to 13 members and participation is decent. Thank you all for posting and commenting. I am glad this community is alive

Now on to the poem of the week.

Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

In the wind the fulmars come and go,
heeling where the northerly blows down sharp.
The fulmars hurtle crosswind,
to and fro by hundreds
until the woven heavens
have been warped
close to this planet, nimbus gathered low, pursed
heavy in that seine
knotted by the birds and reefed,
mesh sewn on mesh, each flight a twine
threaded through bar and row,
seized into gores
where the fulmars feather deft.

In the wind the fulmars never slow.
They crisscross waves,
skimming low in the trough, close
to the face of each sea. The blows struck by gusts
loft wings over rollers driven rough
and the fulmars cast across grounds
trod by seal and crab,
seined by flounder and whale.

In the wind the fulmars wheel to blood
unpacked like skeins of roe.
Flurries of snow filter light falling dusky
as fulmars flurry and reel on the breeze,
a cloud alive of hooked beak, stiff wing,
and woe to the dying
afloat aloud
on the loud sea
then tumbled under all that flows.

~Peter Munro~

Uhg.

2009-06-06T19:26:21Z

1.What bugs truly freak you out?
Parasites.

2.Which Bugs Bunny cartoon do you remember most fondly?
I don't think I can clearly remember any of them.

3.What bugs you most about your life online?
Wasting time each day with sites like Facebook or Myspace.

4.Which of your favorite websites seems often to be especially buggy?
PoxNora.com

5.When were you last too sick to get out of bed?
Last winter.

Survey

2009-06-06T03:55:54Z

1.What bugs truly freak you out? Spiders.. I freak out when I see one. O_o
2.Which Bugs Bunny cartoon do you remember most fondly? The one where he meets the big orange monster in the castle.
3.What bugs you most about your life online? My life online? That would be my aol mail some days.. It zips all my files. Grr.
4.Which of your favorite websites seems often to be especially buggy? Well. if you mean what website has the most virus', Myspace. If you mean which one bugs me more.. Well it wouldn't be a favorite website if it did now would it.
5.When were you last too sick to get out of bed? It's been awhile.

Length Does Matter

2009-05-30T07:21:35Z

What is the longest you’ve gone between haircuts?
Three and a half years.

What is the shortest hour of the day?
Five P.M. to six P.M.

What is the longest line you’ve ever stood in?
Frankfurt Am Main Airport.

Who’s your shortest adult friend?
Hmmm...A buddy of mine named Alan. He's like four foot nine.

Who among your current friends have you known the longest?
Jaret Richardson.

Late Survey

2009-05-29T10:49:23Z

1. What kind of out-of-school lessons did you take as a kid?
Summer school, eighth grade.

2. What valuable lesson did you learn this past week?
Adapt or die. Things are always what they seem. Trust your intuition. Roll with the punches.

3. Who in your life really needs to be taught a lesson?
A friend of mine who thinks that he has a future as a professional fighter. Though he will learn his lesson in due time.

4. What kinds of lessons would you love to have a private teacher for right now?
There's nothing I can't teach myself. Martial arts, perhaps.

5. What steps have you taken to lessen the impact of these rough economic times?
I grow my own veggies. I turn off the lights and the computer when they're not in use. I've turned the heater off for the summer. I walk when the distance to my destination is three miles or less.

Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash...

2009-05-20T21:29:57Z

1.How often do you get paid?
Every two weeks.

2.Do you tend to splurge a little on (or shortly after) pay day?
Not really, bills consume the majority of my pay.

3.What are the few days leading up to pay day like for you?
Just another day in a series of days.

4.If you had the option, would you like to be paid daily for each day’s work?
No. I'd probably end up nickel and diming my money away before bill time.

5.When did you get your first paycheck and what was it for?
I think I was about eleven or twelve. My dad used to pay me to be his tool runner on construction sites.

Sorry, better late than never..

2009-05-12T02:59:22Z

Games People Play

What’s your favorite card game? Phase 10
What’s your favorite roll-the-dice-and-move game? A drinking game where you rolled the dice and what ever number comes up you take that many drinks.
What’s your favorite playground game? Simon Says
What’s your favorite party game? Truth or Dare
What’s your favorite computer game? The Sim's

Games or Favorites?

2009-05-09T21:25:37Z

Favorite Games!

What’s your favorite card game?
I don't play cards.

What’s your favorite roll-the-dice-and-move game?
Playing Gods.

What’s your favorite playground game?
I didn't play well with others as a child. I could usually be found wandering the far corner of the playground alone or on the swings. I suppose I'd have to say soccer.

What’s your favorite party game?
Three Man.

What’s your favorite computer game?
That's a toss-up between Command & Conquer: Generals: Zero Hour and Fallout III.

I NEED COFFEE...(Survey)

2009-05-02T21:51:31Z

How Many?
Too many!

1.How many times do you hit the snooze button on a typical morning?
I can't. If I don't wake up when it goes off I wont have time to get ready and I'll be late.

2.How many cousins do you have?
Around two hundred. Seriously. My father has fifteen surviving siblings from the same two parents and all of his siblings have several children, many of those children have children as well. Vin Zants are breeding machines.

3.How many bones have you broken?
Cracked my skull twice, fractured my jaw, fused two neck vertebrae(at the base of the neck), fractured my left leg just below the knee, shattered the three largest toes on my right foot(I dropped fourteen feet of bowling alley on them, split my big toe like a squashed grape, made a bloody mess), cracked four ribs on the left side, broke two ribs on the right(one's still sort of clicks when I cough), boxer's fractures in both of my pinky knuckles, chipped a piece out of the end of my right elbow(it's floating around in there still), and last but most certainly not least I broke my tail bone.

4.How many pairs of shoes do you own?
None. Danner Powerline boots, Carharrt composite-toe work boots, and Xtra-Tuf steel-toe rubber boots.

5.How many things that belong in the kitchen are in your bedroom?
Just an Atlas Mason jar that I'm currently using to rehydrate myself after my mini beer-fest last night.

Survey of the week

2009-05-02T07:37:27Z

1.How many times do you hit the snooze button on a typical morning? I usually don't have to use the alarm clock, but when I do it's all the way across the room, so zero. Once I am up to turn it off I am up for good.

2.How many cousins do you have? First cousins? I am thinking 13, maybe more. two of them have died or it would have been 15. Well.. That's on my Mom's side. I have no idea on my fathers side. I have a lot of second causin's, more than I can count. They are actually closer to my age since my Mom had me late..

3.How many bones have you broken? Two.. My ankle and my toe..

4.How many pairs of shoes do you own? Umm.. Like 20 or more.. I would have to go count for sure and that isn't happening.

5.How many things that belong in the kitchen are in your bedroom? That sounds very dirty.. None that I know of..