Into The Weeds

So, I learned about this today. And was giddy like a schoolgirl after watching the trailer (below).

Made of awesome. Full of win. Nothing more needs to be said.

New A-Team Trailer Increases Nostalgia Factor by Roughly 300 percent

Sox vs. Yankees tonight at Fenway. Here's the view outside my window right now:

After seeing black smoke outside the window, I snapped a couple of photos of what's going on in the Back Bay Fens now. Those flames look to be at least 50 feet high. Whatever it is, it seems mostly contained now, with some flareups. The fire department is referring to it as a "large brush fire" over their radios (I'm listening to the scanner).

Yes. I want one. Right Now.

From the Chicago Tribune's review:

...a bacon and cheese sandwich where bread is replaced with fried chicken. Re-read that last sentence, and just try to grasp its cultural significance. The toothpaste is out of the proverbial tube.

...Double Down's larger implication is that KFC has broken through a barrier of culinary decency, besmirching the good name of sandwiches and all that is honorable... The absence of bread robs this “sandwich” of dignity.

All told, the ripples from this landmark product launch will be significant. Stand-up comedians will construct 10-minute riffs around this. Taco Bell will follow suit and introduce a taco called the Carne Go-Torta, where the tortilla shell is replaced with a meat sleeve. Freedom-loathing terrorists will hate us for this. I can see it now.


America, just because you can, it doesn't mean you have to.